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Bitcoin’s highly anticipated ‘halving’ event takes place | Science & Tech News
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Bitcoin’s rare halving event has taken place, according to crypto analysis firm CoinGecko. It slashes the number of new Bitcoin entering the market by cutting the rewards earned by Bitcoin miners by 50%. Taking place roughly every four years, it’s designed to cap supply at 21 million by 2140. It means just 450 Bitcoin will…
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Number of steps a day it takes to cut risk of early death – new study | Science & Tech News
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If you’ve failed in your quest of walking 10,000 steps a day – researchers have some good news for you. A new study has found every extra step above 2,200 a day lowers the risk of heart disease and early death. The researchers found walking up to 10,000 steps a day reduces these risks, regardless…
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Rishi Sunak certainly takes AI seriously – but he’s walking a treacherous technology tightrope | Science & Tech News
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You can tell just by the way he talks about it – Rishi Sunak is very excited about the benefits of AI. Today he spoke about the transformation it will bring, being “as far-reaching as the Industrial Revolution”. Politics latest: PM says AI can be ‘co-pilot’ for jobs But at the lectern emblazoned “long-term decisions…
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India takes ‘walk on the moon’ as rover makes historic first steps | World News
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An Indian lunar rover has made the first ever foray on the south side of the moon. The Chandrayan-3 Rover descended a ramp from India’s spacecraft a few hours after the nation celebrated the historic landing on the moon’s south pole, which is thought to contain deep craters with water ice. The vehicle is set…
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Virgin Galactic takes first tourists to edge of space | Science & Tech News
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Virgin Galactic has taken its first tourists to the edge of space. The company, founded by Sir Richard Branson, took an 80-year-old former Olympian and a mother and daughter about 55 miles (88km) above Earth where the passengers experienced zero gravity during the flight which lasted just more than an hour. See live updates on…
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Irish Times apologises and takes down ‘hoax’ AI-generated article | Science & Tech News
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The Irish Times has apologised after it published an opinion article that was generated by artificial intelligence. Editor Ruadhan Mac Cormaic said his paper was “genuinely sorry” after it published the comment piece called “Irish women’s obsession with fake tan is problematic” on Thursday. In the article, which was supposedly written by a 29-year-old healthcare…
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Research rocket fired from Sweden lands in Norway – which takes ‘unauthorised activity very seriously’ | World News
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An investigation is under way after a research rocket fired from Sweden malfunctioned and ended up landing in Norway. The Norwegian foreign ministry has said its authorities take “any unauthorised activity” on its side of the border “very seriously”, according to reports. The rocket, which looked into weightlessness, had reached orbit at a height of…
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International sting takes down one of world’s biggest online criminal marketplaces Genesis Market | Science & Tech News
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Twenty-four people have been arrested in the UK after an international operation took down one of the world’s biggest online criminal marketplaces. Genesis Market hosted 80 million account credentials and digital footprints stolen from devices of more than two million people, and users could buy “bots” containing the information. The most expensive of them would…
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God Of War Ragnarok sweeps BAFTA Games Awards as indie sleeper hit Vampire Survivors takes top prize | Ents & Arts News
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PlayStation action epic God Of War Ragnarok has dominated the BAFTA Games Awards, winning six of the 14 awards it was in the running for. The action adventure, with its stunning landscape, Norse gods and monsters, won best animation, audio achievement, music, while its stars – Christopher Judge and Laya DeLeon Hayes – won best…
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Microsoft unveils new Bing powered by ChatGPT and takes aim at Google in bid to change how we search the web | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft has revealed a revamped Bing search engine powered by chatbot technology as an AI arms race with rival Google hots up. The Windows, Office, and Xbox maker is also giving its Edge web browser an update following a multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, which took the world by storm last year by releasing ChatGPT. While…