The journalist and podcaster has been scrutinising Silicon Valley for decades, knows all the big players – and once believed that tech could save the world. But that was before greed and ego got in the way “This is about love gone wrong,” says Kara Swisher, looking back on a life spent studying the giants …
This is the story of Geoffrey Hinton, a man who set out to understand the brain and ended up a group of researchers who invented a technology so powerful that even they don’t truly understand how it works. This is about a collision between two mysterious intelligences – two black boxes – human and artificial. …
The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis One of the most pernicious myths about digital technology is that it is somehow weightless or immaterial. Remember all that early talk about the “paperless” office and “frictionless” transactions? And of course, …
We need nuance and empathy in addressing this complex issue Whenever the government talks about the dangers to children of the mobile phone we must picture this phone as a large rock under which a hundred shameful decisions live in darkness. I have concerns about mobile phones, of course I do. I’ve followed Esther Ghey’s …
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Is the reported rise in mental illness among under-25s down to more awareness and less stigma – or is something truly amiss with young people? We ask therapists, academics and survivors It’s a rite of passage for any new generation to be labelled lazy and feckless by their elders, and so it was for twentysomethings …
Kavita Puri’s superb account of the 1943 Bengal famine needs to be heard; Alexi Mostrous chills with an investigation into social media hate; and the ‘madly articulate’ David Baddiel and Sayeeda Warsi tackle politics head-on Three Million (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsWho Trolled Amber? | Tortoise MediaWho We Are Now | Global PlayerA Muslim …
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs? Last autumn, Christa, a 32-year-old from Florida with a warm voice and a slight southern twang, was floundering. She had lost her job at a furniture company and moved back home with her mother. Her …
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Lives intersecting in the shared space of the city create a moment of visual serendipity Misha Vallejo Prut had just finished a class at the London College of Communication where he was studying for an MA in photojournalism and documentary photography, and headed to a nearby cafe. It was 2014 and he was using an iPhone …
Thief went on £9,000 spree with the victim’s money before using her Uber account to travel to Stansted If you are one of those people who keeps their debit card in their mobile phone case, has a note of their pin on their handset, or only ever uses mobile banking, you may want to rethink …
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Influencers advocating for mental health, self-love and parenting are reclaiming the space from Andrew Tate and his ilk Influencers such as Andrew Tate have become bylines for “toxic masculinity”, attracting huge audiences of young men and boys with a mixture of quasi-motivational pep talks, fast cars and demonstrations of sexual prowess. But what about the …
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