Power blackouts this winter are “extremely unlikely” this winter, Cabinet Office Minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News. The Tory frontbencher also insisted there was no need for the government to spend £14m on an energy-saving public information campaign, given the advice already available. Mr Zahawi’s comments come amid concerns of power cuts with the
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7:45 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — It took two overtimes Saturday for AJ Allmendinger to remain undefeated on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway and seize the momentum for the next round of the Xfinity Series playoffs. Allmendinger has won four consecutive races on the hybrid road course/oval, as well as back-to-back races
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Zachary Bogue, co-managing partner for DCVC, speaks during the Future of Innovation: Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 22, 2017. The market for AI technologies is estimated to generate more than $60 billion in productivity improvements for U.S. businesses annually. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Silicon
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Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Stable Diffusion’s web interface, DreamStudio Screenshot/Stable Diffusion Computer programs can now create never-before-seen images in seconds. Feed one of these programs some words, and it will usually spit out a picture that actually matches the description, no matter how bizarre. The pictures aren’t perfect. They often feature hands with extra
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Sky News’ Dominic Waghorn speaks to Russian men, including veterans, who gather to cross the Georgian border for fear of being drafted and sent to Ukraine. Rumours have spread that people from ethnic minorities from far-flung parts of the country, including Chechnya and Dagestan, are being selected to go to battle in Ukraine. #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
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The British government has been accused of “dragging its heels” over trade linked to forced labour.  A Chinese labour camp survivor is preparing to sue the UK’s trade secretary for allowing cotton imports from the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where it has been alleged local minority groups such as the Uyghurs have been subjected
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The X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ on the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation. Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium from its characteristic line in X-rays which opened up the possibility of mapping the amount of sodium on the moon,
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The Solar Energy Industries Association, the nonprofit trade association of the US solar industry, just flagged a proposed change to the 2024 International Building Code by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that would do more harm than good to the US solar industry. Bureacratic overreach on solar Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the SEIA, published
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LONDON — Reigning European champions England added another notch to their goalposts with a win over the current World Cup champions, the United States, in a friendly at Wembley Stadium. The Lionesses prevailed 2-1, with Georgia Stanway‘s penalty the difference after Lauren Hemp and Sophia Smith had both struck. – Report: England 2-1 United States
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Recent deals with Russia saw the release of 215 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Speaking to Sky’s Sally Lockwood, one former marine tells of being treated ‘like an animal’ – stripped, beaten, duct-taped, shocked and humiliated while being held captive. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us
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