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Inaudible background sounds in videos could be used to hack smart speakers and AI assistants
Researchers warn no dedicated defences exist for this new threat
Government slammed for ‘shocking’ failure on hyperscale data centre emissions
Scottish government’s NPF4 national planning framework states that "green data centres" will have an "overall negligible
Lionel Messi suffers injury scare for Inter Miami to put World Cup in doubt
Messi suffered a hamstring injury less than a month before the beginning of Argentina’s World Cup title defence
Kristian Gkolomeev bags $1m bonus for smashing 50m freestyle world record at Enhanced Games
Gkolomeev broke the record held by Cameron McEvoy but it won’t be recognised by global sporting authorities
Pope Leo warns about dangers of AI
In Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, or papal declaration, the pontiff warned about the dangers of artificial intelligenc