Former Sinn Féin president says Facebook owner included at least seven of his books in trawl of copyright material The former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is considering legal action against Meta because it may have used his books to train artificial intelligence. Adams said the tech company included at least seven of his books …
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Forever running out of juice? Top up your battery-powered devices with our expert picks, from tiny smartphone chargers to portable power banks and even a power hat • The best iPhones in 2025: which Apple smartphone is right for you It’s disempowering when your smartphone, laptop or other important gadget runs out of battery. With …
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The billionaire’s Doge may be secretly recording meetings in at least two agencies, according to emails from senior officials At the Department of Veterans Affairs, a senior official warned employees in an email that virtual meetings were being secretly recorded. Anyone dissatisfied with Donald Trump’s decisions should be careful about voicing their opinions, the official …
Pupils to be separated from devices for entire school day from September after trial of ‘digital pause’ scheme France is to tighten its ban on the use of mobile phones in middle schools, making pupils at the ages of 11 to 15 shut away their devices in a locker or pouch at the start of …
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British startup will license content to train latest model for more ‘human-like performances’ from its avatars A $2bn (£1.6bn) British startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate realistic avatars has struck a licensing deal with the stock footage firm Shutterstock to help develop its technology. Synthesia will pay the US-based Shutterstock an undisclosed sum to …
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Concern grows over programs deployed to act with autonomy that may ‘exploit weaknesses’ Business live – latest updates Increasingly autonomous AI programs could end up manipulating markets and intentionally creating crises in order to boost profits for banks and traders, the Bank of England has warned. Artificial intelligence’s ability to “exploit profit-making opportunities” was among …
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Experts doubt Trump line that tariffs and company’s $500bn investment will shift manufacturing from Asia The White House is insisting that Donald Trump’s vision of Apple’s flagship iPhones being manufactured in the US will come to fruition, despite assertions from analysts and the company itself that it would not be possible. The press secretary, Karoline …
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Former TV doctor who leads $1.5tn Medicare and Medicaid agency also says staff have ‘patriotic duty’ to stay healthy Dr Mehmet Oz reportedly told federal staffers that artificial intelligence models may be better than frontline human physicians in his first all-staff meeting this week. Oz told staffers that if a patient went to the doctor …
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Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size. In the “biggest change to postbox design since their introduction more than 175 …
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A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future. Each new innovation gets an allegory: smartphones as …
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