I spent entire nights in 2011 gabbing on Skype. As it shutters, I’m reminded of a bygone era of online intimacy I doubt many people are mourning the demise of Skype. The sky-blue platform that revolutionized the video call, the medium for long-distance relationships in the early 2010s, had not been relevant for almost a …
Workers at contractor in Accra say they have suffered from depression and anxiety as a result of their work Meta is facing a second set of lawsuits in Africa over the psychological distress experienced by content moderators employed to take down disturbing social media content including depictions of murders, extreme violence and child sexual abuse. …
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Solomon says the scale and depravity of what he was exposed to was far darker than he had ever imagined When Solomon* strode into the gleaming Octagon tower in Accra, Ghana, for his first day as a Meta content moderator, he was bracing himself for difficult but fulfilling work, purging social media of harmful content. …
Contactless payments now restored in stores after week of problems as retailer apologises to shoppers Marks & Spencer has halted all orders through its website and apps as the retailer continues to battle the fallout from a cyber-attack that began on Monday. The company apologised to shoppers for “this inconvenience” and paused digital orders “as …
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The London-based company, the second largest food deliver app in the UK, said no ‘firm offer’ had been made yet DoorDash is offering to buy its UK-based rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn (£2.7bn), Deliveroo said on Friday. Deliveroo said that its board was in talks with DoorDash over the offer and that a firm offer had …
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Tech company predicts rise of ‘frontier firms’ – where a human worker directs AI agents to carry out tasks Microsoft has good news for anyone with corner office ambitions. In the future we’re all going to be bosses – of AI employees. The tech company is predicting the rise of a new kind of business, …
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Watchdog’s new codes of practice are not strong enough, says children’s commissioner for England The communications watchdog has been accused of backing big tech over the safety of under-18s after the children’s commissioner for England criticised new measures for tackling online harms. Rachel de Souza said she warned Ofcom last year that its proposals for …
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Report suggests tech firm – swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war – will make change as soon as 2026 Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturing base amid Donald Trump’s trade war. The …
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Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents say AI company has distributed leaflets that downplay pollution dangers Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was fired up last summer it …
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Parent company to report revenue as it’s embroiled in 17% drop in stock price and tariffs levied on its trade partners Google’s parent company Alphabet will report its first quarter earnings on Thursday, which come as the tech giant is embroiled in antitrust lawsuits brought by the US government and a 17% drop in its …
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