A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to walk after having ground-breaking stem cell surgery while still in the womb. An ultrasound scan 20 weeks into pregnancy showed Tobi Maginnis had spina bifida, a disabling condition in which the spinal cord fails to […]
Instagram will start notifying parents if their children repeatedly search for suicide and self-harm content. However, a leading online safety charity criticised the update as “flimsy” and say it risks leaving parents “panicked and ill-prepared” for the difficult conversations that may follow. In the coming weeks, parents who have parental supervision set up on their
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NASA has revealed details of an incident aboard the ISS that prompted the first medical evacuation in the space station’s 25-year history. On 7 January, astronaut Mike Fincke “experienced a medical event that required immediate attention from my incredible crewmates”, according to a statement by him, which NASA shared online. “Thanks to their quick response
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Sky News has formed a consortium with other major news organisations to develop industry standards for AI’s fair use of their material. The founding members – the Financial Times, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the BBC and Sky News – are calling on other media leaders to join in and develop shared protocols to “protect
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The UK’s first deep geothermal plant that produces power from heat miles underground and lithium for batteries is being switched on in Cornwall. Geothermal Engineering Ltd’s (GEL) £50m United Downs site will deliver renewable electricity around the clock, generated from the country’s deepest well ever drilled, at more than three miles (5km) below the surface.
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O2 has become the first mobile network in the UK to switch on user access to satellites, meaning that people living in rural areas with no signal may now be able to connect to mobile data. The new connection should bring coverage to an area around two-thirds of the size of Wales, according to O2.
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The UK could be set for an “explosion of colour” as warmer conditions bring flowers rapidly into bloom over the next two weeks – but not before temperatures drop following the hottest day of the year so far. Temperatures at Kew Gardens in London reached 18.6C on Wednesday – the hottest February day since 2019
Some days it can seem as if the whole of the tech world is hanging on the latest update to one graph. The graph in question is made by a non-profit research institute called METR and it assesses the software development capacities of different AI models. For many months now, this chart has been provoking
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It’s hard to believe the London Borough of Brent was once covered in even more rubbish than it is now. Although the gleaming arch of Wembley Stadium is sometimes just a few steps away, its residential streets are a patchwork of filth. Whether it’s a sea of bottles right by the very sign for the
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Reddit has been fined more than £14m by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to keep children safe. It is the largest fine ever handed out by the information watchdog over children’s privacy issues. An investigation by the data protection watchdog found the US company used children’s information unlawfully. A statement from the ICO said
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