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The trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has been released by Rockstar Games 24 hours early after a leak. YouTuber who staged plane crash jailed. Mum fights back to protect daughter from AI fakes. Also in this episode: ‘Monster’ deep space galaxy is star nursery Crazy Nights end for Kiss...but band rocks on as holograms That’s a lot of EV batteries...US lake’s lithium bonanza Cops after EV blast: don’t...

Sacked and re-hired founder of OpenAI has fuelled speculation around what’s reportedly a super-powerful, secret artificial intelligence programme - codename: Q*. GTA VI countdown begins. ‘Five months of redundancy’ pay for culled Spotify staff. SpaceX launches South Korean army spy satellite. Also in this episode: School smartphone bans fight cyberbullying Elderly dog owners’ link to beat dementia...

King Charles III warns world leaders at COP28 in Dubai that the “hope of the world” rests on the summit’s shoulders.  A massive solar storm is predicted to hit Earth today and there’s a danger of radio and internet blackouts. Scientists have found a planet that basically ‘shouldn’t exist’.  Also in this episode: Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1bn lawsuit after launching NFT collection Speaking...

World leaders have gathered in Dubai for COP28 but can a climate summit in an oil state facilitate change?  Spotify Wrapped 2023 has landed and this time it’ll assign you a ‘sound town’ based on your musical taste. Apple and Google name their apps and games of the year - and there’s a surprising omission.  Elon Musk’s choice words for X advertisers. Also in this episode: Study finds...

London black cabs will be available to order through Uber from early next year. England is to get a new national park as part of a government nature plan, and Amazon is launching an artificial intelligence business chatbot named Q.  Also in this episode: Mobile phone & broadband providers are ‘set to rake in almost half a billion pounds from 2024 mid-contract price hikes’ England’s only b...

The first-of-its-kind Boeing 787 has been filled with 50 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuels. Nasa delivers a 'teaspoonful’ of asteroid Bennu to UK researchers. Swine flu: “No need to panic yet” says top scientist as UK detects first human case of new strain. Also in this episode: Stop funding fossil fuels with pensions, says Olivia Colman in new advert  Study shows young people the biggest...

Experts predict the UK economy will get a boost from ‘busiest ever shopping day’ on Cyber Monday 2023.  The Standard’s Health Reporter, Daniel Keane, explains the latest from China after officials insist they have not detected any “unusual or novel diseases”. It comes after a spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children.  New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts cr...

Black Friday’s relentless smartphone advertising, and why annual upgrades harm the Earth. WHO asks China for answers about a mystery outbreak of respiratory illness. The quick way to boost brain power after a bad night’s sleep . The AI that watches Youtube for you. Also in this episode: World's biggest iceberg is on the move after 30 years Astronomers detect mysterious high-energy particle falling...

Reports Open AI staff warned board of ‘super intelligent AI’. 1/3 of Brits are ‘in the dark’ on Vitamin D requirement. The cancer-fighting nutrient found in beef and dairy . Amazon’s free AI courses. Also in this episode: Dietician Dr Carrie Ruxton on Vitamin D benefits and requirements Aftershocks can occur decades to centuries on from original earthquakes Amazon launches free AI courses Blue wha...

Ex-Open AI CEO secures deal in principle to return to his role . The bank card that lets you fund scientific research. How Sony’s tackling fake AI images. Why Google Maps users are upset with app changes . Also in this episode: Binance CEO steps down and pleads guilty to criminal charges Science Card CEO Daniel Baeriswyl on supporting cancer research NASA gets closer to laser-based deep space comm...

Fresh warning as daily global average temperature reaches more than 2 degrees above the pre-industrial norm for autumn. Elon Musk sues watchdog group after major companies pull ads from X . Is it game over for the London MSG sphere? Revealed: The reason drinkers can get a ‘red wine headache’ . Also in this episode: Apple Vision Pro release date: later than first thought UK to build new satellite t...

Sam Altman's weekend drama: sacked by OpenAI, then hired by Microsoft . Tech reporter Mary-Ann Russon’s thoughts on the Sam Altman saga. Police to trial drone tech in the UK . The music that can ward off killer whale attacks . Also in this episode: Young Brits use AI chatbots for school and work National Trust warns climate change is ‘biggest threat’ to UK heritage Film, music and publishing bosse...

Scientists reckon the woolly mammoth could be reborn using cloned DNA and an elephant surrogate - despite the species dying out 4,000 years ago. 3D-Printing a new robotic hand - bones included. Space Force secretive X-37B plane launch. Do not push the button...fear nuke war ‘would kill 300 million’. Also in this episode: Inside Sweden’s huge recycling HQ Train app’s missing people appeals Leonid m...

