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    Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules

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    Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning

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    Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters

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    Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed

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    Labour rejects Zack Polanski’s call to ‘slam brakes’ on building AI datacentres

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    No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions

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    Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails

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    The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy

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    ⭐ Must Read: us/technology - ประเด็นร้อนOne of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about AI. Could his ideas help us avoid a dystopian future?

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    The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun

    Before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, CD Projekt Red is returning us to the world of The Witcher 3 for one last foray. Looks like wind’s still howlin’
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  • Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states, alleging it improperly captured data from minors, in OaklandJurors watch Elena Davis, a social impact user experience researcher at Meta, in recorded testimony as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states, alleging it improperly captured data from minors, designed its social media platforms to addict children and misled the public about their safety in Oakland, California, U.S., August 19, 2026 in a courtroom sketch.  REUTERS/Vicki Behringer.  
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    Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored

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    Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial

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    ‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs

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