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Thames Valley Police have deployed two new live facial recognition vans in the city of Oxford as early use of the controversial technology kicks off. Used to compare individual’s faces against a police database, live facial recognition technology has been positioned by the Home Office as a powerful tool to catch wanted criminals and even ...
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DIY DDR5 is no longer just a concept, but a reality, as modder VIK-on has built his first 32GB stick from scavenged parts. The memory chips came from laptop SODIMMs, while a new PCB and cooler were acquired from China. After flashing custom firmware enabling 6400 MT/s XMP, the entire build put together cost $218. Read more ›
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As X/Twitter owner Elon Musk moves Grok's widely condemned AI image manipulation feature to paid-only and users flood the "town square" with thousands of sexualised images, Epic Games boss said that senators calling for the removal of X from the Apple and Google stores are trying to "censor all of their political opponents". Read more Read more ›
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The retail giant said a new Gemini integration reflects a broader shift from search-based shopping to AI systems that can act on a customer’s behalf. Read more ›
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Robinhood and Coinbase are two of the most popular trading apps, historically concentrating on equities and crypto, respectively. But more and more, they’re competing head to head. Coinbase is launching stock trading, while Robinhood is expanding in crypto. Both are also betting big on prediction markets. Yet as far as stock performance goes, the two companies couldn’t look more different. Robinhood’s shares rose 186% last year, while Coinbase’s fell 12%.... Read more ›
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"China recently placed a supercritical carbon dioxide power generator into commercial operation," writes CleanTechnica, "and the announcement was widely framed as a technological breakthrough." The system, referred to as Chaotan One, is installed at a steel plant in Guizhou province in mountainous southwest China and is designed to recover industrial waste heat and convert it into electricity. Each unit is reported to be rated at roughly 15 MW, with public... Read more ›
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Dolby Vision 2 delivers a significant leap in picture quality, bringing more lifelike color, better motion handling, and creator-intended visuals to everything from flagship TVs to surprisingly affordable budget models. Read more ›
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Microsoft has quietly removed ‘find album information’ and ‘update album info online’ tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11. Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has retracted its proposal to stop the import of DJI drones, but the FCC's ban means that the U.S.'s doors are closed to new DJI models anyway. Read more ›
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The new year means new health goals, and for some, that means consuming more protein. I tried 14 high-protein drinks, and some had as much protein as a chicken breast. Read more ›
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I was used to living on my own in a small town, but my new girlfriend and I decided to move to London together. I worried we'd lose our spark. Read more ›
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Some retired vessels from the U.S. Navy go on to serve as artificial reefs, while others are completely scrapped. But some go on to become floating museums. Read more ›
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Disney quietly canceled a Ben Solo movie, but the character's fans are trying to loudly make a case for why it should happen. Read more ›
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Interim Red Devils boss Darren Fletcher faces a tricky cup test against the Seagulls. Read more ›
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The FCC has partially approved a significant expansion of SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink constellation, authorizing 7,500 additional LEO satellites under a partial grant. Read more ›
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If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, initially reported that there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwarebytes added that the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more. However, Instagram said there was no breach and that user accounts were "secure." We fixed an issue... Read more ›
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Scifi author/tech activist Cory Doctorow has decried the "enshittification" of our technologies to extract more profit. But Saturday he also described what could be "the beginning of the end for enshittification" in a new article for the Guardian — "our chance to make tech good again". There is only one reason the world isn't bursting with wildly profitable products and projects that disenshittify the US's defective products: its (former) trading... Read more ›
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Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will be flying above 150 more locations this year, including in four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, and Cincinnati. In June 2025, the companies said they would expand their delivery partnership to 100 […] Read more ›
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This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what's in your inbox. It's not widely available yet, but I have access, and in the few hours I've spent messing around with it, I […] Read more ›
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is in line to potentially earn $35 billion in stock options, so long as the company hits a $100 billion market cap. One way to hit that target is by cutting costs, and one way of cutting costs is to close down a bunch of stores. The company closed 590 stores […] Read more ›
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As streaming embraces AI music, the best way to escape is a return to ownership. Read more ›
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The UK’s investment in the fintech market reached £2.6bn in 2025, making it the second highest sector investor globally according to a new report published by Innovate Finance. The industry body’s 2025 global fintech investment report shows a strong rebound in funding worldwide, with global investment reaching £39.4bn in 2025 – up 21% from 2024 ... Read more ›
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) led by owners with strong professional networks experience higher growth and profitability, according to new research from American Express. The Peer Power study, conducted in partnership with The Entrepreneurs Network, highlights a connection between the strength of professional networks and improved commercial performance. Based on responses from 500 founders and ... Read more ›
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UK-based qualitative analytics startup WholeSum has raised £730k to accelerate product development, expand its science and engineering teams and scale early enterprise deployments. WholeSum offers a hybrid AI analytics layer for qualitative data, converting large volumes of free text into auditable insights. Designed to integrate directly via API, the platform outputs quantified, reproducible insights that ... Read more ›
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A new innovation centre has opened in West Sussex to support ambitious entrepreneurs in thriving and growing their businesses. Crawley Innovation Centre helps startups, scale-ups and long-established innovative companies by providing an environment that features 24 offices, seven light industrial workshops for prototyping, product testing and demonstrations, co-working and hot desk spaces, meeting rooms, event ... Read more ›
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While AI is taking on work across the economy, supervising AI agents is likely to have hidden challenges and these demands must be quantified, acknowledged and built into roles, say researchers from Microsoft and Imperial College London. Published in the Society of Occupational Medicine’s (SOM) journal Occupational Medicine, researchers say AI is likely to make ... Read more ›
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The London Stock Exchange saw a flurry of IPO activity in the final quarter of 2025 as it positioned itself for a rebound in 2026, says EY’s latest IPO analysis. There were 11 IPOs in the UK in Q4 2025, raising £1.9bn in total. This brought the total number of listings in 2025 to 23 ... Read more ›
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Accenture has acquired UK-based AI native services and products business Faculty to help its clients reinvent core and critical business processes with AI. Founded in 2014, Faculty works with public and private sector clients to deploy AI solutions in the UK and other key markets. Its services include AI strategy, AI safety and the design, ... Read more ›
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The UK government has introduced new cybersecurity measures to make online public services more secure and resilient so people can use them with confidence, whether applying for benefits, paying taxes or accessing healthcare. Backed by over £210m, the Government Cyber Action Plan sets out how the government will meet the growing range of online threats. ... Read more ›
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London-based Apex Rides has raised £420k to boost its connected fitness platform built to make studio workouts more accessible, affordable and inclusive. The investment round included participation from FundMyPitch, strategic angels and VCs, and will be used to further invest in product development and the business’s transition to a hardware-agnostic, app-first model. Originally launched with ... Read more ›
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A new report from tech and pharma giants including AstraZeneca, GSK and Airbus has showcased the extent growth has spread across the Oxford-Cambridge region – and the impact a lack of rail connections is having on investment. Momentum around the ‘supercluster’ running from Oxford to Cambridge has long centred on high-growth tech and science companies ... Read more ›
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