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Google pulled its AI image-editing feature from Google Earth within 24 hours of its launch, after users created deepfakes ...

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You can prepare for a natural disaster by beefing up your emergency fund and reviewing your insurance coverage.

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The world’s most comprehensive disaster database – relied on by thousands of climate scientists and policymakers – is at risk of closing as a result of cuts to US foreign aid by the Trump ...

A second day of election results brought no relief to Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Saturday, as it lost control of several key London boroughs. Lewisham voted overwhelmingly for the Green Party ...

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Four years on from the devastating Lismore floods the disaster recovery program that followed is being wound down. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on a house buyback program. And while ...

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