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Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on Bluesky After seeing Elon Musk’s X post on Saturday afternoon about an email that would soon land in the inboxes of 2.3 million federal employees asking them to list five things they did the week before, a clandestine network of employees and …

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Tech company blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for problem where US president’s name appears Apple has promised to fix a bug in its iPhone automatic dictation tool after some users reported it had suggested to them “Trump” when they said the word “racist”. The glitch was first highlighted in a viral post on TikTok, when the speech-to-text …

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Survey of 1,000 students shows ‘explosive increase’ in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 months British universities have been warned to “stress-test” all assessments after new research revealed “almost all” undergraduates are using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in their studies. A survey of 1,000 students – both domestic and international – found …

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Decision to shutter development studios comes as gamers cut back on new purchases and instead opt for proven titles Warner Bros Discovery is shutting down three of its video game development studios in a move aimed at boosting profitability for its gaming division amid a sluggish recovery in the market, a spokesperson for the company’s …

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Investors will be eyeing firm’s financials for signs of slowing demand after revelation high-end chips not necessary Nvidia will deliver its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2024 Wednesday evening, which investors will be watching closely for any signs of slowing demand for semiconductor chips. The chipmaker’s financials will face scrutiny over possible signals …

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This attempt to discover the identity of the cryptocurrency’s originator is clearly a labour of love. But all the information is old and it’s so padded out it’s the TV equivalent of a Zoom call that could have been an email Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? It’s a mystery that has vexed the internet since long …

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Cross-party committees urge ministers to drop plans to force creators to opt out of works being used to train AI Two cross-party committees of MPs have urged the government to prioritise ensuring that creators are fairly remunerated for their creative work over making it easy to train artificial intelligence models. The MPs argued there needed …

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said more than a million US federal employees responded to an email sent by Elon Musk’s Department for Government Efficiency asking them to list five things they had accomplished in the last week. ‘It took me about a minute and a half to think of five things I did …

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Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from president Apple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – …

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Barney Ronay on Arne Slot | Church of England | Tech revolution | Too many questions | Last word on school reports? Last month, Barney Ronay said Liverpool’s manager, Arne Slot, had the look of a “prosperous provincial butcher here to pick up a civic award”. This month (23 February), he said Slot had “the …

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