Brexit: Rejoining EU takes record 14-point lead in latest poll

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Google Pixel Fold leak reveals key specs of firm’s first foldable phone

Folding smartphone expected to feature a Samsung-made screen and Sony-made camera setup | Continue reading


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WhatsApp Down

WhatsApp has broken, with users unable to send or receive messages. | Continue reading


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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues rival Magnus Carlsen and others for $100M

The lawsuit alleges defamation and ‘blacklisting’ | Continue reading


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US sanctions on Chinese 'decapitate' semiconductor industry

Mass resignations of US staff are ‘paralyzing’ Chinese chip industry | Continue reading


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Heat from fingertips can be used to crack passwords, researchers find

Thermal attacks can occur after users type their passcode on a computer keyboard, smartphone screen or ATM keypad. | Continue reading


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Super Mario Bros doomed video-game movies for a generation

Ed Power looks back at how the big-screen version of Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Bros’ set all future video-game films up for a fall | Continue reading


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Electric car charging in just 5 minutes achieved with ‘unprecedented’ NASA tech

New technology is capable of delivering 4.6 times the current of the fastest electric car chargers on the market | Continue reading


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Kerch bridge explosion kills three as Zelensky aide warns blast is the beginning

Sections of the key route collapsed after huge blast Russia claims was caused by a truck | Continue reading


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Rugby authorities urged to cut out contact training to reduce the risk of MND

Research led by the University of Glasgow found evidence of an increased risk of motor neurone disease among former rugby players. | Continue reading


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Court orders Lidl to melt millions of Lindt’s copycat chocolate bunnies

The popular chocolate company has battled trademark court battles for years | Continue reading


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Doreen Bogdan-Martin Will Head the International Telecommunication Union

Doreen Bogdan-Martin will head the International Telecommunication Union for the next four years | Continue reading


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Trees bulking up and growing faster on excess CO2 in atmosphere, study suggests

Findings highlight the value of trees in mitigating climate change, scientists say | Continue reading


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What lies beneath: Mossdale caving disaster

It was the world’s worst caving disaster. On 24 June 1967, six young adventurers set off to explore Yorkshire’s Mossdale Caverns. They never came back. Ray Kershaw tells their harrowing story | Continue reading


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Lancet report claiming Covid could have come from US lab prompts anger

‘This may be one of The Lancet’s most shameful moments regarding its role as a steward and leader in communicating crucial findings about science and medicine,’ virologist says | Continue reading


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Covid app can detect virus from people’s voice

Technology could be used in low-income countries where PCR tests are expensive | Continue reading


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Top Taiwan official leading missile production found dead in hotel room

Deputy head of Taiwan defence ministry’s research and development unit died from a heart attack | Continue reading


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Fake news:Portugal ‘fooled’ ex-dictator to believe he still led from his sickbed

António de Oliveira Salazar thought he was in power for two years after being replaced, new book claims | Continue reading


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Taylor Swift, Drake, Kardashians among worst celebrity private jet polluters

The richest 1 per cent are responsible for half of the carbon emissions caused by flying | Continue reading


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Biden says burn pits killed his son. More than 261,000 veterans are sick

Vast open-air pits where trash burned around the clock were simply part of life on deployment for troops in America’s post-9/11 wars. Now, thousands are sick and dying because of the toxic exposure and feel abandoned by the country that they fought for, writes Rachel Sharp | Continue reading


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Scientists have finally found the potential “cure” for baldness

New research pins baldness to a single chemical | Continue reading


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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope damaged after being smashed by space rock

A micrometeorite strike did more damage to Webb’s mirror than expected, but scientists were able to adapt the mirror to cancel out most of the negative effects. | Continue reading


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SpaceX finally achieves ‘complete coverage of Earth’ with Starlink polar launch

Elon Musk’s space firm now controls more than 40 per cent of all active satellites in orbit | Continue reading


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Scientists in China claim AI can check loyalty of_ Communist Party members

