Southampton will win Championship this season - Downes
Southampton midfielder Flynn Downes says he and his team-mates have a "chip on their shoulder" he believes will help them win the Championship.
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Low water levels in the Danube have brought Hungary's only nuclear power plant to the brink of a complete shutdown. The government and company are responding with drastic austerity measures.
Telkom’s voice era is over. Data now pays the bills
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Legal AI startup Aavalynx raises £1.5M to cut the cost of corporate disputes
Legaltech Aavalynx has raised £1.5 million in pre-seed funding to help enterprises tackle the financial risk of legal disputes.
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It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to AI can introduce 9 times as many new vulnerabilities as developers do.
- AI-assisted vulnerability discovery outruns human patching capabilities
- Companies struggle to fix overwhelming influx of bug reports
- Zero-click exploit from AI-generated Adobe Acrobat flaw
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UK mulls making employers ask before installing bossware
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Google Drive finally fixes the most tedious part of reviewing videos
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Pixels could soon catch up to Galaxy phones with a new Voicecast feature
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U.S. Bans Imports Of AI Humanoid Robots To Protect Americans From A Massive Trojan Horse Invasion
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Last Scottish island bird hunt banned after almost 500 years
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- Spain offers $1.14 billion to relocate TMT to Canary Islands.
- Funding includes €400M from Spain's Ministry, €300M EIB loan, and ICO stake.
- Additional coverage possible via Cesce and EIB instruments.
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Top-rated mental health trust asked to save £24m
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Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan zoo
Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke, and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity.
Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters
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