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• Two arrests for illegally dumping waste at six sites across the country

  Two people have been arrested in Essex for allegedly illegally dumping waste at six different illegal spots across England, the Environment Agency has said.

• You've probably never heard of this tech firm. But its new AI model has some spooked

  Anthropic, one of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world, is launching a new model: Claude Opus 4.6.

• Autism rates between girls and boys challenged by new study

  Autism rates are 'more or less equal for men and women', according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence.

• Elon Musk's AI bot faces probe after allegedly creating sexual imagery of children

  The UK's information watchdog will investigate reports that Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has been used to generate sexual imagery of children.

• US crewed mission to moon delayed after countdown stopped during crucial test - what you need to know

  NASA is poised to send astronauts around the moon and back for the first time in more than 50 years.

• Engineers under pressure to find fix after fuel leak delays mega-rocket moon mission

  Houston has a problem.

• China to become first country to ban hidden door handles

  The world's second-largest economy and major electric car maker is to ban hidden door handles, a common feature on electric vehicles (EVs).

• What a UK social media ban on children could look like

  Australia's unprecedented social media ban for under-16s looks like it could be a catalyst for other nations - including the UK - to follow suit.

• Elon Musk's SpaceX buys Elon Musk's xAI

  SpaceX has announced it has acquired artificial intelligence start-up xAI in a deal that that brings together two companies owned by Elon Musk. 

• French investigators raid Paris offices of Elon Musk's X

  Investigators have raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk's social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.