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You can now talk to ChatGPT about your own spending — once you have handed it your accounts
The voice layer is the easy part. The condition underneath it has not changed: the tool answers about your money only after you connect the…
World
A sixth dwarf planet may have been hiding behind the Milky Way all along
Found by Harvard’s Matthew Holman in data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ED138 is bigger than Ceres and further out than Pluto. It…
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The first clear pictures of China’s secret spaceplane show its payload bay open in orbit
Photographed in orbit in 2024 and released now, the images show a craft built much like the US Space Force’s X-37B. China has published…
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The hardest part to make in a jet engine is grown like a snowflake, and only five countries can do it
A turbine blade is a single grain of metal, grown over hours from molten alloy. Only a handful of firms can make them, the process is…
Health
A routine eye scan may soon flag diabetes and heart disease, and Sunderland has £12.2m to try
The eye is the one place a doctor can see blood vessels directly without cutting. A Sunderland hub now has government funding to let AI…
World
An AI teddy sold for three-year-olds said “I can’t help with killing you”, unprompted
The remark came while the toy was being asked how babies are made. MPs and peers want AI toys off the shelves before Black Friday, and even…
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More than half of US voters called data centres a crucial issue, and three quarters would block one locally
BBC Verify examined whether the backlash against AI infrastructure shaped the US midterm results. The polling is striking for a subject…
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Anthropic picked this month for the biggest IPO ever, and the market just had its worst day in years
A company planning the largest flotation in history now has to argue that AI’s future has never been brighter, in the week sentiment turned…
World
The Nasdaq lost $2.5 trillion in a day, then bounced — and borrowed money made the fall worse
A $2.5 trillion single-day fall, driven by fears that Democratic wins mean tighter rules on AI infrastructure, and amplified by investors…
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Musk is winding down the Cybertruck, and the reason he gives is not the one people expected
Production ends at the Texas factory next year. Musk frames it as making room for the Cybercab; the project’s lead engineer put it more…
Technology
A security camera that claims 35 days on one charge, with no mains power and no Wi-Fi
A 10,400mAh battery, a 7.6W solar panel and a 4G radio, aimed at farms, building sites and warehouses where there is no socket to plug…
Technology
The Redmi 17 5G arrives in Bangladesh at BDT 31,999, and the battery is the whole argument
A 7,500mAh battery with 45W charging, a 6.9-inch 120Hz display and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, in a single 6GB/128GB configuration at BDT 31,999.