Alexa relaunched with ambition to be ‘your best digital friend’

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Tom Gerken Technology reporter Amazon Amazon told the BBC Alexa+ will be available on the “overwhelming majority” of its Echo devices Amazon has unveiled Alexa+, an overhauled version of its virtual assistant with which it hopes users will share “just about anything”. Rapid recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have caused huge growth in software […]

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Cuts to US national parks and forests spark outrage as summer nears

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Max Matza BBC News Reporting fromSeattle, Washington Getty Images The Trump administration’s steep cuts to staff at national parks, forests and wildlife habitats have triggered a growing backlash, as public access and conservation efforts in these remote wild landscapes fade away. The impacts have already been felt by visitors – who are seeing longer park

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Can AI help modernise Ireland’s healthcare system?

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Padraig Belton Technology Reporter Mater The Mater hospital in Dublin – home to Ireland’s busiest emergency department For a country famous as Big Tech’s European address, Ireland’s hospitals often lag far behind in technology. They lack shared computerised patient records, or unique identifiers to track people when they move between clinics. In July 2024, a

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Hundreds in US climate agency NOAA fired in latest cuts

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Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) staff have been laid off in the latest development in the Trump’s administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. Around 880 workers – including weather forecasters – have had their jobs terminated on Thursday, the BBC’s US partner CBS News reported.

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Trump, Zelenskyy Signing Mineral Deal as Trump Says US Taxpayers Are Getting Their Money Back

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WASHINGTON – President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday to discuss a mineral deal and the war with Russia.  Trump and Zelenskyy are expected to sign an economic deal that would give the U.S. a share of profits from Ukraine’s minerals as repayment for the

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Did the White House lobby help end his travel ban?

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Mike Wendling and Kayla Epstein BBC News Watch: Andrew Tate and brother, Tristan, arrive in US Andrew and Tristan Tate, the controversial British-American social media influencers accused of rape, human trafficking and money laundering, have been freed from travel restrictions in Romania after several high-level White House officials took an interest in their case. It’s

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