Amazon chief points to company’s rapid hiring in recent years while saying layoffs mainly to hit its brick-and-mortar stores Amazon has announced it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce – the largest set of layoffs in the US company’s history – while business software maker Salesforce is to cut 8,000 workers in …
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Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash Apple has quietly launched a catalogue of books narrated by artificial intelligence in a move that may mark the beginning of the end for human narrators. The strategy marks an attempt to upend the lucrative and fast-growing …
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Cheekily enjoyable chiller where a devastated girl seems saved by an eerily self-possessed robot companion – but all is not as it seems Not a robot so much as a hi-tech Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together with bits of Robocop and Terminator, but cheekily enjoyable just the same. This is a sci-fi chiller co-written by horror …
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Irish regulator fines Facebook owner €390m after EU rejects argument for use of data to drive personalised ads Meta has had a blow dealt to its business model by an EU decision that could force the Instagram and Facebook owner to ask users to “opt-in” to having their data used for personalised ads. Ireland’s Data …
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Agreement caps regulator’s investigation into cryptocurrency’s compliance with requirements to prevent money laundering US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reached a $100m settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements on Wednesday. The settlement, which includes a $50m penalty, caps the regulator’s investigation into the firm’s compliance …
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Since Elon Musk’s takeover, advertisers have paused spending amid fears of a rise in divisive content Twitter has said it will relax restrictions on political advertising as it seeks to generate more revenue after Elon Musk’s $44bn (£36.4bn) takeover of the platform. The social media platform banned political advertising in 2019 after its then chief …
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As Australia looks to the US and Europe on electric vehicle safety rules, carmakers are experimenting with sounds that will effectively warn pedestrians Take a walk down any busy street and the noise can hit like a speaker accidentally left on full volume. The growls of engines accelerating when the traffic light turns green, motorbikes …
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Hands-free, AI buggy on display at CES 2023 automatically brakes, warns of danger and can pilot itself while empty Self-driving technology has been seen in cars, delivery robots and now a $3,300 (£2,700) “hands-free” motorised stroller that can cruise along with the parent using AI to detect obstacles and danger on the pavement. The Ella …
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In the 13 years since Ties Carlier and his brother started their e-bike company, it has grown to over 1,000 employees but, he says, there is a lot more to do to improve urban environments The rebuilt Battersea power station in south-west London is an impressive architectural feat: its landmark towers were carefully deconstructed and …
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Exclusive: iKnife can reliably diagnose endometrial cancer and help thousands of healthy women get all-clear quicker A revolutionary surgical knife that “smells tumours” can diagnose womb cancer within seconds, researchers have found in a breakthrough that could enable thousands of healthy women to get the all-clear quicker. The disease is the fourth most common cancer …
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