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A controversial planning application for a pond that has already been made without permission could lead to a “disaster” and have “catastrophic effects”, a planning committee has heard. The development and subsequent application were opposed by thousands of people, Art dealer Barnes Thomas, who appeared on Bear Grylls’ show The Island, has applied to keep … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI said it has begun training its software for the next generation of artificial intelligence, although the start-up has backed away from earlier claims that it wants to build “superintelligent” systems that are smarter than humans. … Read more
David Horsman, of Marsham Road, Westhoughton, died at the Royal Bolton Hospital on 28 March 2022 – a day after receiving a CT scan in a mobile unit in the hospital car park as part of a routine check-up following a battle with bowel cancer, just a month after his 25th wedding anniversary. This is … Read more
In a major black eye for the manufacturer, Panasonic was caught in the act of using an image taken with a Nikon camera on the product page for its latest release, the Panasonic Lumix S9. It gets worse. Not only was the picture taken with a Nikon camera, but it was also taken by a … Read more
What you need to know Acer, ASUS and HP announced a total of six new Chromebooks. This includes five Chromebook Plus models and even a ChromeOS tablet. Prices for the various devices start at $299 for the ASUS Chromebook CM30 and go up to $699 for the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714. We wondered where … Read more