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Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain
Decades of work and millions of dollars have been ploughed into easing endless drought in the oil-rich UAE, whose mainly expatriate population is soaring undeterred by a dry, hostile climate and hairdryer summer heat
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AI opens 'endless' doors for fashion models, closes others
While the technology opens up opportunities for some, critics fear AI will render many professionals, including models, make-up artists and photographers obsolete -- and could risk promoting an artificial standard of beauty
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Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Guterres said at best, social media was a meeting ground for people to exchange ideas in respectful debate, but at worst, it could be an arena for combat and "blatant ignorance"
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How dating apps are prompting women to go under the knife
Published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour, a study claims that women using dating apps are more inclined to alter their physical appearance, both digitally and through surgery
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From 'Conclave' to Timothee Chalamet, list of Screen Actors Guild Award winners
"Conclave" scooped the top prize for best cast in a motion picture, while "Shogun" made it a clean sweep in the television drama categories with four wins
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When it comes to text messages, punctuation says more than you might think
A research team from the Binghamton University, State University of New York, led by psychologist Celia Klin, has investigated how certain punctuation structures influence the emotional interpretation of text messages
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Nvidia unveils powerful AI system for genetic research
Scientists have high hopes that such AI technology will dramatically accelerate research by spotting patterns in vast amounts of data that would normally take years to analyse by hand
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NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet is getting ready to take off
One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make future commercial flights supersonic, with a jet that breaks the sound barrier almost silently as it flies over land
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Apple adds lower-price iPhone 16e to line-up
Apple touted the iPhone 16e as having many features found in more expensive models, including Apple-tailored artificial intelligence features and integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT
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Lights, camera, resistance. Trump looms overanxious film industry
At the Berlin film festival this week, the radical changes unfolding in the United States and on the world stage loomed over every discussion and led many films screening there to be viewed through a new political lens
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Egypt unveils first ancient royal tomb since Tutankhamun
The tomb, discovered near the Valley of the Kings in Luxor in southern Egypt, belonged to King Thutmose II of the 18th dynasty, who lived nearly 3,500 years ago