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Meta Verified: Facebook and Instagram launches paid service in the UK | Science & Tech News
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The owner of Facebook and Instagram has begun rolling out a paid verification service in the UK. Meta’s subscription service can be compared to “Twitter Blue” which gives users of the social media platform a blue tick from £9.99 a month. Facebook and Instagram users can sign up for Meta Verified. The service requires users…
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Microsoft-Activision Blizzard £55bn merger approved by EU – despite UK rejection | Science & Tech News
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The $68.7bn (£55bn) mega merger between Microsoft and game developer Activison Blizzard has been approved by the European Union, just weeks after it was blocked by the UK. European regulators said they accept commitments made by Microsoft that its offer to take over the developer behind Call Of Duty, would not lessen competition. In April,…
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Elon Musk tells Emmanuel Macron he had to to ‘sleep in the car’ before their meeting – hours after he was seen partying | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has been heard telling French President Emmanuel Macron that he had to “sleep in the car” before their meeting in Paris – hours after the billionaire was seen partying in Mexico and Los Angeles. The Tesla chief executive met Mr Macron at the Elysee Palace on Monday as part of the French president’s…
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WhatsApp will allow users to lock and hide conversations, Meta announces | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp users will soon be able to lock and hide conversations, thanks to a new feature. Chat Lock will remove a chat thread from the app’s regular onscreen inbox and place it into a new folder that can only be opened by a password or biometric, such as facial recognition or a fingerprint. Calling it…
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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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Stars in the making pictured in images ‘no one has ever seen before’ as astronomers build ‘space atlas’ | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have pieced together more than one million pictures showing never before seen objects in space in an attempt to decipher how stars are born. A vast “space atlas” of five stellar nurseries – showing young stars in the making, embedded in thick clouds of dust – was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)…
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Who is Linda Yaccarino? The new Twitter chief executive with deep ties in the advertising industry | Science & Tech News
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In a few short weeks, Elon Musk will hand over the helm of Twitter to Linda Yaccarino. But who exactly is the new chief executive, and how does she fit into Musk’s vision of “the everything app”? Musk, who brought Twitter in October and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would…
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Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as new Twitter chief executive | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has announced his new Twitter chief executive – NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino. The billionaire said he was “excited” to announce the hiring of Ms Yaccarino – who he said would focus “primarily on business operations” at Twitter. Musk, who completed a $44bn (£35bn) takeover of the social media site in October, also announced…
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Largest cosmic explosion ever spotted by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed – and it’s lasted more than three years. The explosion, known as AT2021lwx, is believed to have come as a result of a vast cloud of gas – thousands of times bigger than the sun – being sent into a black hole after coming off its…
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New test made with AI could help doctors diagnose heart attacks faster – study | Science & Tech News
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A new test developed with artificial intelligence could help doctors diagnose heart attacks faster and more accurately, according to a new study. Researchers who developed the computer algorithm hope it could reduce unnecessary admissions to busy A&E units – and also stop the clinical bias that currently results in some women missing out on life-saving…