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Tesla sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but company shares still surge

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Shares up despite dip in revenue and profits after company said it expects to release new vehicle models sooner than expected

Tuesday, Apr 23

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‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade?

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The head of the company’s gaming subscription service explains its priorities as it anticipates the Vision Pro revolution, and tries to bring originality to a market still dominated by free to play mobile titles

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Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

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Engineers spent months working to repair link with Earth’s most distant spacecraft, says space agency

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Elon Musk's battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers | Belinda Barnet

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The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives

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Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg

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With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program

Monday, Apr 22

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EU threatens TikTok Lite with ban over reward-to-watch feature

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App feature could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers

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Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing

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The Tesla billionaire uses posts on his social media platform to attack Anthony Albanese and the eSafety commissioner

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Crossword roundup: to fool or not to fool?

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How committed are puzzles to providing extra tricks on April Fools’ Day?

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Tesla shares under pressure after carmaker announces price cuts

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CEO Elon Musk postpones India trip ahead of results expected to show worst performance in seven years

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People in Portugal: share your memories of the Carnation Revolution

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We would like to hear what you remember of the Carnation Revolution, and your experience of what Portugal is like today

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Lawsuit in London to allege Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad firms

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High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK law

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‘Horizontally’ recycled nappies go on sale in Japan in world first

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Product made from used nappies will go on sale in shopping centres after sterilisation, bleaching, and deodorising

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Google Maps to show most fuel-efficient route and may prompt Australians to try greener alternatives

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The map app will soon advise users in Sydney and Melbourne on public transport or walking alternatives to their driving plan

Sunday, Apr 21

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‘I now know that anything is possible’: from a women’s shelter to Cambridge University

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No matter how low you sink, your dreams can still come true: one woman’s inspirational story

Saturday, Apr 20

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Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and film?

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Recent controversies, including Civil War posters and altered photos in a Netflix documentary, have led to concern over the growing use of artificial intelligence on screen

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‘I was flabbergasted’: refunds for unused subscriptions may be easier than you think

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Whether the deal auto-renewed without your knowledge or you forgot a free trial had ended, try asking for your money back

Friday, Apr 19

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How Israel uses facial recognition systems in Gaza and beyond

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Amnesty International researcher Matt Mahmoudi discusses the IDF’s use of the techonology as a tool of mass surveillance

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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store

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Company says Chinese government ordered it to remove two Meta-owned apps for ‘national security’ reasons

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What to wear now you can’t wear Sambas

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Rishi Sunak has killed them off, at least for now. So while your Sambas take a breather and wait for the storm to pass, here are some other looks led by trainers not yet tainted by having cropped up in the halls of government

Thursday, Apr 18

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Meta steps up AI battle with OpenAI and Google with release of Llama 3

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Tech firm released early versions of its latest large language model and a real-time image generator as it tries to catch up to OpenAI

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US man returns from Europe to $143,000 T-Mobile bill for using phone overseas

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Gigantic bill apparently reflected using 9.5 gigabytes of data on a phone that had not been set up for international roaming

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Can you wash pesticides off your food? A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals

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There are some simple steps you can take to minimize the amount of pesticides on your fruits and vegetables

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’

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Experts believe remains belong to a type of ichthyosaur that roamed the seas about 202m years ago

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Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk

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Cylinder slab that tore through Naples home last month was debris released from International Space Station in 2021

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TikTok questioned by EU over Lite app that ‘pays’ users for watching videos

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European Commission has concerns about app’s impact on children, as well as addiction

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The media industry is dying – but I can still get paid to train AI to replace me | Arwa Mahdawi

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According to an automated missive, I have the perfect set of skills to help write the first draft of AI history. It’s not a job for life, though

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People in the UK: how do you feel about a ban on smoking?

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We would like to know your thoughts on the anti-smoking bill and how it might affect you or your children

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Extreme coral bleaching could spell worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef, authority says

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Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed

Tuesday, Apr 16

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TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English

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Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots, then by having their own words become AI-ese. Plus, new AI gadgets are coming for your smartphones

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Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sun

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BH3 spotted when scientists chanced upon star in Aquila constellation ‘wobbling’ under its gravitational force