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How to change Siri’s voice
Apple’s iOS 27 update will introduce a more expressive Siri voice, but the full customisation feature will only be available on the latest hardware, as the company continues trying to close the gap with Google and Samsung on AI assistant capabilities. Users don’t need to wait for the September update to make basic tweaks, however,…
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OpenAI chief scientist warns no one is prepared for consequences of AI
OpenAI’s chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has issued a stark warning that “no one is prepared for the consequences” of AI’s rapid advancement, calling for “extreme caution” and greater intervention to keep humans in control. The warning follows the release of OpenAI’s most powerful model yet, GPT-6 Astra, and comes amid reports of AI agents from…
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Steve Hackett stars in brand new Kompendium video for Lilly
Progressive rock guitarist Steve Hackett, best known for his time in Genesis, appears in a new video for the track Lilly, taken from a reissued version of Robert Reed’s Kompendium project. The video accompanies the release of “Beneath The Waves – The Director’s Cut”, a reworked edition of Reed’s ambitious 2012 all-star album, which came…
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Why the iPhone is about to get more expensive
Apple’s next iPhone launch this week is expected to come with higher prices, reflecting a broader surge in memory chip costs that is reshaping consumer electronics pricing across the industry. This “memory crunch” is reversing decades of falling memory prices and, according to industry data, is a problem the sector expects to take years to…
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New DLSS 5 mod offloads Neural Rendering to a second card massively cutting the AI filter’s performance hit
A modder has released a tool that lets Nvidia’s DLSS 5 offload its neural rendering workload onto a second graphics card, significantly reducing the performance cost normally associated with the AI-driven upscaling and frame generation technology. By splitting the rendering and AI inference tasks across two GPUs rather than running them both on a single…
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Dolly Parton’s sister pleads for end to ‘AI garbage’ posts after singer’s death
Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella Parton, has pleaded with fans to stop posting “fake AI garbage” following the country singer’s death, describing the volume of AI-generated content as “challenging to absorb”. Parton died on 25 August at the age of 80, prompting an outpouring of tributes online and at sites such as the Country Music Hall…
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Smartphone makers don’t bother to comply with EU repairability requirements
More than a year after the EU’s repairability rules for smartphones and tablets took effect, over 80% of new devices still fail to provide the mandatory repair information, according to campaign group Right to Repair Europe. Manufacturers are required to publish a self-assessed repairability score along with links to spare parts pricing and repair instructions,…
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Lumière Summit establishes shared cinema standards and Korea fund
The Lumière Summit, held on 7 September 2026 at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, concluded with countries and screen-industry bodies adopting five declarations covering artificial intelligence, piracy, gender equality, image education and environmental sustainability. Opened by President Emmanuel Macron, the gathering also launched the IRIS independent cinema initiative and announced a $1.16 billion France-Korea…
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I’m the acting secretary of Labor and I’m here to say thank you to the American worker
Acting US Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling has written an opinion piece marking Labor Day, thanking American workers and crediting President Donald Trump’s administration with reviving domestic industry and manufacturing. The piece, published as an opinion column rather than a news report, frames recent economic data as evidence of a broader industrial and jobs resurgence under…
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Longevity doctor reveals what matters most for aging well, beyond pricey biohacks
A longevity specialist is pushing back against the growing trend of expensive “biohacks” — peptides, cold plunges and high-tech wearables — arguing that meaningful gains in healthy ageing come from basic, low-cost daily habits rather than costly interventions. Dr Annu Navani, chief medical officer at Le Reve Wellness in California, said the goal of longevity…