5 d. ago Earthquake hits Turkey holiday region, killing one person and injuring 70 as hotels are shaken

At least one person is dead after huge earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked Turkey this morning.

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9 d. ago Derek McInnes names the Hearts star he's admired from afar as Hibs fired firm derby warning

Neil Critchely failed to get one over the Hibees with the Jambos winning just once in the last eight capital showdowns

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1 week ago UK businesses warn of more job cuts as confidence drops following tax rises

Firms are expected to slash investment as many warn of new costs

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2 w. ago Bank of England warned Downing Street against building a Chinese embassy near sensitive financial centres in London, Trump security advisers have revealed

The plan for the 'super embassy' was blocked by the previous government amid British intelligence warnings about its location and espionage risk, but has now been revived.

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2 w. ago China assembles AI supercomputer in space – what it means for the world

China appears to be making huge strides in space technology, after they sent several satellites to space in order to build a super computer powered by artificial intelligence

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4 w. ago Porto’s prodigy Rodrigo Mora: the next superstar of European football?

The 18-year-old schemer has a €70m (£59.5m) release clause but Europe’s top clubs may regard that as money well spentRodrigo Mora turned 18 on Monday but plays with the poise of a seasoned professional. Porto’s new wonderkid drifts between the lines, picks passes others do not see and finishes with elegance. His flair for unlocking defences – whether through goals, assists or sheer intelligence – has caught the attention of the super agent Jorge Mendes, who is guiding the midfielder’s career.“He sees the game like no one I’ve ever coached,” says Nuno Pimentel, the former Porto under-15 manager. Pimentel, who worked with Mora in the 2021–22 season and now coaches in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr’s youth teams, vividly recalls what set Mora apart. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control

AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear testArtificial intelligence companies have been urged to replicate the safety calculations that underpinned Robert Oppenheimer’s first nuclear test before they release all-powerful systems. Max Tegmark, a leading voice in AI safety, said he had carried out calculations akin to those of the US physicist Arthur Compton before the Trinity test and had found a 90% probability that a highly advanced AI would pose an existential threat. The US government went ahead with Trinity in 1945, after being reassured there was a vanishingly small chance of an atomic bomb igniting the atmosphere and endangering humanity.In a paper published by Tegmark and three of his students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), they recommend calculating the “Compton constant” – defined in the paper as the probability that an all-powerful AI escapes human control. In a 1959 interview...

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