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X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted
rioters would be sent to detention camps
Elon Musk shared a fake Telegraph article claiming Keir Starmer was considering
sending far-right rioters to “emergency detainment camps” in the Falklands.
Musk deleted his post after about 30 minutes but a screenshot captured by
Politics.co.uk suggests it had garnered nearly two million views before it was
deleted.
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Algorithms that send the most outrageous comments viral and a chain reaction of
anger and disinformation made the riots that followed the Southport killings
inevitable
The 1996 Dunblane massacre and the outcry that followed are held up in the US as
a textbook example of how an act of terror mobilised a country to demand
effective gun regulation.
The atrocity, in which 16 children and their teacher were killed, provoked a
wave of national revulsion that, within weeks, led to 750,000 people signing a
petition demanding a change to the law. Within a year and a half, new
legislation had outlawed the ownership of handguns.
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‘C the Signs’ artificial intelligence program scans medical records to increase
likelihood of spotting cancers
Artificial intelligence that scans GP records to find hidden patterns has helped
doctors detect significantly more cancer cases.
The rate of cancer detection rose from 58.7% to 66.0% at GP practices using the
“C the Signs” AI tool. This analyses a patient’s medical record to pull together
their past medical history, test results, prescriptions and treatments, as well
as other personal characteristics that might indicate cancer risk, such as their
postcode, age and family history.
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Our cartoonist reflects on the England manager calling time on the job and
clearing out his office at St George’s Park
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Our cartoonist channels Simon & Garfunkel while looking back on more heartache
for the departing Gareth Southgate
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As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will
Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure
jobs?
The warning is to “wait for the snap, crackle and pop” as three glowing
electrodes are dropped into an electric arc furnace in Cardiff. What follows
sounds like thunder and lightning. It is a human-induced storm in a massive,
ceramic-lined cup, holding 140 tonnes of rapidly melting steel.
The plant, owned by Spain’s Celsa, melts scrap steel using high-voltage
electrical currents that generate the 1,600C needed to turn the metal to liquid.
The glowing steel is then ready to be cast, twisted and crushed into the rods
used to reinforce concrete.
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Ben Jennings is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who has been
capturing the essence of UK politics for longer than a decade. Known for his
humour and poignant commentary, he draws inspiration from daily breaking news,
turning headlines about Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and other politicians into
powerful satirical cartoons. In the run-up to the UK's general election, we
spent time with Ben in his studio to learn more about what it's been like to
cover years of austerity and to discuss the role of satire in political
discourse.
Ben has an upcoming exhibition charting 14 years of Tory rule called Snowflake's
Progress
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