In a Consumer Champions special, Anna Tims tackles online rental disasters, from a tree collapsing on to a cottage to being trapped in a flat The 100-year-old oak fell on the first day of the holiday. It crashed on to the terrace where James and his partner, Andrew, had been breakfasting minutes earlier, smashing the …
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Hackers are more likely to target educational institutions than private businesses, government survey shows When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low. But the broader education sector is well used to being a target. Continue reading… Hackers are more likely to target educational …
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Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach … My current cultural comfort food is The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ deeply silly Manhattan toffs-in-bustles drama, in which one storyline (summarily dealt with due to lack of taffeta-rustling opportunities, …
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it It’s not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast. The services we rely on, that we once loved? …
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Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation OpenAI launched the latest iteration of its artificial intelligence-powered video generator on Tuesday, adding a social feed that allows people to share their realistic videos. Within hours of Sora 2’s, release, though, many of the videos populating the feed and …
Ahti Heinla on bringing his tech to small towns, its effects on jobs – and whether he’s still interested in money City dwellers around the world have long been used to rapid delivery of takeaway food and, increasingly, groceries. But what they are not entirely used to – yet – is the sight of a …
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From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future What happens when an internationally bestselling historian, a Nobel peace prize-winning journalist and a former politician get together to discuss the state of the world, and where we’re heading? Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medieval and military …
Readers respond to an article by Aleks Krotoski about dictators and tech billionaires wanting to ‘solve the problem’ of ageing Like Vladimir Putin, Joseph Stalin was interested in immortality (‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever, 28 September). In …
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From GPs using the technology to record consultations to AI ‘detectives’ finding brain lesions on scans, experts say it’s only the beginning Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Peta Rolls came to expect Aida’s call at 10am each morning. A daily check-in call from an AI voice bot was not …
Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested TikTok has directed children’s accounts to pornographic content within a small number of clicks, according to a report by a campaign group. Global Witness set up fake accounts using a 13-year-old’s birth date and turned on the video app’s “restricted …
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