Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business A week before New York City’s app-based delivery workers were poised to see an hourly minimum wage increase, several tech companies fired a legal salvo that has temporarily delayed this change. …
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Financial Conduct Authority chief to highlight risks of ‘deepfake’ fraud as well as benefits of Artificial Intelligence The head of the UK’s financial regulator is to warn that banks, investors and insurers will have to ramp up their spending to combat scammers using artificial intelligence to commit fraud. Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the …
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Netflix/ Night School Studio, Omega Force, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series, PCWith simple visuals and calm, naturalistic dialogue, this is a slow, chin-stroking experience that prioritises story over flashy stunts Riley is fed up. Dropped off at a bus stop after dark, she finds herself standing alone in an eerily quiet town. …
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Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was taken on her mobile Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Suzi Dougherty was chuffed when a happy snap she took of her son on …
Law and finance sectors could be among most affected, according to organisation’s employment outlook Major economies are on the “cusp of an AI revolution” that could trigger job losses in skilled professions such as law, medicine and finance, according to an influential international organisation. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the occupations …
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Hundreds join action at online retailer’s Coventry site in standoff over pay, conditions and union rights “This is a picket line,” says Rachel Fagan emphatically. The GMB union’s Midlands regional organiser stands in front of a line of striking workers several rows deep at Amazon’s vast BHX4 warehouse in Coventry, during industrial action designed to …
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Judge dismisses FTC request to halt deal over concerns it would give Microsoft exclusive access to Activision games A US judge ruled on Tuesday that Microsoft may go forward with its planned acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard, turning aside antitrust enforcers’ request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily stop the $69bn deal. The Federal …
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Twitter’s boss has also challenged Meta’s chief executive to a ‘literal dick-measuring contest’. What’s got into the billionaire manbaby? The world’s richest toddler is at it again. Elon Musk, a very stable tech genius, is throwing a temper tantrum over Mark Zuckerberg launching the Twitter rival Threads. You would think a capitalist such as Musk …
Meta wants its new rival to be a friendly, news-free space. But with missing features, it might not leave Elon Musk’s platform in the dust quite yet • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here It feels as if the death of Twitter has been greatly exaggerated since …
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The platform’s parent company has gotten into several knots before about mishandling sensitive information In just a matter of days, Meta’s new Threads app has reached 100 million users, solidifying the Twitter competitor’s claim to the title of the most rapidly downloaded app ever. That rapid growth has concerned privacy experts, who warn that few …
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