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The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.

Machine learning tools are allowing scientists to better understand forms of intelligence that operate on spaces and timescales utterly unlike our own.

Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.

A woman who rented out homes to two al-Qaeda members speaks publicly for the first time - to the BBC.

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution.

Adam Savage takes a look at malicious hardware devices hidden in plain sight and gets a demonstration of how they actually work. From USB keyboards to webcam...

This year alone there have been more than 65 shootings in the Belgian capital, as drug crime soars.

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Fatalities included people who inhaled toxic fumes from fires or became trapped inside burning homes.

The letter warns cyber-attacks which use AI will become more sophisticated in a matter of months.

Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.

Perhaps our days of doomscrolling are numbered, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.

The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.

A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.

ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans

His plea deal to avoid a death-penalty trial was rejected by a federal appeals court last summer.

Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.

We know how to go fast enough to reach another star. What we don't know is how to stop when we get there.Chapters:0:00 The Arrival That Never Happens2:27 The...

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Students are seeking prescription drugs because they fear failure, a teen tells the BBC.

Former Air France stewardess Sophie Lainault has had her cancer recognised as an occupational disease.

The polar bear image taken by Audun Rikardsen was among the 'highly commended' entries in this year's competition.