GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own – what does the future hold for self-driving? Want TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome back. This week in tech: General Motors says goodbye to robotaxis but not self-driving cars; one woman’s fight to keep AI out of …
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PC; Creative Reflex/Wrong OrganThe word ‘challenge’ has an accepted meaning in the world of video games, but in this engrossing sci-fi horror it’s the subject matter that’s confronting It is perhaps poetic that throughout this year, the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation, developers have found such a rich vein of horror in early 3D visuals. …
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Ministry of Defence says risk is low and ‘robust safeguards’ have been put in place by suppliers An artificial intelligence tool hosted by Amazon and designed to boost UK Ministry of Defence recruitment puts defence personnel at risk of being identified publicly, according to a government assessment. Data used in the automated system to improve …
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Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others Tech companies will be allowed to freely use copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models unless creative professionals and companies opt out of the process, under UK government proposals. The proposed changes are seeking to resolve a standoff …
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The terrible toll that smartphones are taking on young people is now undeniable. We need to start talking about a ban Every parent of a school-age child should watch Swiped, the Channel 4 documentary on smartphones shown last week. It was devastating. It told of an Essex secondary school’s experiment in response to what it …
Regulator publishes codes of practice and warns that largest sites are not following many of its measures Social media platforms have a “job of work” to do in order to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act and have yet to introduce all the measures needed to protect children and adults from harmful content, the …
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Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announces deal with Meta over scandal that may have affected 300,000 users Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Potentially hundreds of thousands of people who had their Facebook data harvested as part of the Cambridge …
Firm and parent company ByteDance file request for injunction to halt ban of app used by 170 million Americans TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the US supreme court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video …
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Museums are using VR and immersive experiences to boost attendances – and, while it can provide an amazing spectacle, critics say it can be an expensive distraction It starts with a low rumble, then an explosion and a deafening roar. A pyroclastic flow bursts from the volcano and hurtles towards us at a frightening speed. …
Threats started in New York and spread to Chicago and Atlanta after company failed to meet negotiation deadline Thousands of workers at Amazon are threatening to strike at the company after giving the company a deadline of 15 December to agree to begin negotiating a first contract with the union representing employees. The strike threats, …
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