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Tinder adds new ‘Share My Date’ safety feature to world’s most used dating app | Science & Tech News
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Tinder is adding a new safety feature to the app, so online daters can let friends and families know where they are. The ‘Share My Date’ feature allows users to share the location, time and a photo of their match. More than one in 10 online adults in the UK use dating apps, according to…
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Dutch man recognised as ‘world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient’ after London operation in 1984 | World News
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A 57-year-old Dutch man has broken the world record for the longest-surviving heart transplant patient. Bert Janssen has lived for 39 years with the donor heart, which he received at Harefield Hospital in northwest London in 1984. The achievement has now been recognised by Guinness World Records. Mr Janssen developed flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed…
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Microsoft briefly overtakes rival Apple as world’s most valuable company | Business News
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Two tech giants are battling it out for the title of the world’s most valuable company. Microsoft had overtaken Apple for the first time since 2021 to become the world’s most valuable firm by market capitalisation – which measures the value and number of a company’s shares. Money latest:‘Huge announcement’ on car finance could see…
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Hertfordshire: World’s first pothole-preventing robot to hit roads in test rollout | Science & Tech News
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An autonomous robot designed to tackle potholes using AI is to venture out of a controlled environment and be tested on actual roads for the first time. The machine called ARRES (Autonomous Road Repair System) PREVENT can identify and characterise potholes and cracks using artificial intelligence. Image: Pic: Zenzic CAM UK Image: It can automatically…
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2024 is world’s biggest election year ever – and AI experts say we’re not prepared | Science & Tech News
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The world is unprepared for the impact of AI on a historic year of elections, experts have warned. More than two billion people across 50 countries could head to the polls in 2024, which is a record high. The UK is set to hold a general election, the US has a presidential election in November,…
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World’s first whole-eye transplant hailed as breakthrough – but sight not yet restored | US News
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Surgeons have performed the world’s first ever whole-eye transplant, a feat hailed as a breakthrough despite the patient not yet regaining his sight. Doctors “never expected it to work at all”, patient Aaron James said, but the eye has shown signs of health, such as functioning blood vessels and a promising retina. It has been…
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HOTSAT-1: ‘World’s thermometer’ sends back first pictures of Earth’s hotspots in ‘milestone for climate monitoring’ | Science & Tech News
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A British-built “flying thermometer” has sent back its first pictures from space of hotspots on Earth. High-resolution thermal images taken by the satellite HOTSAT-1 reveal the sun-baked streets of Las Vegas, a vast oil storage complex in Oklahoma and the intense heat of the Canadian wildfires. HOTSAT-1, which has been dubbed “the world’s thermometer”, was…
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World’s most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be ‘million, billion, billion’ times brighter than the sun | Science & Tech News
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The world’s most powerful laser will be built in Oxfordshire, thanks to £85m in new funding for the technology. Scientists are aiming to develop the technology which will be a “million, billion, billion times brighter than the brightest sunlight” in the world. It is thought the technology will have practical applications in nuclear fusion, renewable…
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World’s biggest flower that stinks like rotten meat at risk of extinction, say scientists | World News
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The world’s foulest-smelling flower – which mimics the odour of rotting flesh – could be at risk of extinction. Scientists estimate 60% of the 42 Rafflesia species are at “severe risk” due to factors such as deforestation and a lack of seed-banking and propagation. They say some new species may be getting eradicated before they…
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Candy Crush tech guru on how ‘really exciting’ AI is supercharging work on one of world’s most popular games | Science & Tech News
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Never mind typing on WhatsApp, swiping on Tinder, or scrolling on TikTok; even after all these years, few apps are able to turn you into a phone-obsessed zombie quite like Candy Crush. More than a decade since it debuted on Apple and Google‘s app stores, the colourful tile-matching puzzle game remains an entertaining time sink…