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Plasma Drills and Underground Bunkers: The Race to Bury Critical Infrastructure

A plasma-powered tunnel-boring machine that melts through granite at 27,000C is among the technologies pushing critical infrastructure underground, as data centres, power cables and subsea links seek protection from drone attacks and other threats.

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Meta Youth Safety Trial Opens in Oakland as Damages Estimates Range Up to $1.4 Trillion

A federal trial in Oakland could force Meta to overhaul Instagram and Facebook for young users, with damages estimates ranging from $200 billion to $1.4 trillion and a judge, not the jury, deciding the outcome.

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AI yn barod i drawsnewid byd chwaraeon Cymru, yn ôl arbenigwyr

Mae arbenigwyr technoleg yng Nghymru yn dweud y gallai AI gael effaith enfawr ar chwaraeon, gan wella perfformiad athletwyr a helpu clybiau dorri allyriadau carbon, wrth i ap Pelly ehangu ei ddylanwad.

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Why AI Bosses Keep Writing Manifestos About the Future

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word AI manifesto on 10 August 2026, joining Sam Altman and Dario Amodei in a wave of executive essays defending AI's promise amid job-loss fears and a $1bn community fund pledge.

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Aditya-L1 Data Offers New Clues to Why the Sun's Corona Defies Physics

New findings from India's Aditya-L1 mission suggest magnetic field reconnection, not surface waves, supplies most of the energy keeping the Sun's corona at extreme temperatures.

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Bumble Scraps 'Women Make First Move' Rule, Splitting Users

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Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon's AI Training on User Content

Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon using their streams, clips and chats to train generative AI, after admitting default collection had already begun.

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Why Japan's Companies Are Still Hesitant to Embrace AI

Japanese firms lag behind the US and UK in AI adoption despite labour shortages, with experts citing risk-averse corporate culture, digital skills gaps and conflicting adoption statistics from 2026 surveys.

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Stormont Draft Strategy Eyes AI to Automate Routine Public Sector Work

A draft Stormont strategy proposes using AI to automate routine public sector tasks like data entry and minute-taking, while calling for new oversight teams and local data centre infrastructure.

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Spotify to Label AI-Generated Artists and Exclude Them From Recommendations

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Reading Scientists Craft First All-British Chocolate Bar Since 1932

University of Reading scientists have made a chocolate bar entirely from British ingredients, the first since a young future queen tasted one in 1932, highlighting climate risks to global cocoa supplies.

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First Locations Named for 'Pylons for Pounds' Energy Bill Discount Scheme

The government has named the first 43 transmission projects whose nearby residents qualify for a £250 annual energy bill discount, as ministers upgrade Britain's ageing electricity grid amid opposition from rural campaigners.

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