Centrist and globalist Clegg is being replaced by a conservative champion ahead of Trump’s second term Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Happy New Year! May dry January leave us all with fewer headaches. Today in TechScape: Meta promotes a Trumpian bulldog, TikTok faces mounting problems that aren’t a ban, Meta faces backlash against its approach …
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One alert claimed BBC story said Luigi Mangione, alleged murderer of US healthcare CEO, had killed himself Apple has said it will update an AI feature that has issued inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones, including that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself and that tennis star Rafael …
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Government announces new contracts to install gigabit level fibre coverage for 131,000 households and businesses The last corners of England and Wales yet to be covered by a £5bn push to widen fast broadband could finally get access to rapid downloads, streaming and video calls after the government announced £289m in new taxpayer-funded contracts enabling …
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Exclusive: Concerns raised over role of Faculty AI, which has worked with NHS and government safety body A company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones. The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to …
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It was chilling to hear ‘my voice’ repeating lies – and to discover that deepfake audio is a growing threat to democracy Georgina Findlay is a writer and presenter at the YouTube channel TLDR News My brother held his phone up to my ear. “You’re gonna find this creepy,” he warned. An Instagram reel showing …
Lightwood, Derbyshire: Shine it on a simple green plant like moss or saxifrage and they become glittering, baroque jewels I’m blaming my fellow diarist Kate Blincoe. Recently, she extolled the joys of a UV torch, on the strength of which I bought one, have become addicted and now see the world entirely anew. Ultraviolet is a …
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LA tech entrepreneur Mike Johns nearly missed his flight after he became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car. ‘I got my seat belt on. I can’t get out of the car. Has this been hacked? What’s going on?’ Johns can be heard saying. The issue was resolved after a few minutes, Waymo said in a …
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Mike Johns was riding autonomous vehicle on way to airport when it started circling around parking lot A tech entrepreneur based in Los Angeles became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car for several minutes last month, causing him to nearly miss a flight, he said. Mike Johns was riding in an autonomous Waymo vehicle on …
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The Earth is dying and the only hope is a distant planet in a game that is a playable blend of Alien and The Thing Supermassive’s games have always been cinematic, from the persuasive performances of slasher-horror Until Dawn to the chillier atmosphere of interactive ghost story Man of Medan. This time around, with sci-fi …
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French president accuses world’s richest man of intervening directly in continent’s democratic processes Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to a growing chorus of European criticism of Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of intervening directly in the continent’s democratic processes, including Germany’s snap federal elections next month. The French president joined the Norwegian …
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