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Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’
Google has rolled out updated Gemini Audio capabilities built on new Gemini 3.5 models, adding a dedicated transcription tool alongside upgraded live voice features. The launch matters because it targets long-standing weaknesses in AI dictation and voice assistants, such as coping with background noise, interrupted speech and messy filler words, while also expanding language support…
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Scientists enable dual genetic codes within a single cell
Scientists led by synthetic biologist George Church have devised a way to run two genetic codes simultaneously within a cell, potentially removing a major obstacle to engineering organisms with expanded amino acid repertoires. Every living thing relies on the same genetic code to translate DNA into proteins, and altering it has traditionally required painstaking, genome-wide…
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Perceptron launches industrial vision model for factory robots
Perceptron, a startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has launched Isaac 0.5, a new vision model designed to help robots “perceive, reason and act” in industrial settings such as warehouses and factories. The move reflects a broader push by AI companies to extend machine intelligence beyond digital applications and into physical, real-world tasks, an…
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Manchester City sign Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi for £85m
Manchester City have signed 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for £85m, tasking the Morocco international with the daunting job of filling the void left by Rodri, widely regarded as the world’s best central midfielder, following his move to Barcelona. Despite his youth, Bouaddi is no novice, having made his European debut just days after turning…
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Simple vaccine could slash risk of dementia, stroke AND heart disease, study finds – experts urge Britons to get their shingles jab
A major study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that the shingles vaccine may cut the risk of dementia, heart disease, heart failure and stroke, adding to evidence that immunisation could offer protection well beyond preventing shingles itself. Scientists say that if everyone eligible in the UK took up the jab, tens of…
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SXSW Thriller ‘And Her Body Was Never Found’ Heads To TIFF Market
US sales firm Mavryk has acquired worldwide rights to And Her Body Was Never Found, an experimental thriller that premiered at SXSW this year, ahead of its sales push at the Toronto International Film Festival market. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Polaris Banks, who co-wrote and co-stars in the project alongside co-writer…
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Eating less of common ingredient early in life may slash cancer risk decades later
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that limiting sugar intake during a child’s first 1,000 days, from conception to age two, could reduce the risk of several cancers and slow biological ageing decades later. Researchers used the natural experiment created by the end of Britain’s post-war sugar rationing in…
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Use vapes to quit smoking, scientists say – despite cancer, depression and wheezing warnings
A major review published in the Cochrane Library has concluded that switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes does not put users “at risk of serious harm”, with researchers arguing vaping is a proven and effective tool for quitting smoking. The findings sit awkwardly alongside a review published just a week earlier by the Royal College of…
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Common baby food shouldn’t be given to newborns, experts say
A study by researchers at Glasgow University has found that spouted pouch baby foods are too high in sugar and too low in protein and energy to be suitable for babies under 12 months, likening them to fruit smoothies rather than proper complementary food. The findings matter because such pouches are heavily marketed at very…
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New research finds 1 in 4 NFL players could develop CTE in their lifetime: ‘Should be a call to action’
A study published in The BMJ has found that roughly one in four former NFL players could develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts, at some point in their lives. Researchers examined the brains of 878 former players who died between 2016 and 2021 and found evidence of…