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Sienna Rose: AI suspicions surround mysterious singer
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Sienna Rose is having a good month. Three of her dusky, jazz-infused soul songs are in Spotify's Viral Top…
Susan Darwin
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Fibremaxxing: Trend for eating more fibre has surprising benefits
Ruth Clegg,Health and wellbeing reporter and Grace Dean Last year, many of us went protein-mad in the hopes of boosting our strength and…
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Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'
The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding…
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Bath 63-10 Edinburgh: Hosts seal home last-16 Investec Champions Cup game
Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Ojomoh, Lawrence, Arundell; Russell, Spencer (capt); Obano, Dunn, Du Toit, Roux, Molony, Pepper,…
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FDA commissioner’s drug review plan sparks alarm across the agency
The Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump’s…
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Why is there so much international interest in Greenland?
Greenland, a sparsely populated but resource-rich island, is at the heart of a growing diplomatic dispute between Denmark and the US - but…
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Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover as US lawmakers visit Denmark to ease tensions
Daniel Bush,Washington correspondentand Paulin Kola US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place tariffs on nations that do not…
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Trump threatens tariffs for countries if they oppose U.S. control of Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland,…
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Do you use ChatGPT’s free version? It now has a major catch
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said on Friday it will start including ads for those who use the app for free, or have the cheapest…
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Wall Street holds near records amid rising geopolitical tensions
Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as the first week of corporate earnings season closes out with markets trading…
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The northern lights could be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states this weekend
The northern lights could light up the skies above several U.S. states this weekend. The aurora borealis will be visible January 16 and 17…
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Meet the Sam’s Club CEO tasked with taking on Costco
Meet the new CEO of Sam’s Club: Latriece Watkins. As you’ll hear from my interview with Watkins on the January 15 episode of Fast…
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Trump wants Big Tech to pay for new power plants as electricity prices surge
The data centers that power the AI boom also need power themselves—and a lot of it. Now the Trump administration wants the tech companies…
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Actors fight back as AI deepfakes become scarily accurate
During the Hollywood strikes of 2023, a major sticking point for members of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA was artificial…
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Canada cuts tariff on Chinese EVs in exchange for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian…
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Meet the chief resource officer
Quickfire question: Who, in a business, should be responsible for AI? Most of us would assume the tech side of an organization should hold…
Business
BizzyNow opens Mamacrowd equity round
Italian startup BizzyNow has launched an equity crowdfunding round on Mamacrowd to finance the next phase of its networking app, built…
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GM CEO Mary Barra says people aren’t plugging in their plug-in hybrids. That defeats their whole purpose
If drivers want to switch away from a completely gas-powered car to something electric, they have a few options. Namely, battery electric…
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Ukraine's air defence supplies 'insufficient', Zelensky says
President Zelensky has called Ukraine's air defence supplies "insufficient", having revealed several systems were "without missiles" until…
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Exiled crown prince urges world to help protesters topple Iran's government
Watch: 'The Islamic Republic will fall', says exiled crown prince The exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world…
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Australia’s social media ban for children has already wiped out 4.7 million accounts
Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the…
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Frigidaire recall: 964,000 mini-fridges sold at Target pose a serious risk
Almost 1 million Frigidaire mini-fridges are being recalled because they pose the potential to catch fire, according to a notice from the…
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What to know about the botched launch of Eric Adams’s new crypto token
For a moment, Eric Adams was riding high. Fresh off trips to Dubai and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the now jobless ex-mayor of New…
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Bahrain Masters: Luke Littler knocked out by Gerwyn Price & Luke Humphries beaten by Nathan Aspinall
World champion Luke Littler was knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals by Gerwyn Price for the second year in a row. Littler…