Online tool used by more than 50 cities helps planners weigh costs against climate and social benefits In early 2018, Tomer Shalit looked at the overwhelming mass of data and the tens of thousands of pages of scientific studies and parliamentary reports that had gone into the making of Sweden’s bold new Climate Act, and …
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CEO Eric Yuan says ‘We worked tirelessly … but we also made mistakes’ as he takes 98% pay cut for coming year Zoom is cutting about 1,300 jobs as demand for the company’s video-conferencing services slows with the waning of the pandemic. While announcing the layoffs on Tuesday, which will hit nearly 15% of its …
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Company to work with OpenAI to improve Bing and Edge web browser as battle with Google heats up Microsoft is revamping its search products with more artificial intelligence, including the wildly popular ChatGPT, as tech companies race to take advantage of increasingly powerful AI tools. The company detailed its plans at a special event on …
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In this week’s newsletter: The social media network is putting its APIs – the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going – behind a paywall. And the ramifications are huge Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here APIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about …
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Ellie gets to grips with a gun, Joel has a rude awakening – and here’s Melanie Lynskey as the revolutionary Kathleen. But don’t be fooled by her dulcet tones … she’s as twisted as they come This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us TV series. Do not read unless you have seen episodes …
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Technology will be added to Google’s search engine after explosion in use of rival backed by Microsoft Google is releasing its own artificial intelligence chatbot, called Bard, in response to the huge success of the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. The company is also adding the technology behind Bard to the Google search engine to enable complex queries …
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PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox Series X, PC; Avalanche/Portkey GamesBeing able to wield a wand in the hallowed halls is enchanting, but what’s beneath the spell is competent but unspectacular Given how merciless modern pop culture is in its exploitation of childhood nostalgia, it’s remarkable there’s been no credible attempt at a big-budget Harry Potter …
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Stars like Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford are being rendered younger digitally but voices in the industry express concern about where we might be heading Craggy, grey-haired and 80 years old, Harrison Ford might seem a bit old old to don his brown Fedora-style hat or crack his whip as Indiana Jones. But a trailer …
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US-based PC maker makes move in order to reduce costs as ‘market conditions continue to erode’ Dell is to cut 6,650 jobs, or 5% of its global workforce, as the PC maker becomes the latest US tech firm to reduce costs amid economic uncertainty. Dell told employees that market conditions were deteriorating and that initial …
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With 100m sales of its Switch console, a new Mario movie and even a California theme park, the Japanese tech giant is riding high again. What’s its secret? Every Nintendo fan remembers the game that converted them. Perhaps it was running and jumping around as Mario in an abstract, toylike playspace, thrilling at the lightness …
