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Digital pinboard business cutting 15% of workforce as it invests heavily in AI Pinterest has fired two engineers who created a software tool to identify which workers had lost their jobs in a recent round of cuts and then shared the information, according to reports. The digital pinboard business announced significant job cuts earlier this …

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Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of X Spain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk. The government is preparing a series of …

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‘Mid-career’ females also being sidelined by rigid hiring processes, says City of London Corporation Women working in tech and financial services are at greater risk of losing their jobs to increased use of AI and automation than their male peers, according to a report that found experienced females were also being sidelined as a result …

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Sustainable smartphone takes a step forward with modular accessories, a good screen and mid-range performance The Dutch ethical smartphone brand Fairphone is back with its six-generation Android, aiming to make its repairable phone more modern, modular, affordable and desirable, with screw-in accessories and a user-replaceable battery. The Fairphone 6 costs £499 (€599), making it cheaper …

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AIs are not sentient – but tweaks to their ethical codes can have far-reaching consequences for users Do you want an AI assistant that gushes about how it “loves humanity” or one that spews sarcasm? How about a political propagandist ready to lie? If so, ChatGPT, Grok and Qwen are at your disposal. Companies that …

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Known as ‘white gold’, lithium is among the most important mined elements on the planet – ideal for the rechargeable batteries used in tech products. Can Europe’s largest deposit bring prosperity to the local community? It looks more like the past than the future. A vast chasm scooped out of a scarred landscape, this is …

The lithium boom: could a disused quarry bring riches to Cornwall? Read More »

Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal Newly released emails and travel itineraries appear to show that for years after Jeffrey Epstein served time for procuring underage girls for prostitution, he continued to attend exclusive dinners alongside Silicon Valley’s most famous billionaires. The …

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A raft of online videos show parents serving up dinner without a single plate in sight, to the amazement of their families Name: Dump dinners. Age: Horribly new. Continue reading… A raft of online videos show parents serving up dinner without a single plate in sight, to the amazement of their families Name: Dump dinners. …

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New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump – can it recover? Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I’m moderating panels about AI and investing as part of the Web Summit Qatar. I want to bring your attention to …

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Stocks in Pearson, London Stock Exchange Group and Experian plunge amid fears over impact of AI European publishing and legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices after the US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic announced a tool aimed at companies’ in-house lawyers. The UK publishing group Pearson’s shares fell by 4%, while …

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