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As humans prepare to return to the moon after an absence of more than half a century, researchers have hit on a radical approach to…
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Amazon profits soared once again in the first quarter of 2024, the company announced on Tuesday – the latest in a series of robust earnings…
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Google’s Pixel 8A Is Coming, but Last Year’s Pixel 7A Is at Its Lowest Price Yet
Google has historically launched its A-Series midrange Pixel smartphone around this time of year (usually at its Google I/O developer conference, which is set to…
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that allowed a monkey to seemingly control a robotic…
View More China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer InterfacesNationwide stops lending on some flood-risk properties
Britain’s biggest building society has stopped granting mortgages on some properties where there is a high risk of flooding but said this affected only “a…
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‘This is the first time I’ve had my lawn cut by somebody else,” says Tom Bradshaw, the new president of the National Farmers’ Union. Just…
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Raising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a city councillor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), distanced himself from…
View More How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in GermanyEU is pressuring Meta due to fears of Russian interference in elections
Fears that Vladimir Putin is trying to fill the European parliament with more pro-Russia MEPs were behind the EU’s blunt message to the Silicon Valley…
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Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first…
View More Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talksBudget brands and free samples: eight ways to cut the cost of your skincare
Take advantage of refills, dupes of high-end products and sharing with your partner There are plenty of ways to reduce the cost of your skincare…
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