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PS Plus July 2023 leaks reveal Call of Duty and Alan Wake as free games for Essential tier

PS Plus leaker Billbil-Kun has revealed that Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, Alan Wake Remastered and Endling Extinction is Forever will be our PS Plus essential titles for July 2023

Daily Mirror

My Extinction review – cheerfully dishevelled film-maker gets stuck into climate crisis

The deadpan director joins Extinction Rebellion and asks why are we so concerned with our careers when the planet is in mortal danger?

The Guardian - UK

Megalodon was a warm-blooded killer, but that may have doomed it to extinction

Scientists studied the fossilized teeth of megalodon and determined that the jumbo-size extinct species of shark was warm-blooded.

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Megalodon’s Extinction Linked To Being Warm-Blooded

Research shows the giant predator's ability to self-regulate its body temperature may have contributed to its downfall.

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Citing Potential Human Extinction, Senators Seek Artificial Intelligence Inquiry

See possible direct harm to vulnerable populations

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The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average, causing irrevocable changes to this vast landscape and precarious ecosystem – from the anticipated extinction of polar bears to the appearance of killer whales in ever-greater numbers. A new study suggests the Arctic Ocean could be…

The Conversation

Four ways criminals could use AI to target more victims

Warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous right now. They have included fearful messages about AI’s potential to cause the extinction of humans, invoking images of the Terminator movies. The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has even set up a summit to discuss AI safety.

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Editorial: The LA Zoo’s plan to house mountain lions and grizzlies shouldn’t mean wrecking the view

The Los Angeles Zoo envisions one day having mountain lions and grizzlies on display and possibly adding some California condors, North America’s largest land bird, which the zoo’s breeding program has helped save from extinction.

Los Angeles Times

97% of Australians want more action to stop extinctions and 72% want extra spending on the environment

Most Australians (97%) want more action to protect nature, even if they don’t know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis. That’s the startling finding emerging from our first national survey of 4,000 voters.

The Conversation

13,000 Years Ago, Ancient Humans Likely Helped Drive a Mass Extinction in North America

The earliest people who lived in North America shared the landscape with huge animals. New evidence suggests humans hunted these creatures more than previously thought.

Inverse

Dancing Capercaillie bird makes a tentative comeback in Scotland

Exclusive: Ecologists say there are early signs that the population is recovering in remote forests

The Guardian - UK

Tanya Plibersek approves habitat clearing in Darwin despite risk to endangered bird

Environment minister says redesign would ‘avoid most adverse impacts’ on Gouldian finch, while critics point to Australia’s ‘terrible record on extinctions’

The Guardian - AU

Overfishing takes big bite out of reef sharks globally

Overfishing is driving the world's reef sharks towards extinction but Australia is doing relatively well at managing populations, a new study shows.

AAP

Wildcats to be released in secret Scottish sites in effort to avoid extinction

Animals to be introduced during next three years but ecologists say they still face survival challenges

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A's going, going, all but gone from Oakland as bill to fund Las Vegas stadium passes

The Oakland Athletics appear to be two small steps from extinction.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak warned AI being racist or sexist is immediate risk not human extinction

An expert in AI ethics has warned the Prime Minister to focus on the 'real' risks of artificial intelligence including how its use in health systems could mean treatment is biased towards people with white skin or men

The Conversation

Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago

The earliest people who lived in North America shared the landscape with huge animals. On any day these hunter-gatherers might encounter a giant, snarling saber-toothed cat ready to pounce, or a group of elephantlike mammoths stripping tree branches. Maybe a herd of giant bison would stampede past.

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Discrimination is a bigger AI risk than human extinction – EU commissioner

Commissioner says existential threat unlikely, but ‘guardrails’ needed for decisions affecting livelihoods

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AI, the tech elite and "extinction"

When leading figures in AI talk about "extinction," they're not really concerned with the fate of actual humans

LiveScience

Koalas are both endangered and so plentiful they're causing problems. How'd that happen?

They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating themselves out of house and home.

The Independent UK

Humpback whale spotted off Cornwall coast in rare sighting

Conservationists say encounter so far south suggests species is recovering from near-extinction 40 years ago

Bangkok Post

Vaquitas still exist, but barely: sea 'panda' survey

MEXICO CITY - The vaquita, a small porpoise on the verge of extinction, is still hanging in there, said scientists Wednesday who had spotted about a dozen specimens of Mexico's "panda of the sea" on an expedition in May.

The Conversation

The invisible effects of human activity on nature

Discussions at the recent COP15 biodiversity conference in Montréal highlighted once again the impact of human activities on wildlife. Many species are forced to migrate, are seeing their populations declining, or worse, are finding themselves on the brink of extinction. For example, the populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are…

Daily Mirror

Apple CEO denies new tech is AI but admits it is 'powered by machine learning'

Tim Cook made the comments speaking to Good Morning America which comes just a week after leading AI figures such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warned AI could risk the 'extinction' of humanity

TechRadar

Where to stream the Transformers movies in order: release date and chronologically

Want to know how to watch the Transformers movies in order before Rise of the Beasts arrives? We're here to help.

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