Researchers warn of poor mental health and addiction later in life . Will Iceland face decades of volcanic instability? The AI tech to help police detect knives. Why ‘hallucinate’ is the Cambridge Dictionary word of the year 2023 . Also in this episode: Astronomers observe ‘fluffy’ planet where it rains sand droplets Threads begins testing hashtags & trending topics Rise in employers using AI...

The boss of the artificial intelligence company co-founded by Elon Musk says they’re working on the next frontier in AI - “superintelligence” that’s as clever as humans. James Webb Space Telescope spots two of furthest galaxies - magnified by gravity. YouTube to label AI-made content. Also in this episode: How much Google pays for Apple ads TikTok banned in Nepal for ‘disrupting social harmony’ Gr...

Latest from earthquake-hit Reykjavík with photographer Kyana Sue Powers as Iceland braces for volcano eruption. Oxygen on Mars ‘synthesised by AI chemist’. ‘Last of Us’ fungus pandemic warning. Eating berries link ‘to cut dementia risk’. Also in this episode: Tycoon’s $200 million grant to hunt aliens XL Bully dog ban register King’s pioneering ways to restore Balmoral river Kiltmaking AI designs...

Nightmare at nearly 250 miles above Earth as ISS astronauts on a spacewalk accidentally drop their toolbox. Iceland volcano: Thousands flee over eruption fears. ‘Russian hackers link’ to huge US state breach. How a beer brewers adapt to climate change. Also in this episode: Inspector Gadget-style phone's beamed onto palm of hand Call of Duty (nearly) breaks internet with web surge 'Actual intellig...

US electrical worker Aaron James, 46, receives world’s first eye transplant and new facial features after losing an eye, arm and half his face while servicing deadly super-voltage power lines. Oldest black hole ‘born just 470 million years after Big Bang’. South Korea factory robot ‘crushes man to death’. ‘Mixed DNA’ of China’s lab-grown ‘chimeric monkey’. Also in this episode: Volcano eruption gi...

What we know about the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, with Standard gaming writer Vicky Jessop. Blood test hope for Alzheimer’s. ‘Friend list’ ban to fight social media child abuse. ‘Two million species’ face extinction. Also in this episode: Oxygen found in deadly atmosphere of Venus AI robot lawyers ink first contract How smartphones know you’re drunk Bad grammar triggers bod...

The European Space Agency has released a series of photographs detailing the universe, snapped by the telescope on Esa’s Euclid probe. Why a good breeze is crucial for health - with airborne pathogens expert Professor Cath Noakes of Leeds University. ‘Catastrophic ecosystem collapse’ ranked top fear for UK forests. Prince William: Unite to fight poaching menace. Also in this episode: Nintendo’s Le...

Almost 300,000 women in England will be offered anastrozole in a bid to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. WeWork US bankruptcy with nearly $20 billion debts. Spinal pulse implants helps Parkinson’s patients walk again. Also in this episode: New womb cancer test ‘helps pain and anxiety’ Under-10s hospitalised with vaping sickness No early costings for UK lockdown, says former Treasury...

Elon Musk announces artificial intelligence will being integrate into social network X using a conversational bot called Grok, with software inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Nasa's Bennu asteroid display at Smithsonian. Survey of coastal cities at sinking risk from rising sea levels. These steps ‘slow ageing by six years’. Also in this episode: Could Star Wars tractor beams solve spac...

Rishi Sunak interviews Elon Musk : the dangers of humanoid robots, AI taking our jobs, and how artificial intelligence can be your friend. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of defrauding crypto customers . What chimpanzee’s have in common with Obi-Wan Kenobi. How AI helped the Beatles release a new song . Also in this episode: Animal-to-human diseases could kill 12 times as many people by 2050...

Elon Musk is set for Downing Street talks with Rishi Sunak today following the AI safety summit. It’s after the Prime Minister said “we can’t be certain” about the risks of artificial intelligence, but there is a possibility they could be on a similar scale to pandemics and nuclear war. Scientists say relics of an alien planet might be under our feet and Nasa astronauts conduct the 4th-ever all-fe...

Elon Musk & ChatGPT boss attend Rishi Sunak’s global artificial intelligence summit. It’s as the UK pledges £38 million for AI projects including labs in Africa. Scientists make the biggest simulation of our cosmos ever - with the mass of 300 billion galaxies. Chinese researchers say that some children born deaf in the country have finally been able to hear after breakthrough gene therapy. Als...