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Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom The Illinois governor JB Pritzker proposed a two-year break from offering tax incentives for datacenters, a reflection of increasing public pushback against the massive, resource-hungry facilities used to power the modern AI boom. Pritzker made the proposal, which will need …

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State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California, its biggest market, after the US electric vehicle maker stopped using the term “autopilot” in the marketing of its vehicles in the …

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Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’ The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified at a landmark trial of social media companies on Wednesday. Plaintiffs’ lawyers grilled Zuckerberg about internal complaints that not enough was being done to verify whether children under 13 …

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Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat For nearly two decades, the US quietly funded a global effort to keep the internet from splintering into fiefdoms run by authoritarian governments. Now that money is seriously threatened and a large part of it is already gone, putting into jeopardy …

US funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’ Read More »

Television outranks laptops, tablets and smartphones across all age groups, according to audience review The television has replaced laptops, tablets and smartphones as the most common device for UK viewers to watch YouTube at home, according to data confirming the platform’s place as a living room mainstay. More than half of all YouTube viewing through …

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The drama about two startup innovators defeated by their egotistical overreach feels as if it presages these AI times The crisis facing a couple of middle-aged Belgian tech bros in the 1990s might be better suited to a European streaming-TV drama – maybe with the two antiheroes’ travails confined to the first episode, setting up …

Dust review – timely fictionalisation of a tech-bro dotcom bust that blighted rural Belgium Read More »

We all know one – and there’s a good chance you fall into the category yourself. Here’s how to recognise if you’re a ‘walking, talking red flag’ … Name: Finger princess. Age: The term circulated this month, but the behaviour has been escalating across digital communication for some time. Continue reading… We all know one …

Finger princesses: are these the biggest villains of the chat group? Read More »

Australia experienced a boom in smart-home technology at the start of the 2020s. Years on, some early adopters are experiencing buyer’s remorse Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When the smart home devices Elly Bailey was expecting in the post never showed up at her Gold Coast home, she was frustrated. As a technology …

Is it smarter to have a dumb home? ‘We’ve seen clients unable to flush toilets’ Read More »

Milano Cortina​ has cutting‑edge replays, chase‑cam drones and exuberant commentary ​bringing a wave of unexpected nostalgia for anyone who grew up on 90s extreme‑sports games • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here As someone whose childhood holidays consisted of narrowboating along the Grand Union canal or wandering the harbour-side at …

​T​he ​Winter Olympics ​feel like a 90s ​snowboarding ​game​, and I’m here for it Read More »

Business leaders tout AI as a path to shorter weeks and better balance. But without power, workers are unlikely to share the gains The front-page headline in a recent Washington Post was breathless: “These companies say AI is key to their four-day workweeks.” The subhead was euphoric: “Some companies are giving workers back more time …

The bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly ‘frees up’ Read More »