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Reeves mulls deeper cuts to public services as borrowing costs soar
Bezos’s Blue Origin schedules, then delays first orbital launch
Thursday briefing: What’s behind the growing danger and destruction of California’s wildfires
Good morning. Since Tuesday morning, a series of devastating wildfires have spread rapidly through the Los Angeles area in California. Amid winds of up to 100mph and in very dry weather, the blazes have spread rapidly in neighbourhoods from the Pacific Palisades to the Hollywood Hills.
At least five …
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
How do you do, fellow humans? My name is Arwa and I am a genuine member of the species
homo sapiens
. We’re talking a 100% flesh-and-blood person operating inmeatspace
over here; I am absolutely not an AI-powered bot. I know, I know. That’s exactly what a bot …Meta’s changes to factchecking will lead to clash with EU and UK, say experts
Sales at toymaker Hornby up 7% after bumper Black Friday and Christmas
The toy-train maker Hornby enjoyed bumper trading in the final three months of last year, marking a turnaround for the Kent-based company, which has struggled since a hobby boom during the Covid pandemic.
Sales at the model train firm, which also sells toy planes and cars under the Airfix, Scalextric …
Outdated guidelines mean doctors failing to spot heart condition in women
Doctors are failing to diagnose women with a potentially deadly heart condition because tests rely on outdated studies from the 1970s and do not account for natural differences in sex and body size.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition where the muscular wall of the heart becomes thickened, making …
Acts of hate are on the rise in Australia – but naming them is proving fraught
Rates of antisemitism and Islamophobia in Australia have risen sharply since 7 October 2023, according to almost every source that has tracked incidents or surveyed attitudes.
But the extent of the rise has been questioned.
and throughout Israel’s brutal retaliation, …Sweat-wicking and radiative cooling: can new fabrics make living through extreme heat more bearable?
This year is on track to be the hottest in recorded history. With
andmore intense and frequent heatwaves
, keeping cool in summer will get harder. Air conditioning can onlygo so far
, especially when extreme heat raises therisk of electricity …
The Spin | ‘Deep, minging, unpleasant’: cricket’s flooding problem is getting worse
The water started flowing into the New Road practice area at about 4pm on Monday afternoon, and just kept on rolling. It flooded the entire ground and half the car park, as well as the nearby racecourse, the rowing club and the public footpath – which is now a popular …