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Star Wars Outlaws takes off, but will it jump to hyperspace, or crash-land? | Science & Tech News
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The first-ever open world Star Wars video game, the highly-anticipated Star Wars Outlaws, launches today. The third-person role play game (RPG) focuses on a Han Solo-inspired scoundrel, Kay Vess, and is set between the events of the 1980 hit The Empire Strikes Back and 1983’s Return Of The Jedi. The game encourages fighting, stealing, and even gambling despite…
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Child Disney star ‘broke down in tears’ after criminal used AI to make sex abuse images of her | US News
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A Disney Channel child star has told Sky News that she “broke down in tears” after learning a criminal had used artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexual abuse images using her face. Kaylin Hayman, who is 16 years old, returned home from school one day to a phone call from the FBI. An investigator told…
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Fake sexual images creators could face prison under new law praised by Love Island star | Science & Tech News
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Creating fake sexual images of another person will become a criminal offence, under a new law announced on Tuesday. Those convicted could face prosecution and fines, and if the image is shared widely, offenders could be sent to jail. Even if someone creates a sexually explicit fake image, called a ‘deepfake’, without intending to share…
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Lara Croft, star of Tomb Raider series, beats Mario and Sonic to be named most iconic video games character | Science & Tech News
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Lara Croft has beaten the likes of Mario and Sonic to be named the most iconic video games character ever. The star of the Tomb Raider series came out on top in a Bafta poll of more than 4,000 gamers from around the world. Croft beat Nintendo’s legendary Mario into second, with Agent 47 from…
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Love Island star says ‘cyber flashers’ bombard her with penis photos – and threaten to turn up at her home | UK News
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After Amy Hart appeared on Love Island, men started sending her unsolicited pictures of their penises online. As her social media following grew to one million after being on the show in 2019, she says she was consistently tagged in ‘dick pics’. “You’re flicking through the Instagram stories you’ve been tagged in and they just…
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Machine designed to replicate the conditions inside a burning star shutting down | Science & Tech News
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It was only a few weeks ago that scientists at the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire announced the nuclear fusion experiment had broken a world record. The machine – designed to replicate the conditions inside a burning star – generated a five-second pulse of fusion, releasing 69 megajoules of energy. If JET was a…
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New type of star – nicknamed ‘old smokers’ – discovered at the heart of the Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they have discovered a new type of star deep at the heart of our galaxy. The stars have been given the nickname “old smokers” by scientists because they have been observed “puffing” out clouds of gas. They are a type of red giant, which are formed during the dying stages of medium sized…
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Astronomers produce significant star cluster image – and discover mysterious radio signal | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of an ancient star cluster – and discovered a radio signal at the centre of it. The image, which can be seen above, is of the second brightest globular cluster in the night sky, known as 47 Tucanae. Star clusters are an ancient relic of the…
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AI Elvis Presley to star on UK stage for first time with ‘never seen before’ performances | Science & Tech News
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Elvis Presley fans will be able to see a life-sized digital version of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll performing on stage in the UK for the first time later this year. The late US music superstar is being brought back to life – and it’s a British company behind the project. Layered Reality says…
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Succession star Brian Cox on the use of AI to replicate actors: ‘It’s a human rights issue’ | Ents & Arts News
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Brian Cox says the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replicate an actor’s image and use it forever is “identity theft” and should be considered “a human rights issue”. The Scottish star, who is best known for playing Succession patriarch Logan Roy, was speaking at the premiere of the James Bond inspired quiz show 007:…