Your chatbot keeps a file on you. Here’s how to delete it

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How to prevetn chatbots from using your information

Playing video games may offer a surprising brain boost

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Level up your mind: Video games and the cognitive boost effect

Drunk raccoon found in liquor store is a repeat offender

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It's not just the drinking - though its recent bender through a Virginia state-run liquor store did capture international headlines and the imagination of sketch ...

Robot smaller than grain of salt can ‘sense, think and act’

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The device, billed as the world’s smallest robot able to make decisions for itself, represents a major step toward a goal once rooted in science fiction.

Adolescence lasts into your 30s, and other surprises about the brain

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In the new study, Mousley and colleagues looked at around 4,000 scans from healthy people ages 0 to 90 and analyzed their brains. They found four major times when ...

He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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Karl Bushby made a barroom bet that he could walk from the southern tip of South America all the way home to England. His friends had little faith.

The World Cup draw, always ridiculous, outdid itself with Trump

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The World Cup draw, which ostensibly exists solely to announce the schedule of matches but historically has been a way for the host country to show off at maximum ...

Trump’s aid cuts are hitting the world’s largest refugee camps

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Claudia Ncutinamagara, a Burundian mother in Kakuma refugee camp, faces dire food shortages as aid cuts leave her family struggling to survive. With over 240 000 ...

Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation

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One minute he's claiming he's ended seven wars and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize - the next minute he's planning to go to war.

Celebration of an Afrikaner icon belies Trump genocide claim

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Thousands of Afrikaners gathered near the Union Buildings in Pretoria to mark the 200th birthday of apartheid-era leader Paul Kruger, celebrating their heritage ...

Parents are bringing back the landline

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The Tin Can has been transformative for her children, ages 5 and 8.

Starvation is spreading in Gaza — and treating it won’t be easy

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Even if Israel allows a surge in aid deliveries - as rights groups and its allies have urged - a boost in food supplies alone may not be enough to save severely ...

Trump wants his Coca-Cola made in Mexico

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Mexican Coke, which is made with real sugar, unlike the US version sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, has many fans - and American soda drinkers might soon ...

The aircon broke at an animal shelter. People lined up to foster pets

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Boord left with three cats named Sponge Bob, Sandy Cheeks and Gary. The trio was among the roughly 70 animals who were fostered from the shelter this week as Montgomery ...

She lost her diamond. An airport full of strangers began looking

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April Schmitt was never superstitious about Friday the 13th. She got engaged on Friday, March 13, 1992, and married on another Friday the 13th that November. For ...

Pope Leo XIV: a missionary zeal with a global world view

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Robert Prevost broke a historical taboo against American popes with a path that was anything but typically American.

Zuckerberg’s new Meta AI app gets personal in a very creepy way

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Meta AI's integration into chatbots raises concerns about surveillance, as it can potentially tap into years of personal data collected by its affiliated platforms, ...

World’s tallest and shortest dogs meet for a playdate

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Reggie, a 99cm Great Dane, was standing in his Idaho home. Pearl, a 9cm Chihuahua, was hoisted up by her owner. The height difference between the world’s tallest ...

Diapers, bullets and lip balm: The stuff people flush down airplane toilets

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“It’s a crappy job, all puns intended,” said Brent Wells whose company repairs airplane toilets and pipes that have been clogged.

Tiny dachshund survives 16 months on remote island but eludes rescuers

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Her owners call her a “princess. ” But little Valerie has likely toughened up, says the wildlife group looking for her, living off roadkill and evading poisonous ...

Bust-ed! New Zealand fires ambassador for questioning Trump's grasp of history

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“President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” the New Zealand diplomat asked.

Bark and ride: The doggy bus craze that’s driving the internet wild

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Dogs are riding customised buses to adventure walks, and the internet is absolutely obsessed.

Dog stuck in well for days is rescued after man hears barking from underground

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A man was at his home in Longview, Texas, when he heard a distant barking and whining sound. He couldn’t pinpoint where it was coming from, and figured it was a ...

For Syria’s Christians, Christmas is a time to grapple with hope and fear

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Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist leaders.