Month: October 2021

Leaked papers detail emergency exercise that followed 2019 mass murder in New Zealand Facebook trained its artificial intelligence systems to detect and block any future attempt to livestream a shooting spree with “police/military body cams footage,” and other violent material, in the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attack. The emergency exercise – detailed in corporate …

Facebook trained its AI to block violent live streams after Christchurch attacks Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg’s latest Meta morphosis fills me a deep sense of dread. And some companies are too toxic to rebrand “Facebook”. The word paints a thousand pictures, every one of them a portrait of some element of the human condition I could happily live without. Message requests from veterans in Montana that read, “Hello beautiful …

Facebook has ruined our reality, now it’s coming for the metaverse too | Imogen West-Knights Read More »

Data protection advocate Mariano delli Santi on whether we should worry about targeted advertising We all believe in at least one conspiracy theory. Well, a little bit. That’s according to a Norwegian professor who recently argued that conspiratorial thinking spans everything from 5G theories to believing the referee really is against your team. Mine? I …

Is my phone listening to me? We ask the expert Read More »

Prof Stuart Russell says field of artificial intelligence needs to grow up quickly to ensure humans remain in control A scientist who wrote a leading textbook on artificial intelligence has said experts are “spooked” by their own success in the field, comparing the advance of AI to the development of the atom bomb. Prof Stuart …

‘Yeah, we’re spooked’: AI starting to have big real-world impact, says expert Read More »

The Bridgerton star joins forces with Camilla Whitehill for a glorious send-up of rural Ireland. Plus: an absorbing investigation in Mississippi Goddam, and Esther Perel returns Whistle Through the Shamrocks (from 1 Nov)Nicola Coughlan teams up with Camilla Whitehill for a glorious comedy podcast that exploits all the Brit-bashing, potato-munching cliches of rural Ireland. While …

Best podcasts of the week: Nicola Coughlan’s corking comedy Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed a glimpse of Facebook’s plans to built the “metaverse” – a digital world built over our own, comprising virtual reality headsets and augmented reality. The product launch came as the social media giant announced it will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as …

Facebook gives a glimpse of metaverse, its planned virtual reality world – video Read More »

The rebrand comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises The announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta in a virtual-reality rebrand has prompted dismay and bemusement. On Thursday, Zuckerberg said Meta would encompass Facebook as well as …

Mocking Meta: Facebook’s virtual reality name change prompts backlash Read More »

Despite posting a lower than expected revenue, iPhone 13 sales nearly doubled while iPad sales grew by 21% Apple shares slid slightly on Thursday after the company announced lower than expected revenue in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company posted a quarterly revenue of $83.4bn, up 29% year over year but still short of …

Apple blames chip shortages and slow supply chain for disappointing quarter Read More »

Share price down 4% in after-hours trading on news that third-quarter earnings fell to $3.2bn compared with $3.6bn last year Amazon’s profits declined by the largest percentage in more than four years as the online giant said it has spent heavily on coping with the pandemic and delivered a downbeat forecast for the holiday season. …

Amazon profits suffer largest percentage drop in four years Read More »

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises. Zuckerberg made the announcement at Facebook’s annual conference on Thursday, where he outlined his vision for the ‘metaverse’ – a digital …

Meta: Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook’s new name – video Read More »