The Russian photographer sees this as a portrait of a family where everyone makes room for one another The two main characters in this image, the Russian photographer Olga Ivanova says, are her mother, Zinaida, and Ivanova’s seven-year-old daughter, Maria. Ivanova and her daughter were visiting Zinaida at her house in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, for her 62nd …
In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay and guests explore the question: will AI make a good companion? AI could give us new ways to tackle difficult problems, from young people’s mental health issues to isolation in care homes. It also raises challenging questions about the increasing role of …
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Offline Club’s first global event on Sunday will begin with tips on how to be phone-free for 24 hours every week Haunted by a pile of unread books? Or taunted by climbing equipment lurking in the cupboard? If you are one of the UK adults who spends on average five hours a day looking at …
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Neko Body Scan, futuristic brainchild of Spotify co-founder Daniel Elk, is hoped to revolutionise healthcare In the 2016 movie Passengers, the crew of a spacecraft bound for a distant planet had access to a scanning chamber known as Autodoc that could instantly diagnose their medical problems and even predict the time of their death. I’m …
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Study says tagging posts with false claims on election fraud may make Trump voters more likely to think they’re true Labelling tweets featuring false claims about election fraud as “disputed” does little to nothing to change Trump voters’ pre-existing beliefs, and it may make them more likely to believe the lies, according to a new …
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties Social media and online video companies are collecting huge troves of your personal information on and off their websites or apps and sharing it with a wide range of third-party entities, a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report …
Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposes $900,000 daily fine on banned social media platform in dispute with Elon Musk In the latest round of the dispute between Elon Musk and Brazil’s top court, a senior judge has accused X of a “willful, illegal and persistent” effort to circumvent a court-ordered block – and imposed a fine …
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Amazon has told staff they must return five days a week – but experts don’t all agree that flexible working cuts output Four years ago when the world of work was upended by the Covid pandemic, confident predictions were made that a permanent shift in remote working would follow the removal of lockdown restrictions. Much …
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Exclusive: Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materials Google has said that Britain risks being left behind in the global artificial intelligence race unless the government moves quickly to build more datacentres and let tech companies use copyrighted work in their AI models. The company pointed …
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Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox series SX; DevolverMeta spin on arts-and-crafty games has you helping an eccentric trio able to access the world outside their story to battle the evil Humgrump There is a whole sub-genre of video games that use arts and crafts as the basis for their aesthetic, landscapes and storytelling: LittleBigPlanet, Chicory, …
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