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Government seeks £145m refund for COVID tests kits it says were ‘unfit for public use’ | UK News
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Two companies are being sued by the British government for over £145m after they allegedly supplied defective COVID-19 tests. The government has told the High Court that the tests “failed at an unacceptable rate” but the companies deny the accusations and claim the tests were effective. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is…
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Can you beat a lie detector? UK police increasingly using polygraph tests – here’s how people try to cheat | UK News
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I’m officially a bad liar. With a blood pressure cuff pumped tight around my arm, straps around my chest monitoring my breathing, and sensors on my fingers to pick up any traces of sweat, veteran polygraph test examiner Don Cargill says he can easily spot the signs I’ve told him a fib. I’ve denied writing…
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GCHQ: UK spy agency tests kids on puzzle skills in Bletchley Park-themed Christmas card | UK News
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Schoolchildren across the country will put their puzzle-solving skills to the test after the UK’s spy agency launched its annual Christmas Challenge. GCHQ has sent its Christmas card with the challenge, fronted by a rare image of a snow-covered Bletchley Park, to more than 1,000 secondary schools. It includes seven increasingly complex puzzles that test…
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Google touts new AI model that beats GPT in almost all tests – but UK yet to approve release | Science & Tech News
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Google has revealed a new AI model it claims beats rivals like ChatGPT at most tasks after the company’s “largest science and engineering project ever”. Gemini is described as multimodal, meaning it can understand text, audio, video, images, and computer code. It’s been built by teams across Google, including London-based AI research unit DeepMind. DeepMind…
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Alzheimer’s diagnosis blood tests could be offered on NHS within five years, experts say | Science & Tech News
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Blood tests which help detect Alzheimer’s could be made available on the NHS within five years as charities join forces for a £5m project. Diagnosing the condition is often difficult and relies on drawing a sample of spinal fluid from the lower back – a process known as a lumbar puncture – or brain imaging.…
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Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, tests making new users pay to post | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s X has started testing a potential sign-up fee for new users. The company formerly known as Twitter has introduced the $1 (82p) charge in New Zealand and the Philippines, placing most key features behind a paywall. New accounts that don’t pay will not be able to post anything or directly interact with others.…
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Tinder tests AI as new way to pick your best photos | Science & Tech News
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Tinder is testing a new tool that lets AI pick your best photos. The feature was detailed during an earnings call with investors by parent company Match, which also owns online dating platforms like OkCupid and Hinge. Chief executive Bernard Kim said it could “take out the stress” someone feels when picking pictures, and help…
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Major genetics breakthrough could herald new era of tests and treatments reflecting ethnic diversity | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have unveiled the first draft of a genetic blueprint that more accurately reflects diversity in the human population. They say the major advance could open up a new era of genetic-based tests and treatments to everybody, regardless of their ethnic origin. The current “official” DNA code of the human species, which was published as…
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SpaceX tests most powerful ever rocket ahead of trips to moon | Science & Tech News
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SpaceX has tested its most powerful ever rocket system ahead of planned civilian trips to the moon. Yesterday Elon Musk‘s company fired up the engines on its towering Super Heavy booster, which makes up one half of the ambitious Starship craft targeting its first orbital flight in the coming weeks. The stationary test did not…
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COVID app that detects virus in your voice ‘more accurate than lateral flow tests’ | UK News
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A mobile phone app can detect COVID in people’s voices with “potentially high precision” using artificial intelligence (AI), according to researchers. An AI model was said to be 89% accurate and is cheap to use, which means it could be adopted in low-income countries where PCR tests are more expensive. Results can be provided in…