Month: June 2025

With number of young girls sharing videos rising, study says following instructions can irritate skin and lead to allergies Skincare regimes demonstrated by young influencers on TikTok offer little to no benefit, researchers have found, adding that on the contrary they raise the risk of skin irritations and lifelong allergies in children. The team behind …

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Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universities Big Chinese tech companies appear to have turned off some AI functions to prevent cheating during the country’s highly competitive university entrance exams. More than 13.3 million students are sitting the four-day gaokao exams, which began on Saturday and determine …

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Influential researcher claims disruption in jobs market from generative AI has already begun and warns of possibility of ‘gradual disempowerment to AI’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The US administration’s targeting of academic research and international students is a “great gift” to China in the race to compete on …

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When political spam landed in Priya Dev’s inbox during the last election campaign, she decided to track down the source Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Priya Dev has a clue on how political spam ended up in her inbox during the 2025 federal election campaign. Like many Australians, Dev …

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We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequality One Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay in bed and click on …

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Musk isn’t the first – or last – billionaire to pour big money into US elections Elon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would …

Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics Read More »

Law expected to include safety and copyright issues but delay likely to raise concerns about ongoing lack of regulation Proposals to regulate artificial intelligence have been delayed by at least a year as UK ministers plan a bumper bill to regulate the technology and its use of copyrighted material. Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, intends …

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Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups Stuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn’t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and …

52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small) Read More »

A billionaire’s vendetta has threatened to cut off the US from the ISS and complicate national defense After a year of effusive praise and expressions of love for each other, Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded their political partnership in dramatic fashion this week. The highly public split included, among other highlights, the world’s richest …

The Trump-Musk feud shows danger of handing the keys of power to one person Read More »

Ruling follows two cases blighted by actual or suspected use of artificial intelligence in legal work The high court has told senior lawyers to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence after dozens of fake case-law citations were put before the courts that were either completely fictitious or contained made-up passages. Lawyers …

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