Month: September 2024

‘No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,’ X owner tweeted after apparent Trump assassination attempt The White House lambasted Elon Musk for tweeting on Sunday, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump? And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” alongside an emoji face with a raised eyebrow. The president’s office issued a …

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Andy Jassy, the CEO, said in note to employees that new requirement will ‘strengthen our culture’ Amazon said on Monday it would require employees to return to the office five days a week, effective 2 January. “We’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset …

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Mobile phone use is not the biggest issue facing schools – or society. But device-free time is important The genie is out of the bottle. With the advent of smartphones and smartwatches, human life has moved online. Anyone seeking to curtail young people’s participation in the online world is as doomed as the fools who …

The Guardian view on children and smartphones: setting some limits is a good idea | Editorial Read More »

A visual neuroscientist realized he saw green and blue differently to his wife. He designed an interactive site that has received over 1.5m visits It started with an argument over a blanket. “I’m a visual neuroscientist, and my wife, Dr Marissé Masis-Solano, is an ophthalmologist,” says Dr Patrick Mineault, designer of the viral web app …

Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception Read More »

TikTok to assert the law targeting it is a breach of the first amendment protecting freedom of speech TikTok will take its case against a threatened US ban to a federal court on Monday where it will argue that a law targeting the video platform is “unconstitutional”. In April Joe Biden formally introduced a law …

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iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 11, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, adding new features to Apple’s devices Apple will release software updates for its iPhone, iPad, Mac and smartwatch on Monday, adding new features and designs for compatible devices. Announced at the company’s developer conference in June, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and macOS …

iOS 18 release: everything you need to know about Apple’s big updates Read More »

The modern world just isn’t set up for non-smartphone users, but after a few faltering steps away from mine, my life changed My 16th birthday was a big deal. Not only was I allowed to throw a party at my dad’s, I was also given a brand new mobile phone. I was giddy. Back in …

Hunched over my smartphone while my family slept, I knew I had to break my addiction. But how? | Will Clempner Read More »

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true …

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Read More »

A Brazilian justice ordering the platform to be blocked until it complies with state laws is a first among non-autocratic nations At 10 minutes past midnight on 31 August, Elon Musk’s X (nee Twitter) went dark in Brazil, a country of more than 200 million souls, many of them enthusiastic users of online services. The …

By showing Musk’s unruly X the red card, Brazil has scored a goal for all democracies | John Naughton Read More »

The SpaceX boss has envisioned people staying on the red planet in a self-sustaining city in 20 years Almost buried beneath a recent avalanche of rightwing invective posted by Elon Musk on the platform he owns, X, was one eye-popping statement that made space watchers sit up and take notice: an assertion that humans could …

Musk says humans can be on Mars in four years. Many laugh, but some see purpose Read More »