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Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder has X account reinstated
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/22/jamal-khashoggi-murder-suspect-x-account
Published: October 22, 2024 14:19
Saud al-Qahtani had been suspended permanently on Twitter before Elon Musk took over and rebranded it as XA key Saudi suspect in the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 has had his account reinstated on X, the social media companyā¦
āI am valued hereā: the extraordinary film that recreates a disabled boyās rich digital life
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/22/ibelin-film-mats-steen-world-of-warcraft
Published: October 22, 2024 14:04
Mats Steen had muscular dystrophy and died very young. But a touching new documentary has used animation and his own posts to reveal the fulfilling gaming life he led in World of Warcraft ā right down to his first kissThe night after their son Mats diedā¦
TechScape: Elon Muskās global political goals
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/oct/21/elon-musk-global-political-goals
Published: October 22, 2024 13:22
Plus: World of Warcraft, polling and catsā¢ Donāt get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereHello, and welcome to TechScape. Iām Blake Montgomery, technology news editor at the Guardian US. Today in TechScape Iām deciphering Elon Muskās globalā¦
āI wanted both sides of the business to be as intimate as being in bedā: tech entrepreneur William Reeve
Published: October 22, 2024 13:00
The co-founder of Secret Escapes and LoveFilm is now offering tech solutions to help out tenants and landlordsWilliam Reeve is what he terms a āclassic accidental landlordā. The serial entrepreneur didnāt intend to rent out his flat in central London, butā¦
iPhone 16 Plus review: Appleās battery beast
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/22/iphone-16-plus-review-apple-battery-beast
Published: October 22, 2024 06:00
Enlarged iPhone gains two new buttons, faster chip and better camera, while lasting a long time on a chargeAppleās iPhone 16 Plus takes the regular iPhone and adds two things: a much bigger screen and even longer battery life.The new plus-sized model hasā¦
Meta to use facial recognition technology in fight against celebrity investment scam ads
Published: October 21, 2024 23:00
Social media company says it has seen āpromising resultsā in detecting the scam ads, which have included deepfake images of Gina Rinehart and Guy SebastianGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Meta is fighting the scourge of celebrityā¦
Rupert Murdochās Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI firm for āillegal copyingā
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/21/rupert-murdoch-ai-lawsuit-new-york-post-dow-jones
Published: October 21, 2024 20:41
Publishers file suit against Perplexity AI, accusing startup of ābrazen schemeā and āfreeriding on valuable contentāThe media baron Rupert Murdochās Dow Jones and the New York Post filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the artificialā¦
Microsoft introduces āAI employeesā that can handle client queries
Published: October 21, 2024 16:58
US company gives customers the ability to build own virtual agents as well as releasing 10 off-the-shelf botsMicrosoft is introducing autonomous artificial intelligence agents, or virtual employees, that can perform tasks such as handling client queriesā¦
TikTok owner sacks intern for allegedly sabotaging AI project
Published: October 21, 2024 10:44
ByteDance dismissed person in August it says āmaliciously interferedā with training of artificial intelligence modelsThe owner of TikTok has sacked an intern for allegedly sabotaging an internal artificial intelligence project.ByteDance said it hadā¦
As Silicon Valley eyes US election, beware Elon Musk and the tech bros with political nous | John Naughton
Published: October 20, 2024 08:00
The owner of X is just one of many who may prefer Donald Trump to greater regulation under the DemocratsWay back in the 1960s āthe personal is politicalā was a powerful slogan capturing the reality of power dynamics within marriages. Today, an equallyā¦
Elon Musk promises to award $1m every day to voters as he steps up campaigning for Trump
Published: October 20, 2024 05:12
The billionaireās Trump-supporting Pac will give the money to those who sign a petition that encourages Republicans in Pennsylvania to register to voteElon Musk said his Trump-supporting political action committee ā America Pac ā will give $1m every dayā¦
The podcast Kill List doesnāt reflect badly on the internet ā it reflects badly on us | John Naughton
Published: October 19, 2024 15:00
A gripping audio series about a killer-for-hire scam on the dark web is a reminder of how technology holds up a mirror to human natureThis column comes to you as a break from listening to a riveting podcast series called Kill List. Itās about a secretā¦
On my radar: Yael van der Woudenās cultural highlights
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/19/on-my-radar-yael-van-der-woudens-cultural-highlights
Published: October 19, 2024 14:00
The Dutch-Israeli author on a demonic club hit, her fish fixation, and her love of furniture restoration videosBorn in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1987, Yael van der Wouden is a writer and teacher who lectures in creative writing and comparative literature in theā¦
US investigates 2.4m Tesla self-driving vehicles after reported collisions
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/18/tesla-self-driving-car-investigation
Published: October 18, 2024 13:36
