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Google adds creepy avatars to Gemini 3.8 live's agents

The idea, it said, was to give "developers and enterprises... building blocks for reliable, production ready voice agents." It also made speaking back to Gemini more natural, so users can do complex tasks with voice…

Dyfed-Powys Police cops to cyberattack, staff data potentially nicked

The Welsh police force said it identified the incident on September 14 and that it caused disruption to some non-emergency systems. Emergency policing remained operational throughout, according to the force, while its…

What the differences between Danish and British humour can teach us about laughter

When we laugh at something we find funny, our bodies release feel-good hormones. Dopamine floods our system , which has an uplifting effect, and endogenous opioids , which are also naturally released by the brain, can…

For a limited time, this RTX 5070 ASUS TUF Gaming laptop is £600 off

The ASUS TUF Gaming A16’s price drop is what makes that pairing worth pausing on, now down to £1,599.99 from £2,199.99 , a £600 saving that works out at 27% off and brings that exact GPU and CPU combination within reach.…

Google's creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human

Sort of. It's all possible through a combination of Gemini's real-time speech capabilities and low-latency video generation, so it looks like your chosen avatar is effectively lip-syncing to the text that Gemini is…

Have we crossed the AI Rubicon?

The media coverage treats this as four separate scandals, when it's really more like four scandals in a trenchcoat. Three of these four incidents trace back to the same evaluator, Irregular, making the same class of…

OpenAI and Anthropic could withhold new AI models from UK's AI Security Institute

On 22 September, the duo launched a series of new models, with Anthropic unveiling Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI introducing GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. Backed by the UK government, the AISI is tasked with conducting research…

Your invoice now needs a boarding pass

Instead of checking transactions after the fact, many are moving towards real-time clearance models. Brazil’s NF-e system was one of the earliest examples of this shift. Italy’s SDI model follows a similar approach…

Another week, another data breach for Revolut customers

DriveWealth provides execution and clearing services for investment firms and previously held brokerage accounts directly for Revolut customers trading US stocks. It said the unauthorized access occurred on September 4…

Emo all grown up? Got yourself a bit of money? I've found your perfect designer Bose headphones, based on the 5-star QC Ultra (Gen 2)

Fashion house Thom Browne has teamed up with Bose, to release a special-edition run of the latter's QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) . The new model is due to release on September 28, although you can pre-order them…