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The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease the effects of menopause has been associated with a higher risk of dementia, a new study has found – but the link between the two may not be down to the treatment. The nationwide study from Denmark, published in the British Medical Journal, appears to contradict

Ultra-low frequency gravitational waves that could reveal secrets about the formation of the universe have been observed for the first time. Astronomers saw them after 25 years of observation, using six of the world’s most sensitive radio telescopes. They are thought to have come from pairs of supermassive black holes found in the centres of

We could be eating “hyper-personalised” diets which are “fully bespoke to your individual nutritional needs” within the next 20 years, a report is predicting. Breathing on a smartphone could help to determine what is healthy, and a takeaways might be tasted virtually prior to ordering, it is being suggested. Something dubbed BreathTech could be developed,

TikTok has launched the ability for parents and guardians to filter out videos they don’t want their children to see. The feature is an addition to the app’s family pairing functionality, which allows adults to link their account to their teenager’s for control of settings like screen time limits. TikTok‘s users could already dictate content

Two New York lawyers have been fined after submitting a legal brief with fake case citations generated by ChatGPT. Steven Schwartz, of law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, admitted using the chatbot to research the brief in a client’s personal injury case against airline Avianca. He had used it to find legal precedents supporting the

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are “absolutely dead serious” about fighting each other in a cage match, the boss of UFC has said. The tech billionaires used their respective social media platforms, Instagram and Twitter, this week to talk up their battle-readiness – and both have apparently since spoken to mixed martial arts supremo Dana

Microsoft’s record takeover bid for video games giant Activision Blizzard has gone before a US federal court. The Windows and Xbox maker wants to buy the company best known for the Call Of Duty, Warcraft, and Diablo franchises for $69bn (£54.2bn). It would be the largest tech acquisition ever. But the UK competitions watchdog blocked

Marvel has been criticised for using AI to generate the artwork during the opening credits of its new series. Secret Invasion, the latest entry in the company’s cinematic universe, premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday. As is custom with many of the franchise’s shows, episodes open with the names of the cast and production crew against

A French robot that can dive to a depth of 6,000 metres is due to arrive in the North Atlantic late on Wednesday and join the search for the missing submersible, Titan. The unmanned craft, called Victor 6000, has remotely controlled arms that can be used to cut cables or perform other manoeuvres to release

Eighty years after they were deployed for the first time to detect Nazi submarines during the Second World War, sonobuoys are aiding the hunt for missing Titanic explorers. The underwater sonar devices picked up banging noises in the area where the Titan submersible vanished, as searches continue for the vessel that dropped off the radar

Signalling the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of winter below the equator, the summer solstice is here. It will take place on Wednesday 21 June at 15:57 BST. It marks the longest day and shortest night of the year, and 2023 is expected to bear witness to a solstice gathering

As smartphone screens have got bigger, and laptops more powerful, tablets have gone through something of an identity crisis. Once pitched as an obvious middle ground between the computer in your pocket and the one on your lap, the thinking behind them seems increasingly muddled. There are iPads for people who want a keyboard and

New 3D-printed rocket engines are being tested at the largest UK facility of its kind ahead of a potential space launch. Edinburgh-based Skyrora made them using its own Skyprint 2 machine for the first time, which the company says halves production time and reduces costs compared to previous designs. The new model will be put

Scientists have discovered the fossilised remains of a new species of duck-billed dinosaur that roamed Chile 72 million years ago. Dubbed Gonkoken nanoi, the plant-eating creature weighed up to a tonne and could grow to 4m (13ft) in length, according to research published in Science Advances. The find follows an almost decade-long investigation. Image: An

A blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer could reportedly be offered to “a million people” in a pilot programme from next summer. NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said the Galleri test – developed by the US company Grail – has the potential to “transform cancer care forever”, according to The Times. The

Artificial intelligence will threaten our democracy ahead of upcoming elections in the United Kingdom and the United States, according to one of the world’s leading computer scientists. Speaking on Beth Rigby Interviews… Dame Wendy Hall says AI’s ability to damage democracy should be more of an immediate concern than any existential threat posed by the