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Can Rishi Sunak’s global summit solve AI problems? Nov 01, 2023

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Elon Musk & ChatGPT boss attend Rishi Sunak’s global artificial intelligence summit. It’s as the UK pledges £38 million for AI projects including labs in Africa.

Scientists make the biggest simulation of our cosmos ever - with the mass of 300 billion galaxies.

Chinese researchers say that some children born deaf in the country have finally been able to hear after breakthrough gene therapy.

Also in this episode:

What your cat is really trying to say
Giza Great Sphinx likely sculpted by wind long before ancient Egyptian artists gave it form
A study suggests mobile phone use may affect semen quality
Why even our bodies hate bad grammar

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Apple’s fastest iMac & MacBook Pro models yet Oct 31, 2023

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Apple unveils its fastest iMac and MacBook Pro models yet. The Standard’s David Phelan was given a special invite to check out the new products.

Elon Musk is expected to attend Rishi Sunak’s artificial intelligence summit in the UK.

Can humans get pregnant in space? Scientists are one step closer to finding out.

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Storm Ciarán latest: Met Office issues ‘danger to life’ warning as Northern Ireland battered by flooding
Study suggests getting angry may help you achieve your goals
Tour operator guilty over White Island volcano disaster that killed 22 people
Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU
We finally have some information about GTA 6

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Uranus infrared aurora ‘highlights need for space mission’ Oct 30, 2023

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Infrared aurora has been detected on Uranus. University of Leicester scientist, Emma Thomas, explains why now’s the time for a “much needed” mission to the distant planet.

What we know about Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ event.

Storm Ciaran set to bring strong winds and heavy downpours to parts of the UK.

We dig deeper and speak to Imperial College London about their research on how we feel touch – and why it could help understand inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema.

Elon Musk to make misinformation on X ineligible to revenue share.

Happy Birthday Call of Duty – the Standard’s gaming journalist, Stuart Andrews, on the secret to the games’ enduring popularity.

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Inside Elon Musk's ‘damaging’ first year at X Oct 27, 2023

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Sackings, a rebrand and paid-for verification: Elon Musk’s first year at X reviewed. Can Twitter's successor survive in the long term? Consumer group Which? uses ChatGPT to create spam PayPal emails. How Meta’s spicing things up on Threads. Intel’s banging new hold music… In this episode:

Social media expert Matt Navarra discusses Elon’s first year owning Twitter
Our tech correspondent Simon Hunt examines the future of X
Charities celebrate as Online Safety Bill finally becomes law
Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending
Rocket company given £3.5m ahead of Shetland space launch
Intel reveals new hip-hop hold music

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Sunak on AI: nuclear fusion, terror threat & UK supercomputer Oct 26, 2023

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PM’s AI aims: British AI safety institute, boosting productivity and nuclear fusion. Plus government supercomputer 'thousands of times faster than home PCs' ...and even quicker quantums. New evidence reignites the life of Mars question. The phone which lets you open apps with your eyes. In this episode:

Paolo Sossi from ETH Zurich explains Mars liquid core mystery
Massive space explosion observed creating elements needed for life
Ofcom boss: Online Safety Bill close to becoming law
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone was a mistake
NASA struggles with the lid on new asteroid sample
Honor reveals new smartphone with eye-tracking tech

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Could Tim Peake return to ISS to lead Brit space squad? Oct 25, 2023

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The commercially funded mission to carry out microgravity experiments. Could Tim Peake head up the all-UK team? Autonomous vehicles being pulled from San Francisco. The daily exercise required to offset the effects of sitting. Revealed: how music really does soothe your pain. In this episode:

UK Space Agency’s Professor Anu Ohja explains deal with Axiom Space
California suspends GM Cruise's driverless cars over safety risk
22 minutes of exercise per day ‘can offset negative impact of sitting down’
ChatGPT and other chatbots 'could be used to help launch cyberattacks', study warns
Details reveal The Humane AI Pin device runs ChatGPT
Seaweed-eating robot listed among TIME’s best inventions
Musical healing...listening to emotional tunes ‘may soothe pain’

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Supercomputer investigates birth of universe Oct 24, 2023

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Astronomers at Durham University undertake biggest ever computer simulations mapping all-of-time since the Big Bang to investigate the universe’s evolution. Moon’s 40 million years older than thought, Toyota’s ‘745-mile, 10-minute charge EV battery’. Snakes in a jar! Lab’s mega pickled reptile collection.

Also in this episode:

Pacemaker ‘size of pen lid’ can last for 20 years
Rugby brain damage risk ‘grows with player’s career’
Fourteen-year-old pupil’s cancer-fighting soap win
Can Meghan’s hot yoga fight depression?

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Could an ultra-rare star collision wipe out life on Earth? Oct 23, 2023

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A study suggests that an ultra-rare star collision in the Milky Way galaxy could have the capability to wipe out life on Earth.

Scientists believe pairs of black holes could be hiding as one.

Warnings of more floods and ice after Storm Babet leaves hundreds of homes submerged.

Also in this episode:

Can this tech stop winter travel chaos? National Highways announce £15.4m in new weather stations
Is Apple planning a surprise October iMac announcement?
World’s largest-ever asteroid impact crater may be in Australia
Study suggests better use of existing drugs increases cervical cancer survival
Mark Zuckerberg uses Meta’s new AI Ray-Bans to help him with dad duties

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Author’s convent stay to beat Big Tech manipulation Oct 20, 2023

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Laura Dodsworth investigated how tech giants manipulate users for her co-written book, titled Free Your Mind, which even involved a stay at a nun’s convent to escape the endless pings. Ancient alien radio bursts clue to ‘weight of universe’. Regrowing Maui’s scorched trees after deadly wildfires.

Also in this episode:

Nighy & Fiennes in National Theatre Live plays streaming to UK cinemas
Thumbs ready for London’s Counter-Strike 2 game final
US Marines ‘MacGyver’ rocket launcher on robodog

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Star Wars-style AI space lasers to blast junk Oct 19, 2023

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Network of powerful space lasers powered by artificial intelligence to track space junk is being researched in a Nasa-funded project by West Virginia University. ‘Risk to life’ red warning for UK's Storm Babet. Met Police’s face scanning scheme to nab shoplifters.

Also in this episode:

Prostate cancer new drug combination hope
Why up to 167,000 people caught Covid in hospital
What happens to non-recyclable disposable vapes?
4,000-year-old Bronze Age map’s buried 'treasure clue'

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