CMA to consider whether deal with AI startup is a potential merger, which could prompt full investigation The Competition and Markets Authority has begun a preliminary investigation into a partnership between Google and the AI startup Anthropic, marking the latest in a string of investigations into deals between big tech companies and smallerAI ones. Google …
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The ChatGPT maker is betting big, while Google hopes its AI tools won’t replace workers, but help them to work better • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here What if you build it and they don’t come? It’s fair to say the shine is coming off the AI boom. Soaring valuations …
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Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up to date with security updates before hack in August 2021 The UK’s election watchdog has been reprimanded over online security lapses that allowed the personal information of 40 million voters to be hacked. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the Electoral Commission had not kept its servers up …
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Hypnospace Outlaw’s creative director Jay Tholen returns with a sequel that promises more tongue-in-cheek fun for people old enough to remember GeoCities It’s been five years since Hypnospace Outlaw, Tendershoot’s brilliantly wacky 90s internet simulator, and this spiritual sequel was announced two years ago. In the intervening time, with tech moguls snapping up social media …
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Every day, I generate more digital stuff my older self might like to look back on – but there’s no way to manage it all A few years ago, I faced an unexpected conundrum: there were only a handful of decent phone repair stores in New York, and even fewer willing and able to work …
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In this uniquely absurd mishmash of adventure and dating game, you are a house looking for love on an island of eligible bachelor pads Navigating the perils of the contemporary dating scene is a formidable task for any singleton. How much do you really have in common with this stranger? Do you share the same …
Doctored campaign video featuring US vice-president reposted by Tesla chief executive watched 128m times Kamala Harris’s election campaign has accused Elon Musk of spreading “manipulated lies” after the Tesla chief executive posted a doctored video featuring the vice-president on his X account. Musk reposted a manipulated Harris campaign video on Friday evening in which a …
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Former president says he will end persecution of crypto industry if he wins US election in November Business live – latest updates Bitcoin has hit its highest level in more than six weeks after Donald Trump said at the weekend he would end the “persecution” of the crypto industry if he wins the US presidential …
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Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. As CDs enjoy a mini-renaissance, our writer looks back at what he lost and, below, musicians share their memories Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture. The Beatles’ Red Album. A flimsy single, Boom! …
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Development of ChatGPT and its ilk will plateau, just like it did for smartphones, and then what are we left with? More ho-hum consumer tech I bought an iPhone 15 the other day to replace my five-year-old iPhone 11. The phone is powered by the new A17 Pro chip and has a terabyte of data …
