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Apple says it will update AI feature after inaccurate news alerts
Apple has said it will update an AI feature that has issued inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones, including that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself and that tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.
The tech company said it was …
Labour apologises for TikTok video with ‘inappropriate’ soundtrack
The Labour party has apologised for using a soundtrack with “completely inappropriate” lyrics in a promotional TikTok video.
The video features AI-generated animals including a hare dressed as a nurse, a bulldog in a police uniform and a hedgehog wearing dungarees.
But the party took down the video when viewers …
Next to increase prices to help pay for budget tax changes
Next has said it will increase prices by 1% this year to help offset a £67m rise in wage costs driven by tax changes announced in the government’s autumn budget.
The fashion and homewares retailer also said UK sales growth was likely to slow as the tax increases for employers …
Sam Darnold turned into a pumpkin on Sunday. But he can still be Cinderella
If you were waiting this season for Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold to fail – not in an evil
schadenfreude
sense, but more in an “Oh, there’s the Sam Darnold of old” sense – then Darnold’sSunday night performance
against Detroit in a 31-9 Lions win gave you …Tibet earthquake: scores dead and hundreds of homes damaged
A strong earthquake has struck near Shigatse, one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing scores of people, damaging buildings, and sending people running to the streets in neighbouring Nepal and India.
Chinese state media said at least 95 people had died, more than 130 had been injured, and about 1,000 houses …
Scottish man killed while serving as medic with Ukrainian army
A Scottish man has been killed while serving on the frontline with the Ukrainian army, his family has said.
Jordan Maclachlan, 26, from Ardnamurchan in the Scottish Highlands, died on Friday while serving as a medic with the Ukrainian army, his family told the BBC.
“Jordan always believed that he …
Lewis Hamilton at 40: F1 trailblazer has it all to prove again at Ferrari
Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast
Good morning.
British winters have grown markedly milder over the past century:
that the average UK winter has gotten 1C warmer and 15% wetter in the last century. LastFebruary
was the warmest in recorded history. There have been fewer and fewer snow …Taiwan investigating Chinese vessel over damage to undersea cable
Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-owned vessel that is suspected of damaging an undersea internet cable, causing limited disruption but raising concerns the incident was deliberate.
Taiwan’s Chungwha Telecom on Sunday received an alert that a fibre-optic cable to the north-east of the island had been disrupted. The cable runs …
British AI startup with government ties is developing tech for military drones
A company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones.
The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to UAVs”, or unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a defence industry partner company.
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