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'Tipping point' reached in creation of brain chips to help 'unlock' minds of people with paralysis
Decades after the first demonstration of brain computer interfaces, we have reached a "tipping point" in creating the first reliable devices that can read our thoughts, according to the man who pioneered the technology.
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Beavers released at two sites in Somerset to help 'restore nature'
Half a dozen beavers have been legally released at two sites in Somerset in a bid to restore a river and wetland.
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Instagram and YouTube 'engineer addiction' in young people, landmark trial hears
Instagram and YouTube have been accused of "engineer[ing] addiction in children's brains", in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA.
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Instagram, TikTok and Facebook posts by users promoting weight-loss jabs banned as 'ads' for the first time
Social media users have been warned they risk breaking the law by promoting weight-loss jabs, after posts by members of the public endorsing the injections were banned by the advertising regulator for the first time.
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Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did
When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test.
