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'2001: A Space Odyssey' movie prop may sell for over 1 million
Technology '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie prop may sell for over $1 million The'Star Child,' creepy twin dresses, and more from Stanley Kubrick's personal archive are up for auction. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Film director and screenwriter Stanley Kubrick (1928 - 1999) finds his shot on the set of "2001: A Space Odyssey" at the MGM British Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire in 1966. On the left is American actor Keir Dullea in a spacesuit. Now is your chance to own as many pieces of film history as your bank account will allow.
ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN
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How to date anonymously in 2026: Our guide to Pures privacy tools
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World's tallest Day of the Dead sculpture erected in Mexico City
Technology Engineering World's tallest Day of the Dead sculpture erected in Mexico City The new Guinness World Record holder is as tall as six stacked giraffes. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The giant Catrina sculpture is displayed at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico City has broken a Guinness World Record during its preparations for this year's Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) celebrations. At nearly 110 feet tall, the colorful sculpture of a female skeleton currently standing in the capital city's town square (the Zócalo) is officially the world's tallest monument.
Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural
Fri 30 Oct 2026 11.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 30 Oct 2026 11.34 EDT Ghost hunting is a tech-heavy pursuit. When Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting investigate haunted locations, theyâ re loaded up with software of their own design, such as an app that assigns signals from a phoneâ s sensors to different words in a database. In the age of ChatGPT, the ghost-hunting pair is probing the world of AI. They describe one of their latest inventions, an app called GhostTube Seer, as â the worldâ s first AI Ghost Hunting toolâ . In the hands of paranormal investigators, scientific tools like EMF meters (used to detect electromagnetic fields) are repurposed to identify changes and anomalies that they believe indicate supernatural activity.
The creepy science behind sleep paralysis 'demons'
Aliens, vampires, and ghosts have haunted our sleep for centuries. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In 1781, Swiss artist Henry Fuseli painted this piece entitled The Nightmare. Sigmund Freud had a copy of the painting hung up in his Vienna apartment in the 1920s. Have you ever woken up in the dead of night to find your limbs locked tight?
You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why
You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why Employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning, the UK's equality watchdog has said. Bosses should be required to respond to questionaires about colleagues' pay to cut pay discrimination, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has proposed, external . In addition, employers should be prevented from asking about current salary when offering a job to stop a history of discrimination from carrying on, it said. Employers in the UK are currently allowed to ask you how much you get paid in your current role, but applicants are under no obligation to tell them . At present, employers do not have to respond to employee requests for salary information about colleagues. The EHRC urged lawmakers to make it compulsory for employers to provide information including colleagues' basic pay and hours worked, how employees' pay compares with each other, and information about bonuses, overtime, shift-premiums and performance-related pay, within a specific timeframe.
Surprising things we have learnt from Anthropic's blockbuster share listing
Anthropic's blockbuster share listing - 5 surprising things we now know Image caption, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has become a key figure in the current AI era. Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic just released the required paperwork ahead of its long-anticipated debut on the US stock market. The 335-page document included fresh details of how the Claude chatbot owner makes money, what it spends that money on and who it is controlled by. Anthropic also detailed the risks posed by its technology, including how it could take human lives. That information sat alongside the many purported benefits of the technology.
Owners of Elvis music rights sue Anthropic for copyright violations
In a legal case filed on Friday, Authentic Brands Group - which owns the music - accused Anthropic of using 274 Elvis songs without paying for any licence. The Elvis Plaintiffs' iconic collective catalog contains some of the most groundbreaking, revolutionary, influential, and enduring musical compositions in human history, the case states. A spokesperson for Anthropic told BBC News: We disagree with the claims and intend to defend this case fully. The Elvis Plaintiffs are deeply protective of these iconic songs. It argues that songs that were infringed include hits such as All Shook Up, Can't Help Falling in Love, A Little Less Conversation, Don't Be Cruel and Return To Sender.