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‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms
Democratic US senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has unveiled a package of bills he calls an “AI accountability agenda”, aimed at curbing what he sees as the wide-ranging harms of unregulated artificial intelligence. The agenda targets energy- and water-intensive datacenters, intrusive workplace surveillance, biased algorithms, AI overriding human judgment and deepening economic inequality, framed as…
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Siblings who went into neighbour’s garden and hacked down their 33-foot Leylandiis set to lose childhood home after being handed £209,000 court bill
Three siblings face losing their childhood home after being ordered to pay a £209,000 court bill over a long-running boundary dispute with their neighbours in Nazeing, Essex. Robert McCarthy, 59, and his wife Amanda, 61, had lived in “relative harmony” with Foulla Bowler, 61, and her siblings until a “fence war” erupted in 2018, culminating…
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France Reaches World Cup Semi-Finals as Violent Unrest Erupts in London
France secured a spot in the World Cup semi-finals with a decisive 2-0 quarter-final victory over Morocco in Boston. The result triggered violent unrest in London, where police forces clashed with football supporters dur
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China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says
China has successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time, according to state media, marking a significant milestone for the country’s space programme. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said its Long March 10B rocket lifted off from Hainan in southern China, and roughly six minutes after separating from the upper stage, its…
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Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
The tenth annual “AI for Good” summit, organised by the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU), gathered public- and private-sector representatives in Geneva to debate how artificial intelligence might be steered towards benefiting humanity rather than harming it. Held against a backdrop of Washington testimony on superintelligence risks and shifting US export controls on chips,…
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Police Debunk Fatal Outage Claim as Telstra CEO Faces Executive Scrutiny
A nationwide Telstra network outage on Wednesday disrupted critical Australian infrastructure, affecting train services, payment systems, and emergency triple-zero call capabilities. The incident highlighted serious publ
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South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing
South Korean chip maker SK hynix has priced a major US stock listing aimed at raising $26.5bn, making it one of the largest share sales in history. The company, a key supplier of advanced memory chips to Nvidia, has seen its profits surge amid the global rush to build AI datacentres, and the flotation reflects…
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Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to launch a government-backed City “skills compact” that will commit major financial firms to retraining thousands of UK staff for the AI era. The initiative, to be announced on Tuesday during what is likely her final Mansion House speech before Andy Burnham’s expected move into No 10, responds to fears…
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After Apple, India’s smartphone manufacturing boom enters new phase with Vivo JV
Vivo’s joint venture could become a template for Chinese smartphone makers in India.