Month: July 2025

Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts say Children are increasingly taking breaks from their smartphones to better manage their mental health, personal safety and concentration spans, research has revealed. They are reacting to growing concerns that spending too much time online …

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Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuse The number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on developments in the technology. The Internet Watch Foundation said AI videos of abuse had “crossed the threshold” …

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Yaccarino announces she is leaving company after two years as chief executive officer The CEO of X, Elon Musk’s social network, announced on Wednesday she would step down after two years in the role. Linda Yaccarino wrote: “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity …

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Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers Google has agreed a sweeping deal with the UK government to provide free technology to the public sector from the NHS to local councils– a move campaigners have called “dangerously naive”. The US company will …

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At the Develop conference in Brighton this week, talk turns from cancelled deals and job cuts to replicating real human experiences and telling stories about diverse characters For anyone looking to gauge the mood of the UK games industry in 2025, there has been only one place to hang out this week: the bar of …

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Ongoing surge in demand for AI technology fueled stratospheric rise of chipmaker’s value Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company in history to scale a $4tn market value on Wednesday as its stock price continues a years-long stratospheric rise. Shares of the top chip designer rose roughly 2.4% to $164, benefiting from the ongoing surge …

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The popular Craigslist tradition is seeing a revival from Reddit and TikTok users, hoping a chance encounter turns into more Layla Rivera was at work when her boyfriend texted: someone on Reddit was looking for her. In the comments of a post on the subreddit r/warpedtour, attendees of the punk rock and emo music festival …

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The popular bot on X began making antisemitic comments in response to user queries Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries. In some now-deleted posts, it referred …

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Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare If Adam Dorr is correct, robots and artificial intelligence will dominate the global economy within a generation and put virtually the entire human race out of a job. The social scientist doubles up as a futurist and …

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’ Read More »

Upgraded Bluetooth cans fold up, fit well, have long battery life, sound great and reduce more noise than rivals Sony’s latest top-of-the-range Bluetooth headphones seek to reclaim the throne for the best noise cancellers money can buy with changes inside and out. The Sony 1000X series has long featured some of the best noise cancelling …

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