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The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 – chosen by scientists
From insight into our human ancestry and breakthroughs on the moon to a flourishing of…
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A fridge but in reverse? The fascinating science of heat pumps – visualised
Despite being more like a refrigerator than a gas boiler, this home heating technology…
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If you were given a Google Street View image of anywhere on Earth, could you identify the location?
The competitors at the GeoGuessr World Cup can do just that. The clues are in brick ho…
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‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts
Sales surge as cities and states look to cut pollution from cars and improve options f…
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Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims
Rights group says Facebook and Instagram routinely engage in ‘six key patterns of undu…
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British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order
Arion Kurtaj, who has acute autism, hacked Rockstar Games using just an Amazon Firesti…
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Diary of a TikTok moderator: ‘We are the people who sweep up the mess’
From ‘dense’ training and tests to going live, answering for ‘idles’ – and some of the…
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Best podcasts of the week: What really happens at celebrity trials (yes, Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash included)
In this week’s newsletter: Voice actors and expert analysis bring juicy celebrity lega…
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AI image generators trained on pictures of child sexual abuse, study finds
Images might have helped AI systems produce realistic sexual imagery of fake children;…
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Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?
There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance t…
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AI cannot be named as patent ‘inventor’, UK supreme court rules
US technologist loses dispute with Intellectual Property Office over ideas generated b…
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TikTok moderators struggling to assess Israel-Gaza content, Guardian told
Button letting moderators flag video content in language they do not understand has be…
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Meta wrong to remove graphic Israel-Gaza videos, oversight board says
Board describes the two videos, which were reinstated, as valuable for ‘informing the …
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Adobe drops $20bn takeover of Figma after EU and UK regulator concerns
UK’s CMA said deal would threaten competition in the product design, image editing and…
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TikTok users including Russell Brand given special status, messages show
Exclusive: Moderators in Europe encouraged to be more lenient with accounts of some hi…
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