Company’s $56.2bn revenue beat Wall Street expectations but slowing growth for cloud service Azure proved to be a dampener Microsoft shares fell on Tuesday as the company reported a slowdown in growth of parts of its business, despite the company’s various investments in AI including its partnerships with OpenAI and Meta. The tech firm beat …
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While many acknowledge they can have benefits for learning, the effect on pupils’ behaviour and attention spans mean others favour a full ban Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools Analysis: distraction and cyberbullying are key concerns A UN report has suggested smartphones should be banned in schools globally to protect children’s mental …
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Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices • Analysis: distraction and bullying are key concerns ‘I would crank up the restrictions’: teachers on banning phones in school Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, …
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The sunny report establishes a continued rebound for the tech company after a difficult 2022 and thousands of job cuts Alphabet stocks rose in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Google parent company’s second-quarter profits exceeded Wall Street expectations, amid a rebound in advertising dollars and the growing boom in artificial intelligence. The company reported …
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Sotheby’s selling one of firm’s most obscure products, thought to have been custom-made for employees One lucky shopper with US men’s 10.5-size feet and $50,000 (£38,969) to spare will be able to buy one of Apple’s earliest and most obscure products – trainers. The auction house Sotheby’s is selling the “ultra-rare” Apple-branded trainers, which are …
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A new trend is seeing some creators impersonating NPCs, or video game characters that aren’t controlled by players Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Rafqa, I tend not to overthink TikTok trends too much. Really I’m just scrolling to watch food videos. But I saw a video of a girl acting like a video …
The Lost Crown honours the adventure series’ classic platform-game roots, but now the powers to manipulate time are in the hands of the villain. The game’s developers reveal more Some 34 years after the release of the first game in the series, Prince of Persia is going back to its 2D roots. Jordan Mechner’s 1989 …
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Worldcoin, launched by CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, says scheme will distinguish between ‘verified humans’ and AI Members of the public are being invited to have their eyeballs scanned by a silver orb as part of cryptocurrency project that aims to use biometric verification to distinguish humans from AI systems. People signing up to the …
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Authorities intervened on Monday to halt ‘unauthorised work’ to remove the old Twitter name from the sign at the company’s San Francisco headquarters after Elon Musk’s announcement of a rebrand to ‘X’. Workers were seen removing the first letters of the word Twitter before the local police department was called to the scene. They later …
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The AI arms race heats up as Meta makes a deal with Microsoft while its Cupertino competitor toils away on ‘Apple GPT’. Plus, Twitter’s X-tinction • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The AI summer is well and truly upon us. (This gag may not play as …
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