Month: January 2025

Technology secretary Peter Kyle expresses fear of app being ‘propaganda vehicle’ but says it can deliver ‘exhilaration’ to users TikTok’s power to deliver “exhilaration” and the UK’s relationship with China are shaping the UK government’s acceptance of the short video app despite “genuine concerns” about how the data of millions of Britons may be used, …

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Washington looks happy for the video app to harvest users’ data – as long as China does not reap the rewards If the Chinese-owned TikTok is deemed definitively by the US to be a national security threat, it is hard to see how the UK or other western countries could conclude differently. But the fact …

Is TikTok a national security threat – or is the ban a smokescreen for superpower rivalry? Read More »

After unveiling of Stargate, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Satya Nadella of Tesla, OpenAI and Microsoft trade barbs Major tech moguls had their claws out for each other on Wednesday, hissing at their rivals over enormous pledges to invest in AI that had been announced by Donald Trump the day before. Trump announced Stargate, a …

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Trump’s choice shows how his friends and their business interests benefit from policy positions in his administration “What deeply interests me is the interests of America.” Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of the Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next secretary of commerce, was speaking to an audience …

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The newly announced console enters a crowded market making some wonder that without a radical rehaul will loyal customers feel the need to get the new one? Well, it happened: Nintendo announced the Switch 2 the day after last week’s newsletter went out. And a strange announcement it was. The short trailer (which you can …

The Nintendo Switch 2 reveal was exciting – but will it entice you to upgrade? Read More »

Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’ Elon Musk admitted he cheated at video games to get high scores, a transcript of a private online conversation he had shows, seemingly concluding a fiery scandal over the billionaire’s outlandish claims to be a globally-ranked player. …

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Business minister denies government ‘in pocket of big tech’ after hiring Doug Gurr to chair CMA The appointment of a former Amazon boss to lead the UK’s competition watchdog as it launches a wave of investigations into technology firms has been called a “slap in the face to workers” by trade unions and Trumpian by …

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Executive tells WEF in Davos the sites will still have ‘the industry’s most sophisticated community standards’ Business live – latest updates Nick Clegg has given a robust defence of Meta’s decision to downgrade moderation on its social media platforms and get rid of factcheckers. The changes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, which also included moves …

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Much of the power of work like counselling lies in a relationship where we really see each other. And tech just can’t do that Allison Pugh is a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World When I interviewed a …

I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh Read More »

Dubbed Stargate, it aims to construct data centers and infrastructure needed to power AI development Donald Trump has unveiled what he called “the largest AI infrastructure project in history” – a $500bn joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank that aims to build a network of data centres across the US. The new partnership, dubbed …

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