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• From Russia with love? MI6 launches spy recruitment drive

  MI6 is launching a new dark web portal to recruit spies for the UK.

• Meta announces new smart glasses - and I've tried them

  Meta has announced smart glasses with a screen in the right lens, meaning you can read WhatsApp messages, look at a map or translate a conversation - all from the comfort of your face.

• New AI model could predict risk of disease a decade before symptoms

  A new AI model could predict a patient's risk of more than 1,000 diseases a decade before they actually develop symptoms, according to new results.

• Chimpanzees consume 'two alcoholic drinks a day', study says

  Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of two human alcoholic drinks each day thanks to their fondness for ripe fruit, researchers have said.

• Trump and Starmer to sign 'generational' UK-US tech deal

  Some of the biggest US technology companies have pledged billions of pounds of investment to turbocharge Britain's artificial intelligence (AI) industry, as the two countries announce a landmark technology deal.

• How most people are using ChatGPT

  Most people are using ChatGPT to ask questions and get advice, new data from its developer OpenAI has revealed.

• Google makes £5bn pledge to Britain - but critics warn of 'stitch-up'

  Google is set to invest £5bn in the UK in the next two years, to support growing demands for AI services.

• Mummies found in southeast Asia could be world's oldest, scientists say

  Scientists have found what could be the world's oldest known mummies in southeast Asia, with some of the preserved remains believed to date back 12,000 years.

• UK and US firms announce deals in new 'golden age' of nuclear power ahead of Trump visit

  The prime minister has hailed a new "golden age" of nuclear power as British and US companies announce five new commercial deals, ahead of the US president's state visit this week.

• Taliban order 'complete ban' on fibre optic internet in Afghanistan province

  The Taliban has enforced an internet ban across swathes of northern Afghanistan to "prevent immorality".