Month: May 2024

Security incident at pension scheme being taken ‘extremely seriously’, but broadcaster says there is no evidence of a ransomware attack The BBC has launched an investigation after the details of more than 25,000 current and former employees were exposed in a data breach. The corporation’s pension scheme wrote to members on Wednesday to say their …

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A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping. That’s what happened …

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Ellen Roome says firms should be required to hand over data in case it can help parents understand why their child died A woman whose 14-year-old son killed himself is calling for parents to be given the legal right to access their child’s social media accounts to help understand why they died. Ellen Roome has …

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Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, PC, Nintendo Switch; Moonloop Games/FirestokePossess ladybirds and rollercoasters in Moonloop Games’ quirky, inventive take on the afterlife Hauntii is a twin-stick shooter in the same way Super Mario Bros: Wonder is a game about jumping. This imaginative, breathtakingly beautiful debut from Moonloop Games about a ghost searching for understanding in the afterlife …

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Ryan Salame is first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants to get jail time for his role in 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for …

Ex-FTX executive gets over seven years for making illegal political donations Read More »

Javier Milei to hold private talks with Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman as Argentina faces worst economic crisis in decades Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is set to meet with the leaders of some of the world’s largest tech companies in Silicon Valley this week. The far-right libertarian leader will hold private talks with Sundar Pichai …

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US tech startup says committee will advise on ‘critical safety and security decisions’ OpenAI says it is setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new AI model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. The San Francisco startup said in a blogpost on Tuesday that the committee …

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One day and six (very long) agreements later, can we call the meeting to hammer out the future of AI regulation a success? • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here What does success look like for the second global AI summit? As the great and good of the industry (and me) …

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In 2007, a big-screen version of the hit video game was announced, but it languished in development limbo. What happened, and what does it mean for Margot Robbie’s new adaptation? When the news came out that Margot Robbie is set to produce a movie based on the iconic life-simulation video game, The Sims, many people’s …

Sim-ply unfilmable? Inside The Sims movie that never was Read More »

UK touts ‘Bletchley effect’ of safety institutes, but division remains over whether to limit AI abilities Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit in 2023 was a landmark event in AI regulation simply by virtue of its existence. Between the event’s announcement and …

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