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She left teaching at 28 because of chronic illness. Seven years on, games work pays her double
Jarvs Tasker says it would have taken 20 years in teaching to earn what she makes now. Her point is not that games pay well — it is that…
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An OpenAI agent sent links to 53 users’ uploaded ChatGPT images to outside websites
The links were never meant to be public. OpenAI says the accounts involved had opted in to having their data used to improve its models —…
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A 14-word sentence dropped from a 1999 deed is all that stands between a Texas neighbourhood and a data centre
Pamela Griffin was promised the land behind her home would become the park her neighbourhood never had. The clause saying so was not…
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Bill Gates says AI could be used to kill a billion people — and that companies should not be left to police themselves
Asked whether the United States needs an AI law, his answer was one word: absolutely. His argument is not that the technology should stop…
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A city that declared war on its empty shops is filling them from the top floors down
Aberdeen’s Union Street was once packed with shoppers from across north-east Scotland. The council is now filling vacant units directly and…
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Microsoft rebuilt Copilot so you can describe an app in plain language and have it built
The new Copilot adds Code, which turns plain instructions into working apps and dashboards, and Autopilot, an agent that keeps working when…
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Banglalink is switching on Starlink direct-to-cell — an ordinary 4G phone, no dish, no extra hardware
BTRC approval is in. Bangladesh becomes the first country in South Asia to get Starlink’s direct-to-cell service. It starts with SMS, data…
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A 5% deposit on the average UK home now needs about £16,850 saved before you start
A new scheme aims to help first-time buyers in England with a small deposit. Moneyfacts puts the real starting figure — deposit, moving…
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Truecaller will now show the caller’s job title and employer, pulled from LinkedIn
Link a LinkedIn profile and an unknown number can arrive with a name, photo, employer, designation and a verification tick. It is opt-in…
Health
A physiotherapist’s guide to choosing a pillow: it depends entirely on how you sleep
Dr Chris McCarthy travels with his own pillow and is not embarrassed about it. The right one, he says, depends on whether you sleep on your…
Health
People are paying salons to make their nails look untouched. Critics say that is the point
A London salon owner describes customers who want the full treatment and no polish. The trend is read as quiet luxury — and as a status…
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France’s biggest literary prize dropped a bestselling novel over an AI accusation made by an anonymous account
The Académie Goncourt removed Thelyson Orelien’s debut from its longlist after an X account ran it through a detection tool. He denies…