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Former Guardian editor, who is on board, says it intends to broaden its remit and examine network’s AI Facebook’s Oversight Board is trying to gain access to the social network’s curation algorithm to understand how it works, according to Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian and a member of the quasi-independent body. Rusbridger, …

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Clerk who hosted explosive parish council meeting makes point about diversity in music track Jackie Weaver might have no authority, but she’s got the grooves. The 62-year-old parish council clerk who became an internet sensation after a car crash Zoom meeting has now cut her first dance track, to help raise awareness of the lack …

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As platforms pivot towards greater encryption, analysts are rushing to finesse child abuse prevention technology “Predators are often early adopters of technology,” says Sarah Smith, chief technology officer at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK child abuse hotline. “It’s an arms race, we have to be constantly horizon-scanning.” Smith and her team, based in …

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Mughal palaces, Egyptian tombs and modernist masterpieces can be experienced in VR tours that depart from your sofa While our lives have mostly shrunk to our own four walls – besides the sneak peek of others’ homes glimpsed via Zoom – we can still step into other worlds virtually. Stately homes and fortresses, from Blenheim …

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Research finds students who showed signs of addiction were also highly likely to suffer from poor sleep Almost four in 10 university students are addicted to their smartphones, and their habit plays havoc with their sleep, research has found. A study of 1,043 students aged 18-30 at King’s College London found that 406 (38.9%) displayed …

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Company announces revenues of $2.6bn with little sign of slowing, but vaccines could change picture A year of working from home may have driven many of us to the brink but it’s been great news for Zoom, the video conferencing business. On Monday, the company announced its revenues had soared 326% year-over-year to $2.6bn and …

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Company expands efforts against coronavirus falsehoods amid fears over spread of anti-vax material online Twitter is expanding its use of warning labels on tweets that contain misleading details about coronavirus vaccines. Related: CDC chief warns of ‘potential fourth surge’ and urges US to keep Covid rules Continue reading… Company expands efforts against coronavirus falsehoods amid …

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Teenagers on TikTok are giving themselves makeovers based on their Republican or Democratic alter egos If you’re on TikTok, you’ll know Gen Z can tell if you’re a millennial from a side part and skinny jeans. Now, a new TikTok trend suggests teenagers on the app know someone’s political standing from the way they use …

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President does not mention retail giant by name but sends backing to ‘workers in Alabama’ currently voting on unionization Joe Biden has offered tentative support to Amazon warehouse workers in the middle of a closely fought vote to unionize. If successful, the union would be the first for US warehouse workers of the online shopping …

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In a drama written by artificial intelligence, the computer’s imagination touches on themes of love and loneliness – but is mostly obsessed with sex Kazuo Ishiguro, whose new novel Klara and the Sun is about artificial intelligence, has said he is worried about a time when an AI programme is able to write fiction “that …

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