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GOOGLE is handing out “personal AI experts” that help you get annoying jobs done – and can even save you money.These free AI helpers are meant to give you a hand with specific tasks.4Google is handing out the ability to create Gems to anyone who wants oneCredit: Google4You can create a Gem to do almost any job you can dream upCredit: GoogleThat’s in contrast to a general AI chatbot that is supposed to help with a load of different jobs.Google calls these specific AI helpers “Gems”, and you can use premade ones or create your own.For instance, existing Gems include…

OLIVER Kirkham has been left devastated after his partner, Gabor, died after what seemed like a sports injury turned out to be cancer.“Your plans for life going forward just get completely smashed up,” the 44-year-old cabin crew manager, said.  8Oliver Kirkham (right) and Gabor Kabacs (left) were together for 12 yearsCredit: PA Real Life8Gabor died suddenly just months after what seemed like a sports injury turned out to be cancerCredit: PA Real Life“Buying a property together, big trips away to travel, all of that just completely comes to a halt, an end.”His partner of 12-years Gabor Kabacs, 45, was an…

A MAKEOVER for WhatsApp chats will fix one of the most annoying texting problems.It might even mean that your own texts end up being ignored less often.2WhatsApp is working on a threads feature to keep your chats better organisedCredit: WhatsApp / WABetaInfoWhatsApp is secretly working on a threads feature for your conversations, according to early screenshots of the feature.This would group replies together in the Meta-owned app so you can see conversation threads separate from the main chat.It means it’ll be way easier to see messages – and have your own texts seen – in messy group chats.The feature was discovered…

EUROPE was rocked by fresh measles fears as cases surged to their highest level in over 25 years.Global health officials warned rates of the lethal Victorian disease had doubled in the past year alone.2Across Europe, more than 50,000 cases of measles involved children under the age of five.Credit: GettyThey said that low measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab uptake threatens even further spread of one of the world’s most infectious diseases. In 2024, over 127,350 measles cases were reported across the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region – the highest number since 1997.This also marks a dramatic jump from just…

GOOGLE has pulled down apps that experts warn were hiding North Korean “surveillance tool” that steals your texts, location, and even screenshots.Security experts say that the dangerous spyware “masquerades as utility apps” – and has been secretly operating for at least three years.4Google has removed dangerous apps from its Play Store for Android phonesCredit: Getty4The apps were concealing spyware that snooped on users, experts sayCredit: LookoutThe spyware is called KoSpy, and has been linked to a North Korean hacker group.And it turned up in Android apps – including ones available to download from the official Google Play Store – according…

HOLLY Turner was devastated when her sister was diagnosed with an incurable disease that stole her mum just years earlier – but she never imagined she was next.”It’s a death sentence,” says her mother-in-law, Linda McQueen. 3Doctors initially dismissed Holly’s muscle spasms as benign fasciculation syndrome, a condition causing frequent muscle twitches.Credit: SWNS3But in 2022, a nerve conduction test showed hyper-excitable neurons, an early sign of motor neuron diseaseCredit: SWNS”She’s trying to act normal around Koby [her son], saying things like ‘Well, Koby, I might be here when you grow up.’”Holly, 45, from Hastings, East Sussex, lost her mum to…

A CLEVER iPhone trick lets you change the shape of the beam of light from its built-in torch.Gadget fans have spotted the handy feature, which has only been out for a few months.4You can use this pop-up to control not just the brightness of the torch – but its shape tooCredit: AppleBut it’s available on millions of iPhone models, and you might have the right one.Apple has been letting you change the brightness of your iPhone’s torch for years.But it’s now also possible to have a very wide light, or a focused beam that can shine on a specific point.First,…

A TOOTH filling on the NHS will cost more than £75 after a dentists’ price hike at the end of this month.Ministers are putting charges up by 2.4 per cent for the next financial year.1The price of NHS dental treatment increases every yearIt will increase the cost of a basic check-up from £26.80 to £27.40.A filling, root canal or extraction appointment will cost £75.30, up from £73.50, with more intensive ‘Band 3’ work charged at £326.70, up from £319.10.Shiv Pabary, of the British Dental Association, said: “This hike is reheated austerity.“It won’t put a penny into a struggling service. “Our patients…

MEGALODON may have grown to a staggering 80 feet in length – and weighted 94 tons.The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine has been revealed in a study that reveals what the ocean predator really looked like.6Scientists now think the megalodon would’ve looked much more like a modern lemon sharkCredit: Albert Kok 6The shape and size of the megalodon has been revised – and it was terrifyingly giantCredit: (DePaul University/Kenshu Shimada). It’s often thought that the megalodon would’ve looked a lot like a great white shark, but bigger.But scientists now think the enormous creature looked “closer in shape to…

DOCTORS are warning parents that ‘chickenpox parties’ are never a good idea. The gatherings – which aim to expose children to the virus to ‘get it over with’ – put kids at risk of “serious complications”, such as bacterial skin infections, pneumonia and life-threatening brain swelling. 2Chickenpox parties could put children and adults at risk of nasty complications, GPs warnedCredit: GettyThe caution comes after the owner of a children’s daycare centre discovered that some parents were secretly planning to hold at ‘party’ at the venue, putting healthy kids in contact with a child with chickenpox.The plan was branded as “dangerous”…