Rachel Reeves says move is a ‘vote of confidence’ in British economy as she prepares to open firm’s first UK datacentre Business live – latest updates Google has said it will invest £5bn in the UK in the next two years to help meet growing demand for artificial intelligence services, in a boost for the …
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Artificial intelligence will replace creativity with something closer to magical wishing. The challenge for future generations will be dealing with the feeling of emptiness that leaves us with In the German fairytale The Fisherman and His Wife, an old man one day catches a strange fish: a talking flounder. It turns out that an enchanted …
Carmaker says it will freeze production until at least 24 September as it continues investigations Business live – latest updates Jaguar Land Rover has extended its shutdown on car production, as Britain’s biggest carmaker grapples with the aftermath of a cyber-attack. JLR said on Tuesday it would freeze production until at least next Wednesday, 24 …
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In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race By the time Song-Chun Zhu was six years old, he had encountered death more times than he could count. Or so it felt. This …
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over … ‘I’m going to throw that thing into a river!” my wife says as she comes down the stairs looking …
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Tesla shares rose by more than 8% after news of CEO’s transactions, a week after he was offered $1tn pay package Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, has purchased nearly $1bn worth of the electric-vehicle maker’s stock, a regulatory filing showed, reinforcing Musk’s push for greater control over Tesla. Tesla shares jumped more than 8% in …
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Nostalgic tech; autumn garden hacks; and what to wear when it rains • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When I was 18, I bought a heavily reduced MiniDisc player. This wasn’t even what you could charitably call “fashionably late”, given the format was already on its last legs, but …
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iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe, adding a new look and features to devices Apple will release some of the biggest software updates for its iPhone, iPad and smartwatch on Monday, radically changing the way icons, the lock screen and the system looks, as well as adding features for …
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Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity Business live – latest updates A new Google datacentre in Essex is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year , equivalent to about 500 short-haul flights a week, planning documents show. …
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Met forced to rebut misinformation amplified by X users as Musk accused of inciting violence with protest comments The Metropolitan police has had to counter false suggestions by the artificial intelligence on Elon Musk’s X platform that the force passed off footage from 2020 as being from Saturday’s far-right rally in the city. The claim …
