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Company that said it could scan and destroy books for AI data-harvesting has deleted that part of its website: ‘no such service was ever brought to life’
A company that had promoted a service to scan and destroy books for use as AI training data has removed references to it from its website. It now says the service was never launched, following criticism over the prospect of physical books being destroyed to support AI data collection. The company’s earlier claims suggested that…
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These 3 Songs by The Byrds Should Have Been Bigger Hits at Radio
This piece from American Songwriter looks back at The Byrds, the influential 1960s folk-rock band, and highlights three of their singles that the writer argues deserved to be bigger radio hits than they were. The retrospective serves as an appreciation of the group’s often-overlooked catalogue beyond their well-known chart-toppers, noting how each song underperformed relative…
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Consultation opens into airspace plans for reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport – Yorkshire Post
I have enough reliable detail from the Bing news search to write an accurate, neutral summary without over-specifying facts I can’t confirm (like exact dates). SUMMARY: A public consultation has opened on airspace plans for the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, marking what officials have called a “crucial” step in the process of bringing the…
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Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the moon on Wednesday, 2 August, at around 2:35am ET, striking near Einstein Crater in the moon’s north-western region. The impact was not planned by SpaceX and highlights the growing amount of human-made debris drifting through space and eventually colliding…
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Fuel excise reduction expires, pushing petrol prices up across Australia
Australia’s temporary cut to the fuel excise tax has ended, pushing petrol prices higher for motorists nationwide at a time when households are already grappling with cost-of-living pressures. The excise reduction had originally been introduced as relief amid Middle East geopolitical tensions, and its expiry removes that cushion just as inflation remains a pressing concern…
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2 Years Later, HBO Max’s 6-Episode Sci-Fi Is Still Worth Watching
Dune: Prophecy, HBO’s 2024 prequel series set thousands of years before the events of the main Dune saga, is being reappraised two years after its debut as an underappreciated addition to the franchise. Though it was overshadowed at launch by higher-profile HBO shows and lacked the splashy reception given to series like House of the…
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Gregg Araki Is “Not A Big Supporter” Of AI, But Found It Useful For Editing This ‘I Want Your Sex’ Scene: “Literally Insane”
Director Gregg Araki has said he found artificial intelligence tools genuinely useful during post-production on his new film I Want Your Sex, despite describing himself as “not a big supporter” of AI more broadly. Speaking to Deadline about his first feature in over a decade, Araki explained that modern editing and sound software allowed his…
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Revealed: All but three family members in this wedding photo were killed by Russian rocket in Ukraine
A wedding photograph has come to symbolise the devastating human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine, after it emerged that all but three of the family members pictured were later killed in a Russian rocket strike. The image, once a happy record of a family celebration, has taken on tragic significance as a stark illustration…
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Devolution push, Kent hit-and-run manhunt and Nova festival hero seized by Hamas
Burnham unveils regional devolution plans as police hunt a driver who fled to Sheffield after killing a Kent pensioner; harrowing testimony emerges from a Nova festival survivor’s rescuer, plus Idaho shooting, hotel Wi-Fi phishing, Lewandowski’s brace and Lollapalooza highlights.
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48 years later, anime’s most beautiful sci-fi space epic is officially making a comeback
A new theatrical film based on Galaxy Express 999, the acclaimed 1970s anime by the late Leiji Matsumoto, has been officially announced nearly 48 years after the original series debuted. The announcement, made via the creator’s official account on X on 25 July, confirms that Toei Animation, the studio behind the 1978 original, will produce…