AI software could be used to solidify party members’ determination to be ‘grateful to the party’, institute had claimed | Continue reading


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Apple responds after woman describes ‘nightmare’ of being ‘tracked’ by AirTag

Irish actor Hannah Rose May says she was tracked for two hours before she was notified | Continue reading


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Boeing to cancel Boeing 737 Max 10 unless given exemption from safety req

More than 600 of the jets are currently on order | Continue reading


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Russia says it will ‘do everything necessary’ in fight over Space Station

The Russian space agency and Nasa appear to be locked in an argument over the use of the International Space Station. | Continue reading


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UK Bill of Rights exempts government from free speech protections

Government policies to crack down on protest and other speech exempted from new laws | Continue reading


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UK Goverment keen on 50-year mortgages

PM keen on 50-year mortgages – but warned only wealthy would benefit from ‘inheritance planning tool’ | Continue reading


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UK rules that AI cannot patent inventions

Government plans to tweak laws to make UK a ‘global artificial intelligence superpower’ | Continue reading


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Rogue planets could incubate life for billions of years

Under thick hydrogen atmospheres, liquid water could persists for tens of billions of years, even on planets adrift in space without a star | Continue reading


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Company behind Truth Social now under investigation by federal prosecutors

The so-called ‘blank check’ company is also the target of a separate Securities and Exchange Commission probe | Continue reading


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UK quietly drops ‘human rights’ and ‘rule of law’ from goals in Gulf trade deal

Ministers are desperate to sign new trade deals after damaging the UK economy with Brexit | Continue reading


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Fertility tracker and AI used to identify Covid days before symptoms appeared

In study conducted since start of pandemic, 68 per cent of Covid cases were successfully diagnosed two days before onset of symptoms | Continue reading


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Cosmic particles can change elections and cause planes to fall through the sky

Tiny invisible particles can cause bits of information held by computers to ‘flip’ with potentially serious ramifications | Continue reading


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Sriracha hot sauce production suspended due to climate crisis

The hot sauce company reportedly doesn’t have enough chili peppers due to “weather conditions” | Continue reading


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NASA prepares first all-electric airplane

Nasa is nearing the first test flight of an experimental aircraft that could make general aviation greener, cleaner, and quieter. | Continue reading


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All cancer patients in drug trial appear to be cured for ‘first time in history’

‘This is the first time this has happened’: All 12 patients involved in US study entered remission after taking dostarlimab over a six-month period | Continue reading


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Facebook whistleblower says she is blocked from testifying in Indian parliament

‘It has been 13 months since I came forward publicly... that is more than enough time for anyone to provide a simple yes or no answer’ | Continue reading


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All cancer patients in drug trial appear to be cured for ‘first time in history’

‘This is the first time this has happened’: All 12 patients involved in US study entered remission after taking dostarlimab over a six-month period | Continue reading


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#Swedengate How the internet turned on Sweden for not feeding house guests

#Swedengate became a trending topic after internet users learned that Swedes tend to not feed their house guests | Continue reading


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Putin warns West of strikes if longer-range missiles supplied

Russian invasion of Ukraine - live updates | Continue reading


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Boris Johnson booed at Queen’s jubilee

Downing Street said to be planning new push to keep wavering Tories onside | Continue reading


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In defence of Ricky Gervais and the right to offend people

It’s fine if you find Gervais and his jokes offensive, but I’d rather live in a world where people are offensive than one where everyone agrees | Continue reading


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Scientists can finally explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colors

The furthest two planets in the Solar System both have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions, but they are different shades of blue. | Continue reading


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California church shooting suspected anti-Taiwan hate crime by Chinese-American

David Chou has been charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods | Continue reading


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Entire Maine town effectively shuttered after sole clerk quits

Christen Bouchard resigned after the board of selectmen denied her vacation request | Continue reading


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LA residents advised to cut shower time by four minutes as drought worsens

Outdoor garden watering also reduced from three days to two from 1 June | Continue reading


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