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Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size. In the “biggest change to postbox design since their introduction more than 175 …

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Former TV doctor who leads $1.5tn Medicare and Medicaid agency also says staff have ‘patriotic duty’ to stay healthy Dr Mehmet Oz reportedly told federal staffers that artificial intelligence models may be better than frontline human physicians in his first all-staff meeting this week. Oz told staffers that if a patient went to the doctor …

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Experts doubt Trump line that tariffs and company’s $500bn investment will shift manufacturing from Asia The White House is insisting that Donald Trump’s vision of Apple’s flagship iPhones being manufactured in the US will come to fruition, despite assertions from analysts and the company itself that it would not be possible. The press secretary, Karoline …

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Concern grows over programs deployed to act with autonomy that may ‘exploit weaknesses’ Business live – latest updates Increasingly autonomous AI programs could end up manipulating markets and intentionally creating crises in order to boost profits for banks and traders, the Bank of England has warned. Artificial intelligence’s ability to “exploit profit-making opportunities” was among …

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A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future. Each new innovation gets an allegory: smartphones as …

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Chip, memory and webcam upgrades are joined by welcome price cut for the top premium notebook Apple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting. The company’s thinnest and lightest laptop currently starts at …

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The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’ The global rush to AI technology will require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today, but only about half of the demand is likely to be met from …

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Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16s Almost all schools in England have banned mobile phone use by pupils, according to the first national survey conducted, as the leader of the largest teaching union called for a statutory ban owing to the “damaging …

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Business owners warn taxes may increase parts prices, making electronics repairs more costly than before Tariffs that took effect in the US at midnight on Wednesday are expected to make buying new smartphones more expensive. But opting to fix an old or damaged device as a way to save money may not avoid a higher …

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The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing – ideological projects The start of the second Trump administration has been chaotic, to put it mildly. It is difficult for Americans to understand what exactly the administration is trying to do and how it will affect them. It …

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