Month: March 2024

ChatGPT maker releases emails in support of claim businessman backed plan to create for-profit entity OpenAI has hit back at Elon Musk’s lawsuit accusing it of betraying its altruistic roots, claiming the Tesla chief executive had in fact supported the artificial intelligence company’s plans to create a for-profit unit. Executives at the ChatGPT maker released …

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The meeting in Palm Beach, Florida – reported on by the New York Times – comes as Trump trails president Joe Biden in fundraising Donald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk in Florida over the weekend as the former Republican president seeks a major cash infusion for his re-election campaign, The New York Times reported. …

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A ‘poorly considered’ use of AI has resulted in a perplexing number of fingers – and a large amount of mockery Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email At first glance, if you squint, you might think it was a photograph: a couple nuzzling together in the front row of a concert hall, in a …

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Services refuse login attempts and feeds stall as Google’s platform also experiences login problems Facebook and Instagram are experiencing severe issues, as of Tuesday afternoon UK time, with the services refusing login attempts and feeds stalling. The outages were first reported at about 3.30pm GMT. Unusually, the issues have coincided with login problems on Google’s …

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‘A real-world, newsless Facebook turns out to be more toxic than I had anticipated,’ says Prof Jean-Hughes Roy Misleading viral clickbait dominates Facebook and Instagram in Canada after Meta pulled news from its platforms nine months ago, according to an expert. Now Australia could face a similar scenario online with the company preparing to battle …

Misleading clickbait is prevalent on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after Meta’s news ban. Could it happen in Australia? Read More »

Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the money London-based tech firm Nothing’s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting. Costing from £319 (€329/A$529) the Phone 2a aims to take the cool design and intrigue that made …

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Open source software is the foundation of the digital world, but sometimes it gets into the wrong hands. Plus, how much does Spotify really pay Apple? • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The tech industry is one of the most valuable sectors on the planet, but …

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Bowie’s 1999 album Hours… was the first to go on sale online before hitting regular stores – and his experimentation caused horror in the music industry It is far from his best album, and not even his best album of the 1990s, but Hours… is David Bowie’s most significant album that decade. Not because of …

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Suit by former employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, follows a separate legal complaint by other workers seeking $500m Elon Musk is facing a $128m lawsuit from four former Twitter executives who allege the billionaire tech mogul failed to pay them severance after buying the social network. The suit, filed on Monday in California, follows a …

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Squeezing high-end features into a more affordable frame makes for an excellent mid-range smart sports tracker Garmin’s latest smart sports watch condenses all the great features from its higher-end Forerunner models into a cheaper, simpler running tracker with a bright OLED screen and long battery life. The Forerunner 165 is the new base model in …

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