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Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham Cheating in exams could be magnified by the new generation of wearable hi-tech devices such as smartglasses or invisible earpieces, according to England’s qualifications watchdog. Ian Bauckham, the head of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations …

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IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.77tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealth Space X is seeking to raise about $75bn (£55bn) through its imminent stock market listing, the company has said, which would make it the largest initial public offering ever. If the stock market launch – …

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In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her For a year, Joanna Stern decided to turn herself into …

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Silicon Valley is fighting against regulation, taxes and growth of AI and will benefit from having political leverage Silicon Valley had a big night in California’s primary election, proving that the tens of millions of dollars funding candidates across the state was money well spent. While the tech industry’s preferred candidate for governor came in …

Tech industry wins big in California primary election with millions spent paying off Read More »

Measure expected to pass next week represents major rebuke to big tech as local disquiet over AI boom grows Seattle’s city government is on the verge of passing a year-long ban on the construction of new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium as nationwide backlash grows. Four companies …

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While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Residents in Monterey Park, California, became the first in the US to vote on a permanent ban on datacenters on Tuesday, and early results indicate a resounding …

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Consumer advocates decry Democrat Jared Polis for ‘choosing to side with dominant corporations’ over workers Colorado’s governor vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would have banned companies from using surveillance pricing to set workers’ wages and prices for consumer goods. The measure would have been the strongest in the nation against algorithmic pricing. While Maryland …

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Jess Asato was portrayed wearing a bikini in Grok-generated images after she criticised creation of such non-consensual pictures A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded the social …

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Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications The UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers’ content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers …

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Christi Hill and male police officer misidentified in Vickrum Digwa case on AI platforms including Grok UK politics live – latest updates A former police officer has been forced to flee to a safe space after she was falsely accused online of being involved in the Henry Nowak murder. Christi Hill, who served as a …

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