Month: July 2024

Exclusive: Experts say Tesla should be excluded from rebates for disabling function on its batteries in Australia that would let users alter power usage remotely Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian owners of Tesla batteries could miss out …

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New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A scammer calls, and asks for a passcode. Malcolm, an elderly man with an English accent, is confused. “What’s this …

Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers Read More »

The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive labour, often in terrible conditions, that big tech is using to create artificial intelligence Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour James Muldoon is a reader in management …

James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’ Read More »

The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when two animals caught his eye For the last two years, Mark Aitken has been working on a photo series in Lapland. “It’s called Presence of Absence,” he says, “and it explores the liminal and sometimes uncanny boundaries between life and death …

‘The collie was trying to herd the lamb – but failing’: Mark Aitken’s best phone picture Read More »

Hackers claim they obtained barcode data for hundreds of thousands of tickets to Eras tour and demand millions in ransom Hackers claimed this week that they had obtained barcode data for hundreds of thousands of tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, demanding that Ticketmaster pay millions in ransom money or they would leak the information …

Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift ticket data to extort Ticketmaster Read More »

Threat Matrix service monitors social media profiles and flags up death threats, racism and sexist comments The All England Lawn Tennis Club is using artificial intelligence for the first time to protect players at Wimbledon from online abuse. An AI-driven service monitors players’ public-facing social media profiles and automatically flags death threats, racism and sexist …

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It won’t be long till everything from Drag Race to Keeping Up With the Kardashians could be written without humans – and you might be able to write yourself as the hero of a new show. But will robot TV ever be up to snuff? Justine Bateman won’t name names, but a TV showrunner friend …

‘The disruption is already happening!’ Is AI about to ruin your favourite TV show? Read More »

Progressive snark over vice-president gives way to endless viral quotes and emojis, blending irony and authentic praise In the aftermath of Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, left-leaning Americans can’t stop talking about the vice-president online. Memes about Kamala Harris are spreading with a speed and enthusiasm previously unseen on X and Instagram. Supercuts of her …

#KHive: Kamala Harris memes abound after Joe Biden’s debate disaster Read More »

On its 15th anniversary, the creators of FarmVille reflect on the compulsive cartoon farm sim that paved the way for a data-driven world Facebook users of a certain age may remember a particularly forlorn farm animal popping up in their feeds during the platform’s heyday. The lonely cow would wander into FarmVille players’ pastures with …

FarmVille at 15: how a cutesy Facebook game shaped the modern internet Read More »

All new cars must have the devices from 7 July, adding fuel economy as well as safety. Will mpg become the new mph? In the highway code and the law courts, there is no doubt what those big numbers in red circles mean. As a quick trip up any urban street or motorway with no …

‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI Read More »