Can these earphones, with less cost and stigma than real aids, be a gateway for millions with untreated hearing loss? Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things I didn’t think much about it when I asked my partner to repeat herself. But then I did it again. …
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It’s not just what we hear and see that scares us, according to those behind many of video gaming’s modern horror classics The sound came first. In a San Francisco Bart train tunnel, Don Veca took his recorder and captured a train’s metallic roar – “like demons in agony, beautifully ugly,” he remembers. That recording …
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ChatGPT developer is considering filing for an IPO by the second half of 2026, according to reports OpenAI is reportedly gearing up for a stock market listing valuing the company at $1tn (£760bn) as soon as next year, in what would be one of the biggest ever initial public offerings. The developer behind the hit …
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The Times thought they were interviewing ex-NYC mayor Bill de Blasio. They were actually talking to a wine importer It was a hell of a scoop. Here was Bill de Blasio, the progressive former mayor of New York who has been an enthusiastic supporter of Zohran Mamdani, suddenly turning on the man whom many expect …
Will the real De Blasio please stand up? A lesson from a UK newspaper’s gaffe Read More »
Amazon Web Services (AWS) sees 20% increase in revenue year over year, topping Wall Street estimates Amazon has made its first financial disclosures since the disastrous outage suffered by its cloud computing division that brought everything from smart beds to banks offline. In spite of the global outage, Amazon Web Services has continued to grow, …
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Tim Cook forecast 10% to 12% revenue growth in the quarter ending in December, typically Apple’s biggest of the year Apple reported its first quarterly earnings since the release of its new lineup of iPhones on Thursday, beating Wall Street analysts’ expectations. The company showed steady financial growth and a strong bottom line despite slow …
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Tech giant reports earnings of $3.72 per share day after deal with OpenAI pushed value of company to more than $4tn Microsoft blew off concerns of overspending on AI on Wednesday, reporting elevated earnings even as it faced an outage of its cloud computing service, Azure, and its office software suite, 365. The strong earnings …
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Male Allies UK worries rise in chatbot ‘girlfriends’ will leave boys unable to socialise and respect boundaries The “hyper-personalised” nature of AI bots is drawing in teenage boys who now use them for therapy, companionship and relationships, according to research. A survey of boys in secondary schools by Male Allies UK found that just over …
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Book-style Android with cutting-edge AI, good cameras and great tablet screen for media and multitasking on the go Google’s third-generation folding phone promises to be more durable than all others as the first with full water and dust resistance while also packing lots of advanced AI and an adaptable set of cameras. The Pixel 10 …
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How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? On the surface, the town of Jamtara appeared no different from neighbouring districts. But, if you knew where to look, there were startling differences. In the middle of spartan villages were houses of imposing size and unusual opulence. Millions of …
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