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Isla Steed is your fairly typical teenager, according to her mum. The 14-year-old is "a stubborn little person" who loves technology and food, Kylie Steed says. And she has a favourite word — "no".

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A human has outkissed one of Google’s superpowered artificial intelligence systems. The achievement isn’t in the realm of ...

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A team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, are working to explore the bottom of the ocean in an effort to discover scientific ...

WELCOME TO GLOBAL SECURITY. Get ready for a look at Ukraine’s drone supply chain, how the U.S. federal government shutdown is hitting arms exports and who’s answering the call for critical minerals.

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