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Bill Gates thinks AI taking everyone's jobs could be a good thing - there isn't a lot we can do to stop it. But if it plays out like Gates predicts, it will be a net positive for the world. We might all have more free time because of AI, he says.

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Over 330 elephants suddenly collapsed and died. Scientists now have an explanation "the country has pointed to toxic blooms of cyanobacteria, a naturally occurring neurotoxin and biological phenomenon which has increased due to climate change"

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Shell reportedly to slash oil and gas production costs to focus more on renewables. Shell is exploring ways to reduce spending on oil and gas production, its largest division known as upstream, by 30 per cent to 40 per cent

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Underwater and on fire: US climate change magnifies extremes. The already parched West is getting drier and suffering deadly wildfires because of it, while the much wetter East keeps getting drenched in mega-rainfall events

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