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A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

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An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will ...

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The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will ...

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