Month: April 2021

Public can try pulling faces to trick the technology, while critics highlight human rights concerns It is a technology that has been frowned upon by ethicists: now researchers are hoping to unmask the reality of emotion recognition systems in an effort to boost public debate. Technology designed to identify human emotions using machine learning algorithms …

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Information appears to be several years old Facebook says leak stems from problem fixed in 2019 Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. Related: UK watchdog to investigate Facebook takeover of Giphy Continue reading… Information appears to be several years old Facebook says leak stems …

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Covid shutdowns and Texas storms behind dearth of chips needed for superconductors to make array of products A global shortage of one crucial piece of technology is causing delays in everything from cars and televisions to video game consoles and Australia’s National Broadband Network rollout. A temporary shutdown in the production of silicon computer chips …

Global silicon chip shortage hits supply of phones, TVs, cars and Australia’s NBN Read More »

Firm hit back at Congressman Mark Pocan for saying workers had to urinate in bottles, before admitting Pocan was telling truth Union leaders hope Amazon effort will boost US support Amazon has apologized to the congressman Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were …

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Even Facebook and Google had their troubles when they first went public, so Deliveroo’s bad experience is far from unique Amazon listed on the Nasdaq at $18 a share with a market value of $438m in 1997, when it was just an online bookseller, with 256 employees. The share price rose gradually over the years, …

How past tech floats fared, and upcoming IPOs in London Read More »

Tailors and dressmakers long ago worked out that men and women are different shapes and sizes. The news has yet to reach Palo Alto In November 2019, which now seems like an aeon ago, I wrote about an interesting correlation I had stumbled across. It was that the authors of the most insightful critiques of …

Why Silicon Valley’s most astute critics are all women | John Naughton Read More »

Digital art can be easily and endlessly duplicated, but non-fungible tokens allow buyers to confirm ownership The artist Kevin Abosch has sold a picture of a potato for $1.5m, made a neon sculpture inspired by cryptocurrency, and even sold his own blood on the blockchain. So in many ways, entering the world of non-fungible tokens …

NFTs are helping artists solve a vital problem: who owns digital artwork? Read More »

The Earth Optimism 2021 summit is showcasing practical conservation solutions. We look at the ways technology is making a difference Collaboration is key to developing new ideas, and scaling those solutions up is essential for making good progress in any field. This week, Earth Optimism 2021, a global summit hosted online until 4 April by …

Five great new green innovations – from pop-up rodent tents to tyre dust traps Read More »

Peter Rawlinson says Lucid, which is about to list for $24bn, has drawn interest from big carmakers The Lucid Motors boss Peter Rawlinson is fluent in the language of the new breed of electric carmaker: he wants to save the planet and he wants to do it fast. The California carmaker is only starting production …

Meet the Briton leading a Tesla rival who wants to save the planet Read More »

Vote in Bessemer, Alabama, is chance to informer younger generations about the role unions play, labor leaders say Counting is currently under way for the historic union election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, and union organizers and leaders throughout the labor movement are hoping the effort will help galvanize support for workers and unions …

‘The fuse has been lit’: union leaders hope Amazon effort will boost support across US Read More »