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AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests

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Experts say findings mean breast screenings for cancer could also flag cardiovascular problems in womenDoctors have discovered a way to use routine mammograms that screen for breast cancer to spot heart disease, the world’s leading and frequently underdiagnosed and cause of death in women.Researchers analysed the scans using artificial intelligence and were able to successfully

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Meta will be happy with its $18bn US settlement – but the costs of child online safety will keep rising for big tech | Chris Stokel-Walker

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This week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world Not many people would count paying $18bn they didn’t expect to when they woke up that morning as a victory. Yet for Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram, the agreement with 52 US attorneys general

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UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

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Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to BritainUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children in Britain as those it agreed in the US on Wednesday, as part of a court

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Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial

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Adam Mosseri is first top executive from Meta to testify in blockbuster lawsuit brought by 29 US statesInstagram’s CEO disputed allegations by US prosecutors that his company hid negative information from the public while testifying during a blockbuster social media trial.“I am not trying to encourage my team to hide anything,” the CEO, Adam Mosseri,

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The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

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Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on‘Interesting cities can’t be quiet”, runs one of grime DJ and music industry thinker Elijah’s epigrams – and in its essential spirit, he is right. Silent, tidy, prim cities should be treated with suspicion.

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‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland

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Social media platforms face public ire after fatal crash involving teenagers filming themselves driving on wrong sideVideos often begin with the camera panning across a glowing dashboard as a gloved hand starts the ignition. The camera turns to show figures with masked faces in the rear seat, who are also filming, and swivels back to

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Patients in Yorkshire complain AI GP receptionist cannot understand accent

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Healthwatch Rotherham says Emma AI system’s failure to grasp local ‘twangs’ is leaving people frustratedPatients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by AI GP receptionists not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said.Healthwatch Rotherham, a local health and social care watchdog, said a number of practices in the area had introduced a

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It used to be our imperfect bodies that made us insecure. With AI, it’s our minds as well

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For most of modern history, technology sought to imitate humans. Humans increasingly seek to imitate technologyTwo faces that appeared on my Instagram feed in recent months gave me pause. One belonged to John Travolta at Cannes. The other to Carla Bruni on a date night with her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Both looked

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with stronger safeguards

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Teen version is intended for children aged 13 to 17 and includes content protections on self-harm and sexual chatsOpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers – the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence – who are already using it for schoolwork, questions about daily life and even companionship.The San Francisco-based

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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts

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Tech Transparency Project’s report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety featuresIn July 2025, Meta gathered parenting influencers from all over Australia at a waterfront venue overlooking the Sydney Opera House. It was a camping-themed event and in many ways was like any other influencer affair. There were Instagram-branded

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