Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes Google will stop giving snappy answers to stupid questions, the company has announced, as it seeks to improve its search engine’s “featured snippets” service. That means users should see fewer answers to questions such as “When did Snoopy assassinate Abraham …
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In this week’s newsletter: The BBC’s Kayley Thomas pieces together the Argentinian striker’s final hours in Transfer: The Emiliano Sala Story. Plus: five of the best podcasts about childhood memories Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Restless NativesWidely available, episodes weeklyAfter 15 years of friendship, Line …
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Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents’ anonymous accounts Twitter has allowed a senior Saudi official and aide to Mohammed bin Salman to maintain a verified account with more than 2m followers despite allegations that the official recruited and paid Twitter employees to secretly report on dissidents’ …
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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the celestial spectacle, the last super moon of of 2022 Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast With a ‘sturgeon’ supermoon rising tonight, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy …
From Jeff Goldblum as the Big Bad Wolf to an incident involving Fabio and a goose, the illustrator @filthyratbag shares the things that make her laugh most Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email My dad got dial-up internet in 2005 and it rocked my world. No longer would I have to spend my afternoons …
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Tesla CEO has sold $7bn worth of shares in the carmaker in case he loses his bid to walk away from the $44bn takeover Elon Musk did not become the world’s wealthiest person through a lack of confidence. But the Tesla CEO revealed on Tuesday that he had sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) worth of shares in …
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Cutting-edge folding phone unveiled with Z Fold 4 folding tablet, Galaxy Watch 5 and Buds 2 Pro earbuds Samsung has unveiled updated versions of its cutting-edge folding-screen devices, including its popular reinvention of the flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, adding better cameras, bigger screens and slimmer bodies. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z …
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Facebook’s parent company has created a bot capable of weighing in on almost any topic – from radicalisation to sending Mark Zuckerberg to jail Last week, researchers at Facebook’s parent company Meta released BlenderBot 3, a “publicly available chatbot that improves its skills and safety over time”. The chatbot is built on top of Meta’s …
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Tesla CEO admits he could need the funds if he loses a legal battle with Twitter and is forced to buy the social media platform Elon Musk has sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) worth of shares in Tesla after admitting that he could need the funds if he loses a legal battle with Twitter and is forced …
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Families in Gwynedd county are being evicted as swathes of property are converted to short-term rentals for the tourism industry – and the situation being played out across the country. Can anything be done to help? Sitting at her kitchen table, a shellshocked Cherylyn Houston reflects on an ordeal that is finally over. It all …
