The Biden administration has shown an early determination to tackle the power of Amazon, Google, Facebook and co. But is it already too late? When historians look back on this period, one of the things that they will find remarkable is that for a quarter of a century, the governments of western democracies slept peacefully …
Dozen of motorists report error as company’s CEO, Elon Musk, apologises on Twitter Hundreds of Tesla drivers were locked out of their cars at the start of the weekend after the manufacturer’s mobile app suffered an outage – and dozens voiced their complaints on social media. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, said on Friday that …
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Now that Alexa, Siri and Google have moved in, it’s only a matter of time before some of us are left out in the cold, says Emma Beddington I came into the kitchen recently to find my husband cradling our electricity smart meter with the kind of tender attention more usually directed to a new-born, …
With so much film, TV, music, books, streaming, games and podcasts easily available and vying for our attention, how can we absorb it all? And should we even try, asks Anne Helen Petersen There was a moment, back in, oh, 2012, when I thought I’d be able to keep up with it all. And by …
Owning a classic car doesn’t make you a little Englander or a climate change denier, writes Ian Allen Martin Rowson’s insertion of a Morris Traveller into a fossil fuel nightmare scene sparked my interest (Political cartoon, 12 November). Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but it is clearly recognised that it is about the past. The …
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Allowing 13-year-olds with a Junior account to use iPhone or Apple Watch ‘adds an extra layer of safety’ One of the fastest-growing banking apps is letting its teenage customers make contactless payments using their iPhone or Apple Watch. Revolut, which has almost 4 million users in Britain and more than 16 million globally, said this …
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The former Theranos CEO took the stand on Friday, marking a pivotal moment in the fraud case Government prosecutors in the trial of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes ended their case on Friday, capping off 11 weeks of testimony from witnesses detailing allegations of fraud against the founder. The Theranos saga has been widely covered since …
It remains unclear if the former Theranos CEO will take the stand, which would open her up to cross questioning by the prosecution Prosecutors rested their case in the criminal fraud trial of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, ending the first phase of a case that has held Silicon Valley in its grip. Lawyers for …
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Social media platform has been accused of not doing enough to curb inflammatory posts Facebook is testing a feature allowing users to control how much content they view from friends, groups and public figures, amid accusations that the social media platform is not doing enough to curb inflammatory posts. Users will be able to reduce …
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Company’s letter to LA police chief comes after the Guardian revealed that the department partnered with a tech firm that enables undercover spying How LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables spying The software that studies your Facebook friends to predict crimes Facebook is demanding that the Los Angeles police department cease all use of …
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