Revenue at Amazon Web Services increases to $25bn as retail giant releases earnings report surpassing Wall Street expectations Amazon sales surged once again in the first quarter of 2024, the company announced on Tuesday – the latest in a series of robust earnings reports for the retail giant. The company attributed the boost to artificial …
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Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as CEO of the crypto trading company last year Changpeng Zhao, the former head of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading company, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday in a Seattle courtroom. Zhao pleaded guilty late last year to money-laundering violations and stepped down as CEO …
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Children should be banned from most social media until 18 amid attempts to ‘monetise’ them, says Macron-commissioned study Children should not be allowed to use smartphones until they are 13 and should be banned from accessing conventional social media such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat until they are 18, according to a report by experts …
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The Chicago Tribune, Denver Post and others file suit saying the tech companies ‘purloin millions’ of articles without permission A group of eight US newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots. The …
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Action against Facebook owner comes amid deep concerns about how it is dealing with fake news EU to investigate Meta over misinformation before June polls Fears that Vladimir Putin is trying to fill the European parliament with more pro-Russia MEPs were behind the EU’s blunt message to the Silicon Valley owner of Facebook on Tuesday. …
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In 2021, the web felt dead because algorithms were driving people to act like robots. Now, the robots are posting like people • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here I know I’m real. And you, dear reader, know you’re real. But do you ever suspect that everyone …
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Rachel Coster’s TikTok show, which documents the extremely messy dwelling spaces of New York’s young men, has clearly struck a nerve Snowboarding boots on the kitchen table. A steering wheel in the bedroom. And clothes absolutely everywhere, with no system to determine which, if any, are clean. These are just a few of the sights …
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Ian Russell says parental controls could weaken trust and ‘punish children for tech firms’ failures’ Ian Russell: Tech companies need to change Government proposals to ban the sale of smartphones to under-16s and raise the minimum age for accessing social media risk causing more harm than good, the father of Molly Russell has warned. Ian …
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Justices reject appeal from CEO, who said requirement amounts to ‘prior restraint’ on his speech in violation of first amendment The supreme court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle …
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The writer and podcaster has made a career from dissecting the lore of 2010s memes – many of which she shares here Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email My adolescence can be bookmarked with internet and pop culture tomfoolery. Puberty began with Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise (grade 6, 2007) and ended …
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