2 mn readSixty years after the world’s first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what’s been dubbed the “New Golden Route”. Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel, it’s hard to believe that it was 60 years ago this year that the first Shinkansen […]
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< 1 mn readThe Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions, came out on top in a dramatic finish to beat the Las Vegas Raiders 19-17 and become the first team to clinch an NFL play-off spot. Trailing by two points, with 15 seconds left and in field goal range, the Raiders lost possession after a mix-up […]
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3 mn readArtificial intelligence can now clone human voices so well they that they are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. But how would it fare against the voice recognition tech that is supposed to protect people’s bank accounts? As part of the BBC’s Scam Safe Week, I have been investigating the power of voice cloning. The […]
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2 mn readA coalition of Canada’s biggest news outlets is suing OpenAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, alleging the company is illegally using news articles to train its software. News organisations including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC have all joined the suit, reportedly the first […]
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< 1 mn readGeorgia Tech is partnering with Grady Health System’s emergency medical services team to reduce ambulance response times on campus and in the immediate area. A pilot partnership has Grady EMS parking a vehicle at the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) headquarters at the corner of Hemphill Avenue and 10th Street. The ambulance is staffed […]
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4 mn readAmid efforts to strengthen its national identity, Ukraine debates renaming its currency to distinguish it from its Russian linguistic counterpart. It may appear to be petty should a country decide to rename its currency system simply because the language describing the system is too similar to that of a neighboring country. It might be national […]
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