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Landmark Paris Agreement ‘more fragile’ than ever, UK’s top climate diplomat warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world’s landmark Paris Agreement is “more fragile” than it has ever been and disagreements risk “imploding” it, the UK’s climate ambassador has warned. The seminal treaty obliges countries to produce regular plans on how they will cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow climate change. Since it was signed in 2015, predicted levels…
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UK ‘not prepared’ for another pandemic, warns influential Lords group | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The UK is not prepared for another pandemic and may not be able to make enough vaccines if one arrives, an influential group of politicians is warning. Baroness Brown, chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, said experts have “troubling concerns about [the UK’s] capacity to manufacture vaccines for future biological threats”…
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The UK is ‘widely’ underestimating online threats from hostile states and criminals, cyber security chief warns | UK News
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The UK is “widely” underestimating the severity of the threat from cyberspace, the country’s cyber security chief will warn. It comes as the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – revealed there had been a three-fold increase in the most serious attacks compared with a year ago. Companies, organisations and other…
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Global climate action plans ‘falling miles short’, warns UN | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Global climate action plans are “falling miles short” of what is needed to stop climate change from “crippling” economies, the United Nations has warned. Current national climate plans submitted to the UN should be enough to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 2.6% from 2019 to 2030, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
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Chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is ‘virtually zero’ on current trends, UN warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap Report finds that emissions of greenhouse gasses in 2023 were the highest on record. More concerning, the rate of growth since 2022 was nearly twice as fast as in the decade…
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AI-generated child abuse images increasing at ‘chilling’ rate – as watchdog warns it is now becoming hard to spot | Science & Tech News
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The amount of AI-generated child abuse images found on the internet is increasing at a “chilling” rate, according to a national watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation deals with child abuse images online, removing hundreds of thousands every year. Now, it says artificial intelligence is making the work much harder. “I find it really chilling as…
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Google faces threat of being broken up after US Justice Department warns of need to end ‘illegal monopoly’ | Business News
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US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google’s “illegal monopoly” of internet searches. The tech giant could face restrictions on its own products – including its Chrome browser, Play Store and Android operating system, the US Justice Department said. It comes after a judge found in August the company had broken anti-trust laws…
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Global IT outage: NHS warns of GP disruption next week – as travellers report long delays and lost baggage | UK News
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The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen…
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TikTok warns of US ban without free speech court ruling | Business News
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TikTok has launched a long-awaited legal fight to stop its Chinese owner being forced to sell the short video platform’s US operations, arguing it violates Americans’ rights to free speech. TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance were told in April they had until January next year to divest TikTok in the US or face the prospect…
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People taking weight loss drugs to get ‘beach body ready’ risk ‘dangerous consequences’, senior NHS doctor warns | UK News
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People are risking “dangerous consequences” by using “powerful” weight loss drugs to get “beach body ready”, a senior NHS doctor has warned. Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, said he was concerned about medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy being used by people who are “otherwise healthy” and “just want to lose a…