Month: July 2023

We would like to hear from teachers worldwide about their experiences of smartphone use in schools We would like to hear from teachers worldwide about their experiences of how smartphones affect school life. Are smartphones permitted among students at your school? Do you have any concerns? Continue reading… We would like to hear from teachers …

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Authorities intervene to halt ‘unauthorised work’ but later say no crime has been committed X marks the spot: the many fellow fans of Musk’s favourite letter Will Elon Musk’s X rebrand help Twitter soar to new heights? Elon Musk has faced a hiccup in his drive to rebrand Twitter as X after police stopped work …

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In 2020, people of all ages and backgrounds were suddenly stuck at home, with many turning to streaming platforms to connect with their peers – transforming toxic spaces into inclusive environments Something weird happened to video game streaming in the early part of 2020. For a long time, platforms such as Twitch, Mixer and YouTube …

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Overnight on a ferry I spent £35 as my phone downloaded while I slept Your recent letter about BT prompted me to write about my own bad experience – in this case, the roaming charges I clocked up while asleep on an overnight ferry. We had boarded a Brittany Ferries service from Portsmouth to Bilbao …

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Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans In 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an …

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The video sharing platform will allow posts of up to 1,000 words, in a move it characterised as ‘expanding the boundaries of content creation’ TikTok has announced the introduction of text-only posts, as it becomes the latest tech company seeking to capitalise on people who may be looking for an alternative to Twitter. Video sharing …

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Change comes after streaming giant attempts to boost margins with layoffs and restructure of podcasting unit Spotify has raised prices for its premium plans across several countries including the US, UK and Australia, as the music-streaming company looks to boost profitability in an uncertain economy. Monday’s move will result in a $1-a-month price increase for …

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Peer asks lords to imagine bots with ‘higher productivity and lower running costs’ as example of risk to UK jobs market The House of Lords could be replaced by bots with “deeper knowledge, higher productivity and lower running costs”, said a peer during a debate on the development of advanced artificial intelligence. Addressing the upper …

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From a Tesla range misspelling ‘sexy’ to naming his own child after an airplane, branding just might not be his strong suit On Sunday, in a series of posts that surely won’t be called tweets for much longer, Elon Musk reasoned that his company’s new logo, a badly rendered letter X, embodies “the imperfections in …

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Analysts question whether Tesla boss will manage to turn around platform with plans for ‘everything app’ X marks the spot: the many fellow fans of Musk’s favourite letter When Elon Musk tweeted “the bird is freed” as he bought Twitter last year, it was presumed he was referring to liberating the platform from its figurative …

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