Month: September 2023

Hampstead theatre, LondonLauren Gunderson’s smart play finds a software engineer creating a digital version of a sister who has disappeared While screenwriters strike, partly over the threat from artificial intelligence, playwrights are busy writing about AI. Lauren Gunderson’s Anthropology is the second world premiere in a week featuring pseudo-humanity – after Alan Ayckbourn’s Constant Companions …

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In this week’s newsletter: It’s been ten years since the dawn of the iPhone age – and since I started covering tech at the Guardian. This is how much the world has changed since • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The annual cadence of Apple’s money-printing press conferences is a …

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Billionaire also says platform has 550 million monthly users generating up to 200m posts a day Business live – latest updates Elon Musk has indicated that X, formerly known as Twitter, is preparing to charge all users for accessing the platform. The X owner said erecting a paywall around the business would ward off the …

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Mayor of London expected to tell social media firms of campaign and urge them to ‘bear down on the attempts to distort truth’ Sadiq Khan is expected to claim that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” were spent on an anti-Ulez online manipulation campaign on Twitter, citing research conducted after Labour’s unexpected Uxbridge byelection defeat. The …

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Benjamin Netanyahu told the billionaire owner to clamp down on the hate on the site formerly known as Twitter Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged Elon Musk to address the proliferation of antisemitism on the billionaire’s social media platform X. In an in-person meeting in California on Monday, Netanyahu said he hoped Musk would find …

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One in three online daters have been ditched by emoji. But what are the symbols that spell out ‘It’s not you, it’s me’? Name: Emoji dumping. Age: No more than 15. Continue reading… One in three online daters have been ditched by emoji. But what are the symbols that spell out ‘It’s not you, it’s …

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Risks include high prices as well as proliferation of false information, fraud and fake reviews, says CMA Business live – latest updates People should not assume a positive outcome from the artificial intelligence boom, the UK’s competition watchdog has warned, citing risks including a proliferation of false information, fraud and fake reviews as well as …

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X owner makes comment on his platform as he prepares to meet Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Elon Musk has accused George Soros’s foundation of wanting to destroy western civilisation, as the tech tycoon prepares to meet the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in California. Musk made the comment in reply to a post by …

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iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 10 and iPadOS 17, adding new features to Apple’s mobile devices Apple plans to release software updates for its iPhone, iPad and smartwatch on Monday, adding new features and designs for compatible devices. Announced at the company’s developer conference in June, iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and watchOS 10 add a …

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National cybersecurity coordinator Darren Goldie reveals some clients with personal information exposed in hack on law firm yet to be informed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Sixty-five Australian government departments and agencies were victims of the cyber-attack on …

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