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Past articles by Andrew:

Nasa names new head of UFO research – after abuse forced space agency to try and keep them secret

Those working on research have received threats and harassment → Read More

Apple to update iPhone 12 in France after fears over radiation

Apple has agreed to install updates for iPhone 12 smartphones in France after French regulators ordered the company to stop selling the model → Read More

TikTok fined 345m euro by watchdog over how it processed children’s data

App was built so that children’s accounts were made public, regulators said → Read More

iPhone 15 and Pro: Apple opens pre-orders for new handset

Once famous for its long lines, Apple now encourages customers to order online → Read More

Nasa report on UFOs: We cannot yet explain mysterious sightings in the sky, Nasa panel says

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Nasa UFO report: Scientists reveal first-ever report on unidentified anomalous phenomena

Space agency releases pioneering report on unexplained events spotted by pilots and others → Read More

Nasa boss says he believes in aliens during UFO hearings

Nasa’s chief says he believes that aliens are real and waiting to be found. → Read More

Chandrayaan-3 update: India’s unprecedented lunar landing kicks off ‘race for mining Moon’

India becomes fourth country overall to soft land a probe on the moon → Read More

Neopets tries to launch comeback as website promises a ‘new era’

Site boasted 25 million users during its peak – but has fallen into disrepair since → Read More

Geoffrey Hinton: Who is the ‘godfather of AI’, whose warning about artificial intelligence has shaken the world?

Academic helped build the foundations of today’s advanced technologies – and has since quit Google to warn about the dangers of them → Read More

Scientists see star eat a planet for the first ever time – and it will happen to Earth

Violent incident is a preview of the fate of our planet – though it has another five billion years → Read More

Scientists find leftovers from the universe’s very first stars

Astronomers have found the “fingerprints” of the explosions of the universe’s first stars. → Read More

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google and gives warning about the future of technology

‘I don’t think they should scale this up more until they have understood whether they can control it,’ Geoffrey Hinton says → Read More

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google and gives warning about the future of technology

‘I don’t think they should scale this up more until they have understood whether they can control it,’ Geoffrey Hinton says → Read More

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google and gives warning about the future of technology

Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI”, has quit Google with a terrifying warning about the dangers the technology poses. → Read More

Bluesky: Twitter alternative surges in popularity as celebrities join and people fight over invites

Flurry of interest comes amid increasing controversy over Elon Musk’s management of Twitter → Read More

Wikipedia could soon be banned in UK over upcoming age verification rules

Site would not be able to comply with requirement to moderate all content, it says → Read More

Wikipedia could soon be banned in UK over upcoming age verification rules

Wikipedia could be banned in the UK after it committed not to comply with the upcoming Online Safety Bill. → Read More

iPhone 15 to add mysterious new button on the side, Apple rumours suggest

Switch could be used to start a range of phone’s functions → Read More

Scientists solve profound mystery of ancient Mayan calendar

Civilisation was thinking on much longer timescales than researchers had realised, new study suggests → Read More