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BBCMandy Bourne lives with her 80‑year‑old mum in a top‑floor social housing flat in the West Midlands. Both struggle with health conditions exacerbated by the recent heatwaves.For Mandy, temperature shifts can trigger flare-ups of her chronic lung condition. “I’ve got COPD and sometimes I can’t breathe,” she explains.Across the UK, solid brick homes like theirs quietly absorb heat the way they have for decades. Charged‑up walls radiate warmth back into rooms that never get the chance to cool.Mandy says she is constantly reaching for her inhaler as her flat overheats. “It’s red hot in the flat. The sun is just…
Geek+Two thousand Geek+ robots are deployed across 10 sites in the UKEvery time you click “buy” on an online order, the chances are that your purchase starts getting processed within minutes.Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.At Geek+’s factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, which the BBC visited, fleets of the robots are built and tested before being shipped to warehouses around the world.Some of Britain’s biggest retailers – including Tesco, Asda and Next – now use…
EPAThe Trump administration has taken a more hands-off approach to AI. US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration is considering asserting more power over artificial intelligence (AI) tools after recent cybersecurity incidents.Asked about OpenAI’s tools being responsible for improperly breaching the private technology of other companies, Trump said: “We’re looking at AI, we’re looking at controls, we’re also making sure that we lead.”It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.Trump’s comments come after an escalation of not only the apparent hacking capabilities of popular AI tools,…
Worth $5m? Visitors react to renovated Washington horse statuesThe Trump Administration has regilded the Arts of War statues near the Lincoln Memorial with 23.75-karat gold.1 hr agoUS & Canada
Getty ImagesA US man who is already serving 25 years in prison for attempting to kill Sir Salman Rushdie has been convicted of additional charges, including providing material support to a terrorist group. Hadi Matar was convicted in a New York federal court on Wednesday of providing assistance to Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed faction which is designated as a terrorist group by the US, UK and many other countries.Prosecutors argued that Matar was motivated by a fatwa, a religious edict, issued by Iran’s religious leader in 1989 for Rushdie’s death.The award-winning author testified during the trial, describing the attack and…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — A first-of-its-kind U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated — and potentially deadly — threat.The researchers detected about 450 cases in Atlanta-area hospitals over five years. About a third of the patients died in the hospital.The findings, published this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from an attempt to better gauge how common these kinds of illnesses are. The government does not require doctors to report the illnesses.“It’s kind of the first time we’ve had an estimate like this,” said the CDC’s Dr. Jeremy Gold, the study’s…
Zendaya’s advice on working with husband Tom HollandHollywood power couple Tom Holland and Zendaya have been dominating red carpets all summer.And the pair were back at it on Wednesday evening at the London premiere of their latest film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with scores of fans turning out for a glimpse of two of the biggest young stars on the planet.It’s been a busy year for the couple, who recently got married and are also starring in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster, The Odyssey.But when asked by BBC News if she has any tips for working together with your husband, Zendaya replied:…
AFP via Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has embarked the country on a course known as Vision 2030Saudi Arabia is facing a difficult dilemma. Ever since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, the Saudis have largely tried to stay out of it. But now, after being attacked from three sides, the Saudis have had enough. This week, they carried out joint strikes with the US on Iranian proxy militias in Iraq who they believe have been launching drones at the Kingdom.For Saudi Arabia the dilemma now is whether to keep on hitting back as…
Is World Cup sell-off plan a step too far by Infantino?BBC Sport explores why Fifa president Gianni Infantino feels powerful enough to sell off stakes in the World Cup – and what the consequences could be.6 hrs agoWorld Cup
AFP via Getty ImagesSharp falls in the value of chip makers have stoked investor concerns that the euphoria around artificial intelligence (AI) related companies is fading.The AI revolution has promised to reshape the way we work and live and has created vast wealth for investors in a handful of companies predominantly in the US and Asia. Companies are desperate to be the winners of a transformative technology that many have compared to the advent of the internet, the telephone, even electricity itself. As Sir Demis Hassabis, founder of UK company Deepmind, which was eventually bought a decade ago by US…