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The green steel firms looking to revive US steelmaking
A day care centre for children, a gym, a tax advisor – and a mini experimental steel plant. These businesses are among those that make up a small …
The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers
Earlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made headlines. A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a …
Spotify working on AI music tools with major record labels
Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming service, has announced it is working with major labels on using artificial intelligence (AI) in a …
Spike in Disney+ cancellations after Kimmel suspension
Disney+ and Hulu cancellation rates doubled in September after TV host Jimmy Kimmel was briefly taken off air, suggesting the move may have hurt the …
Salesforce CEO apologises for saying Trump should send troops to San Francisco
Salesforce boss Marc Benioff apologised Friday for suggesting that US President Donald Trump should send National Guard troops to San Francisco. The …
Publishers fear AI summaries are hitting online traffic
When actress Sorcha Cusack left the BBC drama Father Brown in January, it made headlines, including for the newspapers owned by Reach, among them The …
OpenAI video app Sora hits 1 million downloads faster than ChatGPT
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) tool Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days …
OpenAI stops 'disrespectful' Martin Luther King Jr deepfakes
OpenAI has stopped its artificial intelligence (AI) app Sora creating deepfake videos portraying Dr Martin Luther King Jr, following a request from …
Is Microsoft's first ever handheld Xbox console worth the wait?
For almost two decades, rumours have swirled about a handheld Xbox console to rival Nintendo and PlayStation. Now, it’s finally here. The ROG …
How will age verification for porn work and what about privacy?
The way people in the UK access websites with pornographic material is about to undergo a significant change. The Online Safety Act says sites must …
How to get AI to work in 22 languages
Vineet Sawant has spent the last two years navigating the streets of Mumbai on a scooter as a delivery driver. “Being on the road is always …