Road safety agency opens evaluation over reported collisions in low visibilityThe US governmentās road safety agency has opened an investigation into 2.4m Tesla vehicles with the automakerās Full Self-Driving software after four reported collisions,ā¦
Quit if you donāt like our office-working policy, Amazon executive suggests
Published: October 18, 2024 12:06
Matt Garman, head of AWS unit, says āthere are other companies aroundā, according to transcriptA senior Amazon executive has suggested that staff who do not like the companyās new five-days-a-week office-working policy should quit.The head of the techā¦
Elon Musk has been inescapable in this election. How could he affect the results?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/oct/18/elon-musk-trump-election-influence
Published: October 18, 2024 11:00
Tesla and SpaceX chiefās behavior sets him apart from even the most politically active billionaires ā serving as a Trump policy adviser and mega-donorLess than a month before the presidential election, Elon Musk has made himself a near-constant presence inā¦
Pay attention! 12 ways to improve your focus and concentration span
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/18/improve-focus-concentration-span-expert-tips
Published: October 18, 2024 10:00
From gamifying your to-do list to going for a regular morning walk, top tips for improving concentration from psychotherapists, health coaches and other expertsForty-seven seconds. That was the average length of time an adult could focus on a screen for inā¦
Hereās the deal: AI giants get to grab all your data unless you say they canāt. Fancy that? No, neither do I | Chris Stokel-Walker
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/ai-systems-big-tech-data-ministers
Published: October 18, 2024 07:00
Data is vital to AI systems, so firms want the right to take it and ministers may let them. We must wake up to the dangerImagine someone drives up to a pub in a top-of-the-range sports car ā a Ā£1.5m Koenigsegg Regera, to pick one at random ā parks up andā¦
AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ātipping pointā, says watchdog
Published: October 18, 2024 05:00
Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophisticationChild sexual abuse imagery generated by artificial intelligence tools is becoming more prevalent on the open web and reaching aā¦
Musk steers X disputes to conservative Texas courts in service terms update
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/17/elon-musk-x-terms-of-services-texas
Published: October 17, 2024 23:13
Although choosing a venue is not uncommon, northern district stands out because itās not where X is locatedElon Muskās X has updated its terms of service to steer any disputes from users of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter to a federalā¦
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum review ā glory and geekery
Published: October 17, 2024 10:00
Home computing and the gaming industry have their origins in the iconic early 80s hardware, documented here in an homage to an eccentric pioneerYouāll need a pretty high geek tolerance level for this very detailed and specialised account of Sir Cliveā¦
Tears and turnarounds in Davina McCallās new show about new starts
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/17/hear-here-begin-again-podcast
Published: October 17, 2024 08:45
The TV icon turned midlife expert hears from gutsy guests on their radical life changes in Begin Again. Plus: five of the best comfort listen podcastsā¢ Donāt get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereOnly one show usually comes to mind when youā¦
Meta fires staff for āusing free meal vouchers to buy household goodsā
Published: October 17, 2024 08:17
Facebook and Instagram owner reportedly dismisses about 24 workers for abusing $25 meal credit systemMeta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has reportedly fired about 24 staff at its Los Angeles offices for using their $25 meal credits to buy itemsā¦
UKās Alan Turing Institute launches redundancy consultation process
Published: October 17, 2024 07:56
Institute for AI and data science sends memo saying it will concentrate on fewer projectsThe UKās national institute for artificial intelligence and data science has launched a consultation process that could lead to redundancies among its 440 staff.In aā¦
iPhone 16 review: more buttons and speed for Appleās standard phone
Published: October 17, 2024 06:00
Smallest and cheapest new model plays catchup to Pro iPhones with strong battery life but familiar designAppleās latest iPhone bucks the trend of buttons vanishing from phones, gaining not one but two new controls on the outside, plus a big jump in chipā¦
āItās not me, itās just my faceā: the models who found their likenesses had been used in AI propaganda
Published: October 16, 2024 17:26
London-based Synthesiaās technology was employed to make deepfake videos for authoritarian regimesThe well-groomed young man dressed in a crisp, blue shirt speaking with a soft American accent seems an unlikely supporter of the junta leader of the westā¦
Amazon.com joins push for nuclear power to meet data center demand
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/16/amazon-nuclear-power-data-center
Published: October 16, 2024 14:07
Company says it signed three agreements on developing small modular reactor nuclear power technologyAmazon.com said on Wednesday it has signed three agreements on developing small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power technology, becoming the latest big techā¦
Pushing Buttons: With the safety of Roblox under scrutiny, how worried should parents be?
