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‘They got rid of some of our best talent’: How Trump is hacking away at America’s cyber defenses
“We’ve had many, many threats against our nation,” President Trump said in the Oval Office in November 2018, as he announced the creation…
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Kneecap: More gigs cancelled in Germany amid 'kill your MP' controversy
Catherine Doyle BBC News NI The largest body representing Jews in the UK also called for Glastonbury to cancel the group's planned…
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This newly discovered cloud is 3,400 times the mass of the Sun—and we almost missed it
4.5 billion years ago the Sun was formed in a swirling cloud of dust and gas called the Solar Nebula. In a paper published by Nature…
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California’s high-speed rail project may get another chance—if private investors agree to fund it
A long-delayed project promising nonstop rail service between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours may be able to secure the…
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Heart Aerospace’s US move shows Europe is ‘driving innovation away’
Swedish electric plane startup Heart Aerospace is relocating its headquarters from Gothenburg to Los Angeles in a move it says will…
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Starbucks is about to ‘uplift’ 2,000 stores with a new design
Starbucks held its quarterly earnings call Tuesday, during which CEO Brian Niccol highlighted a slew of design steps the company is taking…
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Visa’s new tech lets AI shop—and pay—for you
Are you ready to hand over your wallet to AI and let it do your shopping for you? Maybe not—but the technology to do it is hitting the…
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Captive-bred axolotl thrives in restored wetlands in Mexico City
Victoria Gill Science correspondent One of the world's most endangered amphibians - the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl - has…
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UK weather: Record heat to kick off May as temperatures forecast to hit 29C
Very warm, even hot weather has been felt right across the UK on Wednesday with temperatures widely in the low to mid-twenties. The…
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Duolingo doubles its language offerings with AI-built courses
Duolingo launched 148 new language classes that were built by generative AI, the company announced Wednesday. The move, which more than…
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The U.S. economy shrank during President Trump’s first quarter. He blamed Biden
The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years, an initial measurement by the Commerce Department revealed on Wednesday.…
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Jannik Sinner: Italian considered quitting tennis during doping case
Sinner had previously been cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent panel, but Wada launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for…
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Kemi Badenoch accuses government of failure on grooming gangs
Sam Francis Political reporter Watch: Leaders clash over grooming scandal Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of breaking its promise…
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What to know about the ‘revenge porn’ bill that’s headed to Trump’s desk for approval
Congress has overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of nonconsensual intimate…
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Trump’s new orders dial back some tariffs for U.S. automakers
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant…
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Man on terror offence charge after Israel embassy arrest
A man has been charged with a terrorism offence after allegedly attempting to break into the Israeli embassy in west London with a knife…
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Paedophile Richard Burrows jailed after decades on the run
Phil McCann BBC North West Tonight Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands A paedophile who spent nearly three decades on the run in…
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Builders have the most unsold homes since 2009. These are the housing markets with deals
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Speaking to investors…
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William and Kate join children on island nature trail in Mull
32 minutes ago Share Save Share Save The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their second and final day on the Isle of Mull with…
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Starbucks stock price is tumbling after the coffee giant shared ‘disappointing’ financial results. Here’s what to know
Shares in coffee giant Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) are down significantly in premarket trading this morning after the chain…
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The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
How close are we to genuine “mind reading?” Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s not…
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Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis dilutes control of club to meet Uefa rules
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has diluted his control of the club in preparation for Champions League qualification. Uefa,…
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Trump’s ideas to encourage a ‘baby boom’ won’t work. Here’s what will
As Americans are having fewer babies, the White House has been gathering ideas on what can be done to increase the birth rate. The New…
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Labour defends net-zero policies after Blair criticism
The government has defended its net-zero policies after Sir Tony Blair said limiting fossil fuels was "doomed to fail" and a new approach…