Month: October 2024

Zuckerberg 2.0: why has Meta boss ditched drab hoodies in jazzy makeover?

Get ready for a silk shirt undone to the navel, necklaces and big T-shirts, all aimed at humanising Meta’s founder For more than 20 years Mark Zuckerberg has made a Macbook grey T-shirt and equally drab-coloured hoodie his trademark. But now the Facebook founder has ditched his signature look in favour of something with a …

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Chinese believed to have targeted Trump’s and Vance’s phones in US telecommunications breach

Trump campaign immediately blamed Biden White House and Kamala Harris for Chinese government-linked hack Chinese government-linked hackers are believed to have targeted phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, as part of a larger breach of US telecommunications networks, according to a New York Times report. The Trump campaign was informed …

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‘Unjust threat’: Murdoch and artists align in fight over AI content scraping

Media mogul and coalition of stars join the growing battle over tech firms using creative works to train programs It is an unlikely alliance: the billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch and a panoply of leading artists including the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, the actors Kevin Bacon and Julianne Moore, and the author Kazuo Ishiguro. This …

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Talk to your plants? Now the first AI-powered garden will allow them to talk back

Collaboration between leading garden designer and Microsoft to go on display at Chelsea flower show 2025 Hardcore gardeners sometimes, when no one else is listening, talk quietly to their prize blooms. But at next year’s Chelsea flower show, visitors will be encouraged to have a chat with its first ever AI-powered garden. The garden designer …

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Anti-hate group vows to continue work after Elon Musk’s declaration of ‘war’

X owner renews hostilities with Center for Countering Digital Hate after it is linked to US election interference row UK politics live – latest updates A UK-founded anti-hate speech campaign group dragged into the Labour US election interference row has vowed to carry on its work after Elon Musk’s latest declaration of “war” against the …

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If Civilization is falling apart, I might as well control it myself | Dominik Diamond

The invitation to EXplore, EXpand, EXploit and EXterminate that comes with the game’s unfortunately spelled sixth iteration is hard to resist, harder still to play I am feeling anxious about the world. We have had mayoral elections in my part of Canada in which one candidate was backed with more gold than Croesus, so it …

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Missouri Republican says he is investigating Google for ‘censoring conservative speech’

State attorney general alleges Google is manipulating search results, as tech corporation says claim ‘totally false’ Missouri’s Republican attorney general has said he is launching an investigation into Google over allegations it was censoring conservative speech, as the tech corporation dismissed the claims as “totally false”. “I am launching an investigation into Google for censoring …

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Tesla adds close to $150bn in market value on best day in over a decade

Car company sees biggest single-day stock gain since 2013 as CEO Elon Musk forecasts up to 30% in sales growth Tesla shares closed up nearly 22% on Thursday – their biggest single-day gain in over a decade – as Elon Musk’s bold forecast of surging sales reassured investors he was still looking to grow its …

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How to talk to your family and friends about not posting photos of your kids

You’ve decided you don’t want to post pictures of your baby online. What about all the requests for cute photos from grandparents? Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to protect your …

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