Tech firms notch victories in battle over copyrighted text, Trump’s gold phone, and online age checks Hello, and welcome to TechScape. If you need me after this newsletter publishes, I will be busy poring over photos from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding, the gaudiest and most star-studded affair to disrupt technology news this year. …
Alphabet’s company found liable for making data transfers without permission while devices were idle A jury in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers’ cellphone data and must pay more than $314.6m to Android smartphone users in the state, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. The jury agreed with the plaintiffs …
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Colombian artist and photographer Isabella Madrid explores the ‘click to be saved’ economy of hope in her project, Lucky Girl Syndrome Growing up in Colombia – and online – has defined the way I create art: my identity has been formed by a country riddled with superficial and conservative values; a happy country but also …
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Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis Analysis: Whitehall’s ambition to cut costs using AI is fraught with risk Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies to ministers who are …
Dracula’s daughter seeks a more peaceful life making plant-based blood substitutes in this Stardew-Valley-inspired, gently creepy farming game What if you were a tiny, vegan vampire? That’s the question posed by Moonlight Peaks, the gen Z-coded, achingly TikTok-ready supernatural life sim. Inspired by the popularity of “cosy games” such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, …
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No 10 must decide whether to ‘build or buy’ its AI technology as ministers increasingly lean on it to tackle crises Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary A Dragons’ Den-style event this week, where tech companies will have 20 minutes to pitch ideas for increasing automation in the …
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