Photographers, translators, academics and GPs are among those whose jobs are either threatened or aided by the tech Oliver Fiegel, a 47-year-old photographer based in Munich, was reading a German national Sunday newspaper recently when he saw a front-page image that looked strangely off. The image showed a boy chasing a football on a pitch. …
Media organisations including the Guardian and the BBC fail to gain entry to proceedings What could Apple’s legal challenge mean for data protection? A hearing in Apple’s legal battle with the UK government over access to customer data was held behind closed doors on Friday after the press failed to gain entry to proceedings. The …
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One afternoon, as he passed a train station bench in Chicago, the street photographer spotted young men in uniform … On his way to work at a north Chicago public high school, Spiro Bolos has been making a photo series of people on this train station bench. On the way to visit his partner one Sunday …
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Christopher Tsai retains faith in carmaker’s earnings potential despite backlash that has seen its shares take a hit A devoted investor in Elon Musk’s Tesla – and once a close childhood friend of the US president’s eldest son and namesake – says he hopes the world’s richest man’s role in cutting federal spending for Donald …
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Cambridge scientist behind VR platform says it could help those put off by high cost of speech anxiety treatment A free online platform that allows speakers to practise in front of thousands of virtual spectators has been released to help with the anxiety many feel when presenting to an audience. Dr Chris Macdonald, the founder …
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As they get ready to tour its mournful music, the band reflect on Disco Elysium, the video game whose soundtrack won them a Bafta – and plenty of new followers When Jan Scott Wilkinson, frontman of the band formerly known as British Sea Power, was first asked to work on a video game soundtrack, he …
Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David Baddiel if they agree This week has seen writers divided over a story written by an AI model that is “good at creative writing” – at least according to Sam Altman, …
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Serve up perfect rice every time with our expert-tested rice cookers, from space-saving mini appliances to microwave steaming bowls • The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and tested How often do you eat rice? Even if it’s not a daily staple in your house, it’s safe to say most Britons cook and …
Letter from Elon Musk’s firm to US trade representative warns of ‘downstream impacts’ of tit-for-tat tariffs Business live – latest updates Elon Musk’s Tesla has warned that Donald Trump’s trade war could expose the electric carmaker to retaliatory tariffs that would also impact other automotive manufacturers in the US. In an unsigned letter to Jamieson …
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Diggs’ harrowing music is a world away from his Hollywood films and a Tony-winning run in Hamilton. But his band’s world-building – setting resource wars in imagined cyberpunk clubs – is no less dramatic As a child, Daveed Diggs and his schoolfriend William Hutson drew pictures inspired by the space-age album covers of funk legends …
