The UK government has published proposals to ‘robustly’ regulate cryptocurrency.
The plans include new regulations to stop ‘pump and dump’ schemes, where individuals artificially inflate the value of a crypto asset before selling it, as well as measures to ensure customers’ assets are returned to them if a crypto business goes bust.
Research suggests that planting trees could cut deaths from high summer temperatures in cities by a third.
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health led study, found that of the 6,700 premature deaths linked to higher temperatures in European cities during 2015, one third could have been prevented by increasing urban tree cover up to 30%.
Findings from the University of Swansea suggest that people in the UK have an ‘unconscious bias’ when it comes to cars and driving.
Professor Ian Walker told Tech & Science Daily why people’s attitudes differ on issues around security and pollution when vehicles are involved.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has created a tool to check whether their technology was used to write CVs or homework.
In a blog post, the platform said their AI Text Classifier will categorise text on a five-step scale - ranging from likely to very unlikely.
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