Month: June 2024

CEO Jensen Huang tells packed stadium in Taipei ‘next Industrial Revolution has begun’ Nvidia has unveiled new products and plans to accelerate the advance of artificial intelligence, with the AI hardware company’s CEO telling a packed stadium in Taipei on Sunday that “the next Industrial Revolution has begun”. Jensen Huang is in Taiwan for the …

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New York’s governor backs a plan to remove smartphones from the classroom. Here are some suggestions for how it might work On Thursday, Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, announced plans to sponsor legislation that would ban smartphones in schools as part of her broader effort to protect children from technology’s negative effects. She intends …

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As we know more about our bodies, from wearable tech to data feedback, so our health anxiety increases. So is it better not to know? One thing led to another and then I was topless on a couch and then a cardiologist, his nose wrinkled, was explaining that everything was fine, except my heart was …

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The Tories and Labour are forking out more than ever on social media ads, but going viral isn’t easy. We speak to influencers and strategists about the messages and memes Why would you hold an election in November? The question came from digital marketing guru Mike Harris and was asked in a message to his …

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Auction house hit by cyber-extortionist group RansomHub which claims to have sensitive information of at least 500,000 clients A ransomware hack was the last thing the precarious fine art market needed – but that’s what it got when Christie’s website went down days before it began its all-important 20th and 21st century May auctions in …

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Cybercrime group ShinyHunters said it had stolen data of 500m customers of concert promoter’s ticketing arm Live Nation Entertainment said it is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it discovered on 20 May, the latest in a string of high-profile corporate hacks in the past year. In a filing with the US …

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The photographer got as close as he could when cadets’ endurance, strength and teamwork were tested at Canada’s Royal Military College Every year, as spring blooms, first-year officer cadets of Canada’s Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, take part in a series of competitions. The challenges and obstacle course aim to test their strength, endurance …

‘A younger me would have enjoyed doing this. Now? It makes me feel out of shape’: Elliot Ferguson’s best phone picture Read More »