Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection against artificial intelligence companies or risk losing a key piece of legislation. The government suffered a fifth defeat in …
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Latest spat appears to stem from fight between president’s sons and Bill Zanker, longtime Trump business partner A splashy website featuring an illustration of Donald Trump, looking buff and pumping his fist in the air, appeared online on Tuesday. The image is the logo of one of Trump’s digital currencies, and the website claims to …
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The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. But it’s more of an update than a revolution Launch week is finally here, and though I would love to be bringing you a proper review of the Nintendo Switch 2 in this week’s newsletter, I still don’t have one at the time …
Parent company Aylo criticizes requirement that adult website visitors must confirm age with credit card or ID document French visitors to the adult sites Pornhub, Youporn and RedTube will on Wednesday be greeted with a message denouncing the country’s age verification requirements, the company said on Tuesday. Parent company Aylo, in reaction to a French …
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Older series from Vampire Diaries to Skins are among the most popular on the platform as decade enjoys a revival It is the social media platform that likes to see itself as being on the cutting edge of the latest youth culture and setting the latest trends for others to follow. But across music, television …
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A hacked or compromised account can be a nightmare. But with these tips, it need not be the end of the world Email accounts have become more than a longstanding method of communication, morphing into the centre of your digital world as the user login for hundreds of services from shopping to socials. So when …
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Cut-down version of top Windows 11 AI notebook offers premium experience in smaller and less expensive package Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop is smaller and cheaper, managing to condense most of what is great about its larger siblings into a more compact frame without compromising too much on power. The Surface Laptop 13in joins the current …
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From excellence to genius | Effortlessly superb | Time flies | Describing misogyny | Unwanted Americanisms I note that you have changed the achievement levels of your Word Wheel puzzle in the print edition, expanding from three (average, good and excellent) to five (beginner, good, brilliant, superb and genius). I appreciate the promotion from excellence …
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Firms defend security features after police tell committee 80,000 phones were stolen in London in 2024 MPs have accused Apple and Google of profiting from multimillion-pound phone-snatching operations that police say are masterminded by organised crime gangs in Britain, Algeria and China. In 2024, 80,000 phone devices of all kinds were stolen in London alone, …
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Generative AI is reshaping the job market, and it’s starting with entry-level roles Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, I’m wondering what my first jobs in journalism would have been like had generative AI been around. In other news: Elon Musk leaves a trail of chaos, and influencers are selling the text they fed …
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