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Back to homepage / Middle East US to send F-16 fighter jets to Strait of Hormuz after Iran fires on oil tanker The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that the U.S. is increasingly concerned about the growing ties...

Back to homepage / Environment Millions battling dangerously high temperatures globally with record heat forecast Tens of millions of people were battling dangerously high temperatures around the world on Sunday as record heat forecasts hung over parts of the United States, Europe and Asia, in the latest example of the threat from global warming. Issued on: 16/07/2023 - 10:42 4 min Local residents look...

Back to homepage / Europe HOUR BY HOUR 🔴 Live: Russia repels Ukraine drone attack on Crimea, claims Kremlin Russia thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack near Sebastopol, a crucial port in Russian-annexed Crimea, Russia's defence ministry said Sunday morning. Moscow's air defence forces and Black Sea fleet reportedly took out a total of nine drones throughout the assault, which the ministry said...

Back to homepage / Europe WAGNER & COMPANY Private Russian military companies are multiplying – and so are the Kremlin’s problems The Kremlin said Friday that it is considering granting legal status to some of the more than two dozen private military companies active in Russia. Legally, these shadow paramilitary groups do not exist – which allows them to operate parallel to...

Back to homepage / Europe OBITUARY Jane Birkin, Franco-British actress and singer, dies at 76 London-born singer and actress Jane Birkin died Sunday at the age of 76, according to sources close to her and police. She was an icon in her adopted France, known for her turbulent relationship with French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, who was 18 years her senior. Issued...

Exclusive Treasury poised to shelve crackdown on 'buy now pay later' sector Ministers are leaning towards delaying plans to bring companies such as the Klarna under the supervision of the City watchdog, Sky News learns. Mark Kleinman City editor @MarkKleinmanSky Saturday 15 July 2023 12:43, UK Listen to this article 0:00 / 3:50 1X BeyondWords Audio created using AI assistance Klarna logo Why you can trust Sky News The government is poised...

Self-driving vehicles 'could bridge gaps in UK's public transport network' A new report, led by the Department for Transport (DfT), involved trialling SDVs to ferry people around Alnwick in Northumberland, Manchester City's Etihad sports complex, and the town of Taunton in Somerset. James Robinson Sky News reporter @thejournojames Friday 14 July 2023 14:22, UK Listen to this article 0:00 / 5:01 1X BeyondWords Audio created using AI assistance Aurrigo...

Creepy catfish or useful co-pilot: Can AI help with dating app success? ChatGPT has more than 100 million monthly active users - and some are now ready to call it their digital wingman. But it's not all harmless fun, with experts warning we could be entering a new era of AI-driven catfishing. By Tom Acres, technology reporter Sunday 16 July 2023 07:54,...

The future of work: How to navigate the changing job market in the age of AI Adapting to the future of work: Navigating the job market in the age of AI By Imane El Atillah • Updated: 12/07/2023 The rapid rise of AI has raised concerns about its impact on the job market, but experts suggest that rather than fearing...

Highly skilled occupations such as medicine, law and finance ‘may be at risk of automation from AI’ AI revolution: More than a quarter of jobs at high risk, says OECD By Imane El Atillah • Updated: 13/07/2023 The OECD has recently announced that 27 per cent of jobs in major countries rely on skills that could be easily automated amid...

Coinbase joins Binance in the SEC's crosshairs amid a wider crypto crackdown by US regulators The SEC lawsuit filed against Coinbase comes a day after a similar filing against Binance. By Associated Press • Updated: 06/06/2023 The lawsuit filed by the SEC comes a day after Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was also hit by legal action by US...

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI aiming to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’ Elon Musk launches AI company xAI with a team of top engineers from OpenAI and Google By Imane El Atillah • Updated: 13/07/2023 Elon Musk announces the launch of a new AI company, xAI, which aims to “understand the true nature of the universe”. Elon Musk, the...

ChatGPT creator investigated by US regulators over data privacy and wrong answers The logo for OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, appears on a mobile phone, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. By Giulia Carbonaro • Updated: 14/07/2023 - 12:28 US regulators have asked OpenAI how it’s addressing the potential for ChatGPT to generate “false, misleading, disparaging or harmful”...

New bionic hand allows users to control each finger with unprecedented accuracy New breakthrough technology allows bionic hand to mimic unprecedented natural movement By Camille Bello • Updated: 14/07/2023 - 11:16 Successful testing of the bionic hand has already been conducted on a patient who lost his arm above the elbow. In a world first, surgeons and engineers have developed a...