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UK Unveils Plan To Cut Animal Testing Through Greater Use of AI
Animal testing in science would be phased out faster under a new plan to increase the use of artificial intelligence and 3D bioprinted human tissues, a UK minister has said. The Guardian: The roadmap unveiled by the science minister, Patrick Vallance, backs replacing certain animal tests that are still used where necessary to determine the safety o … ⌘ Read more
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange - Yahoo News UK ⌘ Read more
UK Signs Scaled-Back Scientific Collaboration With China
The UK and China today signed a new bilateral agreement on scientific collaboration [non-paywalled source], narrowing the scope of their partnership to exclude sensitive technologies. Lord Patrick Vallance, Britain’s science and technology minister, met his Chinese counterpart Chen Jiachang in Beijing and agreed to focus cooperation on health, climate, plan … ⌘ Read more
UK Secondary Schools Pivoting From Narrowly Focused CS Curriculum To AI Literacy
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: The UK Department for Education is “replacing its narrowly focused computer science GCSE with a broader, future-facing computing GCSE [General Certificate of Secondary Education] and exploring a new qualification in data science and AI for 16-18-year-olds.” The move aims to … ⌘ Read more
Totally-eclipsing binary UZ Draconis inspected with TESS
Astronomers from Keele University in the UK have utilized NASA’s planet-hunting TESS telescope to investigate a totally-eclipsing binary known as UZ Draconis. Results of the new observations, published October 31 on the arXiv pre-print server, put more constraints on the properties of this system. ⌘ Read more
UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions ⌘ Read more
The Ofcom Files, Part 2: IP Blocking the UK is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety Act
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UK looking at Denmark model to cut illegal migration ⌘ Read more
WWII veteran declares winning the war ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to the state of the UK ⌘ Read more
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China ⌘ Read more
A New Ion-Based Quantum Computer Makes Error Correction Simpler
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation quantum computer, which includes expanded computing power and error correction capability. Like all other existing quantum computers, Helios is not powerful enough to execute the industry’s dream money- … ⌘ Read more
Is it ok for politicians to use AI? Survey shows where the public draws the line
New survey evidence from the UK and Japan shows people are open to MPs using AI as a tool, but deeply resistant to handing over democratic decisions to machines. ⌘ Read more
72% of Game Developers Say Steam Is Effectively a PC Gaming Monopoly
A new survey of over 300 US and UK gaming executives found that 72% view Steam as a monopoly. “Furthermore, 88% said that at least three-quarters of their revenue came from Steam, while 37% reported that the platform accounted for 90% of their total revenue,” adds Techspot. From the report: Atomik Research conducted the recent survey on b … ⌘ Read more
America’s electric car market runs out of juice with sales plunging much as 80%
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UK supplies Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles for deep strikes into Russia, Bloomberg reports ⌘ Read more
Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK ⌘ Read more
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show ⌘ Read more
Wikipedia Says They Will Not Comply With UK Ofcom Orders
Wikipedia joins 4chan & Kiwi Farms in defying the United Kingdom. ⌘ Read more
Growing rice in the UK ‘not so crazy’ as climate warms
Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. ⌘ Read more
UK’s Prince Andrew stripped of titles, forced out of home ⌘ Read more
First look inside the Derby factory building the Elizabeth line’s new trains
“Inside the simulation room, they can test almost any situation that a train could encounter, and even use digital twins to work out why a train developed a fault on the railway. To try and keep the simulation as close to real as possible, they even include the circa five miles of cabling intact.”
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
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UK defence secretary sends warning to Putin over submarines ⌘ Read more
UK defence secretary warns Putin: ‘We’re watching you’ ⌘ Read more
Comment on VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released (But Won’t Install on Ubuntu 25.10) by digitallak
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Ukraine hits Russian chemical plant with UK-made Storm Shadow missiles ⌘ Read more
UK military to get powers to shoot down drones near bases ⌘ Read more
UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sexual abuse accuser, newspaper says ⌘ Read more
The Confidential Communication from UK’s Ofcom to 4Chan
The lawyer representing 4chan has provided documents sent by the UK’s Office of Communications (marked CONFIDENTIAL). ⌘ Read more
4Chan Lawyer Says UK Demands Make Good “Bedding for My Pet Hamster”
UK is threatening to block 4Chan in 60 days if it does not comply with OfCom demands. ⌘ Read more
UK sanctions Russian oil ⌘ Read more
Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News ⌘ Read more
Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK, 2024 voting patterns suggest
Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. ⌘ Read more