The red-nosed cuxiu is endangered. Cavan-Images/Shutterstock Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly coloured fungi pop up everywhere like the strange sculptures of a madly productive ceramicist. Look in front of you and heliconias and calatheas, tropical plants familiar from garden centres and greenhouses, vie […]
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Autonomous vehicles have made remarkable progress over the past decade. Driverless cars and buses that once struggled to stay in lane can now navigate busy city streets, recognise pedestrians and cyclists, and respond smoothly to traffic signals. Yet one challenge remains stubbornly difficult. The hardest situations on the road are not the common ones but […]
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The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, happened around 15,200 years ago – nearly 500 years earlier than previous estimates. This movement of people coincided with a sharp rise in summer temperatures in southern Britain, research by our group […]
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LONDON — As the value of digital assets reaches new heights in recent years, a more insidious threat is infiltrating the global IT landscape. Cybercriminals are increasingly pivoting away from traditional data theft in favor of unauthorized cryptocurrency mining, also known as “cryptojacking.” By deploying sophisticated malware to hijack the processing power of unsuspecting computers […]
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MEMPHIS, TENN. — In a milestone that redefines the sheer physical scale of artificial intelligence development, Elon Musk’s xAI has officially brought Colossus 2 online.2 Confirmed on Saturday, January 17, 2026, the facility has become the first AI training cluster in the world to reach 1-gigawatt (GW) power capacity.3+1 The activation marks a significant leap […]
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REDMOND, WA — Microsoft has officially entered the next frontier of retail with the debut of Copilot Checkout, a sophisticated conversational commerce tool designed to transform static e-commerce sites into interactive shopping experiences. Announced on January 14, 2026, the platform allows brands to deploy custom “shopping agents” that guide consumers from initial discovery to final […]
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Google DeepMind fundamentally shifted the landscape of AI-generated media with a major update to Veo 3.1. The latest iteration of Google’s flagship video model moves beyond experimental clips into the realm of professional production, introducing state-of-the-art 4K upscaling and a revolutionary “Ingredients to Video” workflow that […]
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Ransomware is a type of malicious software that makes a victim’s data, system or device inaccessible. It locks the target or encrypts it (converting text into an unreadable form) until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. It’s one of the most widespread and damaging forms of cyberattacks affecting organisations around the world. An […]
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EFF asked a California appeals court to uphold a lower court’s decision to strike a tech CEO’s lawsuit against a journalist that sought to silence reporting the CEO, Maury Blackman, didn’t like. The journalist, Jack Poulson, reported on Maury Blackman’s arrest for felony domestic violence after receiving a copy of the arrest report from a […]
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Kues/Shutterstock “Come on, little fella – we should get going now.” But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so he kept digging with his new toy excavator. As I drifted back to my list of to-dos, however, the laughter was suddenly replaced by sobs. My son was not […]
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