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/16/pushing-buttons-roblox-games-for-children
Published: October 16, 2024 14:00
Millions of children play on this platform accused of having reams of troubling content and users, but there are hundreds of better alternatives that serve kidsā curious mindsā¢ Donāt get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereRight beforeā¦
I AI-generated some podcasts ā and the results are uncanny
Published: October 16, 2024 13:00
Googleās new tool NotebookLM lets you create podcasts at the click of the button. Theyāre way more realistic than youād think ā¦Anyone who grew up watching The Terminator or The Matrix knows that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. As the robotsā¦
Californians want controls on AI. Why did Gavin Newsom veto an AI safety bill? | Garrison Lovely
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/16/california-ai-safety-bill-gavin-newsom
Published: October 16, 2024 10:00
AI lobbyists are fighting regulation because they know voters of both parties do not trust the sector to police itselfCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom recently killed SB1047, a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence safety bill, arguing that its focusā¦
Is it worse to have no climate solutions ā or to have them but refuse to use them? | Rebecca Solnit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/16/climate-crisis-technology-ai
Published: October 16, 2024 10:00
Tech barons are forever predicting some amazing new technology to fix the climate crisis. Yet fixes already existThere are so many ways to fiddle while Rome burns, or as this seasonās weather would have it, gets torn apart by hurricanes and tornadoes andā¦
āIām empowering my song to go and make love with different peopleā: Imogen Heap on how her AI twin will rewrite pop
Published: October 16, 2024 07:36
Known for her wild āImogenationā, Heap has always reworked pop with tech, but her new data-mining project is her boldest yet. She explains why āyou canāt stop progressāItās a very Imogen Heap way to say hello: āIāve got to show you this thing ā itās goingā¦
Elon Musk gives $75m to pro-Trump group, putting him among the largest Republican donors
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/16/elon-musk-donald-trump-donation-america-pac
Published: October 16, 2024 03:40
Muskās America PAC, which is focused on turning out voters in closely battleground states, spent around $72m in three monthsElon Musk gave around $75m to his pro-Donald Trump spending group in the span of three months, federal disclosures show,ā¦
Tech consultant acted in self-defense in death of Cash App founder, trial hears
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/nima-momeni-bob-lee-death-trial-cash-app
Published: October 15, 2024 15:43
Nima Momeni had no motive to stab Bob Lee to death, opening day of trial in San Francisco hearsThe tech consultant charged in Cash App founder Bob Leeās stabbing death had no motive to kill him and in fact was forced to defend himself against Lee, who hadā¦
Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in āworld firstā deal
Published: October 15, 2024 14:37
Tech company orders six or seven small nuclear reactors from Californiaās Kairos PowerBusiness live ā latest updatesGoogle has signed a āworld firstā deal to buy energy from a fleet of mini nuclear reactors to generate the power needed for the rise in useā¦
TechScape: Elon Musk is stumping hard for Donald Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/oct/14/elon-musk-stumping-for-trump
Published: October 15, 2024 13:19
Plus: art on Samsung TVs, babiesā faces online and the iPhone 16 Pro reviewedā¢ Donāt get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereHello, and welcome to TechScape. Iām Blake Montgomery, technology news editor at the Guardian US. Thank you for joiningā¦
Oura Ring 4 review: best smart ring gets comfort and battery upgrade
Published: October 15, 2024 10:00
Sleek, celeb-favoured gadget tracks sleep, activity and heart health without a smartwatch, but comes at high costOuraās stylish smart ring worn by celebrities and athletes alike has slimmed down for its fourth iteration, making it easier to put on, moreā¦
Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is āpaedophile hellscapeā
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/roblox-allegations-ofcom-online-safety-act
Published: October 15, 2024 08:43
Campaigners say watchdog must ensure Online Safety Act is rigorous enough, after allegations about gaming platformChild safety campaigners have urged the UK communications watchdog to make a āstep-changeā in its implementation of new online laws after aā¦
Return of the landline: why gen Z ā and scam artists ā love old-fashioned phones
Published: October 15, 2024 05:00
80% of elderly people have landlines, compared with just 50% of 18- to 29-year-olds. Will the joy of a great conversation lead to a revival?Name: Landlines.Age: 148 years old. Continue reading...
Sleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia
Published: October 15, 2024 04:00
The UK sleep-tracker industry is estimated to be worth Ā£270m a year ā and forecast to double by 2030. Could all this data be making our insomnia worse?The other day, I was plodding away on the treadmill at the gym when I overheard two blokes chatting.āIā¦
New UK bill could force social media firms to make content less addictive for under 16s
Published: October 14, 2024 23:00
The safer phones bill could ban companies from applying algorithms for young ādoomscrollingā teens Social media companies could be forced to exclude young teens from algorithms to make content less addictive for under-16s, under a new bill with heavyweightā¦
āI felt I had no choiceā: why Deborah did her schoolwork using the shopping centre wifi
Published: October 14, 2024 14:00
One in four Australians donāt have access to essential technology. The Smith Family says a national device bank could help close the gapFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAā¦
Can you resist all the addictions modern life throws at you? Only if youāre rich enough | Martha Gill
Published: October 13, 2024 07:30
Freedom from the temptations pushed at us on a daily basis is now a class issueThey are problems of success, really, these modern ills. Social media addiction, gaming disorders, the compulsive over-eating of sugar and processed gloop: they are products ofā¦