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High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
High-mileage electric vehicles are more likely to pass MOT tests than petrol cars of the same age, according to an analysis of 47.4 million tests. The findings challenge the assumption that high mileage automatically indicates an electric car is worn out, and could increase confidence in the growing secondhand EV market. Between 90,000 and 120,000…
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Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak
A developing El Niño has become the strongest on record by some measures, weeks before its expected peak later this year. The phenomenon is already affecting weather worldwide, with wildfires in Indonesia affecting about 12.5 million people, while scientists assess whether its unprecedented strength will produce equally severe impacts. Daily sea surface temperatures in a…
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EU trade deficit with China tops €1bn a day in July
The EU is importing far more from China than it exports there, with the bloc’s trade deficit exceeding €1bn a day in July. The widening imbalance is increasing pressure on Brussels to address trade relations with Beijing, as both sides seek to avoid a broader trade war. The deficit reached €36.5bn in July, compared with…
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Meta fixes Muse flaw allowing attackers to seize AI agent control
Meta has patched a zero-day vulnerability discovered in its Muse macOS app that could allow attackers to take control of the AI agent. Security researcher Patrick Wardle found that the flaw exploited an undocumented Muse setting, enabling local attackers to redirect the app’s transcription processing to their own servers and gain access to user accounts.…
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’Daredevil: Born Again’s Marvel Disney+ Experiment Was Always Doomed To Fail
“Daredevil: Born Again” is set to end with its third season, despite the return of Charlie Cox, strong critical reception and the character’s importance to Marvel’s television plans. The article argues that the decision reflects Marvel Television’s stricter approach to commissioning series and exposes production problems that affected the show from its earliest stages. The…
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A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
The Austrian Academy of Science is releasing Apollo, the world’s first advanced artificial intelligence language model for Ancient Greek, developed in partnership with French AI lab Mistral and Sail Reply. Trained on approximately 600 million historical Greek words from manuscripts, papyri, and inscriptions, Apollo is designed to help scholars restore fragmented ancient texts by intelligently…
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Hinton warns Congress AI crisis looms; Boebert faces ethics complaint
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns Congress has one year to avert an AI crisis, as Congresswoman Boebert faces an ethics complaint. An Apple engineer died in a Bay Area boating accident; Paramount clears major merger hurdles.
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Newborn girls spend more time viewing faces than boys, study finds
A study of 130 newborns found that girls spent a larger proportion of their viewing time looking at human faces than boys, suggesting that sex-related differences in attention may be present within hours of birth. Researchers said this could indicate a role for prenatal biological factors, while stressing that development is shaped by both nature…
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Prime Video’s Love Hypothesis charms despite a faltering final act
Prime Video’s “The Love Hypothesis” is a rom-com adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s New York Times bestselling novel, which originated as Star Wars fanfiction. The film succeeds as an entertaining and charming entry in the current rom-com renaissance, featuring strong performances from Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. Director Claire Scanlon and screenwriter Sarah Rothschild include knowing…
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Post-Merger Paramount May Overdeliver On Settlement Terms With 36-Film 2027 Slate Amid Speculation About Duplication & WB Leadership
A merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would release 36 films in 2027, exceeding the first annual target agreed with California officials. The combined studio would need to reach 30 films in 2028 and 32 annually from 2029 to 2031, with penalties for missing the quotas intended to protect theatrical competition and employment. The companies…