Month: February 2025

Revenue slowdown reflects ‘challenging year’ firm has had and 2025 may be year it loses competitive edge, say analysts Shares of Google’s parent company Alphabet fell more than 6% after the company reported a slight miss in expected revenue on Tuesday. The company reported $96.5bn, compared with analyst expectations of $96.67 bn. The company surpassed …

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Elon Musk has achieved astonishing power in Trump’s administration – and spent the weekend wielding it Since declaring his support for Donald Trump in July of last year and subsequently spending more than $250m on his re-election effort, Elon Musk has rapidly accumulated political influence and positioned himself at the heart of the new administration. …

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Meta’s Yann LeCun says current systems too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars One of the “godfathers” of modern artificial intelligence has predicted a further revolution in the technology by the end of the decade because current systems are too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars. Yann LeCun, the …

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The 10% levy on goods imported from China closes a loophole used by Temu and Shein. Experts say it may only tighten their grip on Americans Vivi Armacost loves Temu. She uses the Chinese online marketplace to buy crafting supplies for her purse-making hobby. “You can get purse detailing and hardware for cents and pennies,” …

‘I can’t order 100 pieces of junk for $15?’: How Trump’s tariff will hit fast-fashion devotees Read More »

Meta and Microsoft commit to tens of billions to build out AI infrastructure, having lavished tens of billions already Hello, and welcome to TechScape. It’s been another wild few days in Elon Musk news. Stay tuned for our coverage. In personal news, I deleted Instagram from my phone to try out a month without it …

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Tariffs on coal, LNG, crude oil and other goods announced after US imposes levy on imports US China tariffs – live updates Business live – latest coverage Donald Trump has fired the opening salvo of his trade war, imposing tariffs on China on Tuesday that sparked instant retaliation from Beijing, amid fears for the global …

China unveils US tariffs and Google investigation in response to Trump levies Read More »

Home affairs minister Tony Burke says decision follows advice from intelligence agencies and is not impacted by AI chatbot’s country of origin, China Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast DeepSeek will be banned from all federal government devices as the Albanese government cracks down on the Chinese AI chatbot, citing …

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From an intergalactic puzzle-solving beetle to a search for the Tusk of Ganesh, developers have put Sony’s impressive console to astoundingly imaginative use If you’re just discovering PlayStation 5 a few years after its debut, you’ve arrived at a great time. Sony’s in-house studios have produced some of their best work in this generation, exploiting …

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O2 has introduced “AI granny” Daisy for a short period to show what could be done with artificial intelligence to counter the scourge of scammers, who have become so ubiquitous. Daisy is not a real grandmother but an AI bot created by computer scientists to combat fraud. Her task is simply to waste the time …

‘I’m a bit lost now’: Daisy the AI bot speaks to scammer – video Read More »

Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology Artificial intelligence systems capable of feelings or self-awareness are at risk of being harmed if the technology is developed irresponsibly, according to an open letter signed by AI practitioners and thinkers including Sir Stephen Fry. More than 100 experts have put forward …

AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research Read More »