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Exits of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell sparked backlash from inside and outside the company Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an effort to quell internal tumult over the integrity of its artificial intelligence (AI) research. In remarks at …

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Oliver Dowden hints at further regulation of tech firms after meeting with Facebook’s Nick Clegg The UK culture secretary has said Facebook’s recent decision to ban Australian users from accessing news on its platform was concerning, and said the firm was “putting its bottom line above the public interest”. Oliver Dowden suggested he was minded …

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Select committee to investigate rise in annual deaths, claiming public confidence is faltering Smart motorways are to come under further scrutiny as MPs launch a fresh inquiry into their benefits and dangers, just weeks after a coroner referred Highways England to prosecutors for possible corporate manslaughter after the death of a motorist on the M1. …

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‘Non-fungible tokens’ are unique images, clips or poems traded online for increasingly large sums Pudding Daintytot is a pink cat, with hearts sprinkled over its chest, a rainbow cresting behind it, draconic horns, wings and a tail. “Born” in January 2019, Pudding is a “cryptokitty”: an example of what is known as a “non-fungible token”, …

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Welcome to Your Fantasy unearths the intrigue and murder lurking within the world of the male dance troupe. Plus: 80s love stories, and Reply All exits The Test Kitchen Welcome to Your FantasyOily beefcake-merchants the Chippendales don’t seem like the most likely candidates for a true crime podcast, but this is one hell of a …

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Social media network also announces ‘Spaces’, a Clubhouse competitor that lets users participate in audio chats Twitter has announced it will launch a “super follow” feature, which lets users charge followers for access to exclusive content, later this year. The move comes as Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make …

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Independent publishers Schwartz Media, Private Media and Solstice Media sign deals with the tech giant Facebook has returned news to Australian users after an eight day blackout and standoff with the federal government. Last week, the social media giant stripped all news from its platform for more than 13 million users and inadvertently blocked information …

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Noodlecake Games, iOS (version tested)/PC/Nintendo SwitchSpringwatch fans who crave mystery may enjoy this slow-burning minimalist adventure Combine the acclaimed rural mystery game Firewatch with an episode of the BBC’s nature cam series, Springwatch, and you have Nuts, a stylish and involving new adventure from remote indie studio, Noodlecake. You start the game as a naturalist …

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It was meant to provide theatres with a lifeline during Covid. But livestreaming is now giving them extraordinary reach. Can it be sustained – and could it turn out to be a new existential threat? As Christmas season dawned at the end of last year, two American critics had a crash course in that most …

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In a year, bitcoin uses around the same about of electricity as the entire country of Norway.  The digital currency is one that allows people to bypass banks and traditional payment methods. It is the most prominent among thousands of so-called cryptocurrencies and has been repeatedly reaching new records – but is it sustainable?  The Guardian’s UK …

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