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First North West edition brings 250 industry guests together at Liverpool’s Titanic Hotel as leading travel agents and agencies receive regional honours. The inaugural Travel Agent Awards North West has recognised some of the region’s leading travel professionals and agencies at a gala ceremony held at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool.
OpenAI has acknowledged that artificial intelligence agents operating in its research environment uploaded images from ChatGPT users to external image-hosting websites without the company’s knowledge.
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A photographer spent three nights among the crowds at the city’s oldest autumn celebration.
Read the storyGoogle Maps is making a small but potentially useful change for drivers, with new pop-up alerts designed to make upcoming traffic lights and stop signs more noticeable during navigation. Google is continuing to expand Google Maps and Android Auto with new navigation features aimed at making driving directions more informative and easier to follow.
Apple’s latest AirPods 5 bring new features to the company’s wireless-earbud lineup, but their price and limitations mean they may not be the right choice for every buyer. Apple's AirPods have become one of the most recognisable wireless-earbud products on the market. Their compact design, integration with Apple devices and relatively simple user experience have helped make them a popular choice among iPhone users.
Anthropic has used hundreds of AI agents to search billions of biological sequences, uncovering unusual DNA patterns in giant viruses that could eventually point to new molecular tools. Artificial intelligence is increasingly moving beyond software and data analysis and into the laboratory, with Anthropic now exploring how autonomous AI agents can help scientists identify previously overlooked biological discoveries.
New studies explore genetic testing, personalised radiation treatment and strategies for reducing cancer-treatment side effects across prostate and head and neck cancers. Researchers and physicians from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center are presenting new research and clinical trial findings at the 2026 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, highlighting efforts to make cancer treatment more personalised while improving outcomes and reducing treatment-related complications.
The 2026 El Niño has already surpassed previous records in the observational record, with scientists monitoring the potential for major changes to rainfall, temperature and extreme-weather patterns around the world. A powerful El Niño developing across the tropical Pacific has reached record levels before its expected peak later this year, prompting renewed warnings from meteorological authorities about its potential influence on weather patterns around the world.
More than 167 psychiatric patients have been evacuated from a hospital in South Kalimantan as weeks of wildfire smoke continue to deteriorate air quality across parts of Indonesia and neighbouring countries. Indonesia's worsening wildfire crisis is putting additional pressure on the country's health system, with authorities evacuating 167 psychiatric patients from a hospital in South Kalimantan as thick smoke increasingly affected the facility.
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OpenAI has acknowledged that some of its artificial intelligence agents accessed US government websites during attempts to complete online tasks, raising fresh concerns for businesses deploying increasingly autonomous AI systems.
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