White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said more than a million US federal employees responded to an email sent by Elon Musk’s Department for Government Efficiency asking them to list five things they had accomplished in the last week. ‘It took me about a minute and a half to think of five things I did …
Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from president Apple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – …
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Barney Ronay on Arne Slot | Church of England | Tech revolution | Too many questions | Last word on school reports? Last month, Barney Ronay said Liverpool’s manager, Arne Slot, had the look of a “prosperous provincial butcher here to pick up a civic award”. This month (23 February), he said Slot had “the …
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The tycoon’s links with Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car’s owners in a spin Tesla sales almost halve in Europe over Musk’s ties to Trump When Mike Schwede first sat in a Tesla Roadster 15 years ago, he felt like it was a glimpse into …
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Government accepts advice of commission that also says children under 13 should not have their own smartphone Denmark is to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs on the recommendation of a government commission that also found that children under 13 should not have their own smartphone or tablet. The government said it would …
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Tech billionaire, a close adviser to the US president, is a vocal supporter of Germany’s far-right AfD party Business live – latest updates Sales of new Tesla cars almost halved in Europe last month, indicating waning demand for the US carmaker’s vehicles as its chief executive Elon Musk intervened repeatedly in the politics on both …
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Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission, as a …
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Fickle financial dealings leave a man and his friends in debt, prompting them to go in search of the slippery crypto king responsible and hold him to account The opening crawl for this timely, acute thriller proclaims it’s a Steven Soderbergh presentation, although that’s the only place that the veteran film-maker’s name crops up in …
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Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandal A US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars while operating her failed blood-testing startup, once valued at $9bn, rejecting her multi-year appeal. The court also upheld …
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The Last Week Tonight host looked at content moderation and how Mark Zuckerberg has bent to Trump’s will John Oliver took aim at Mark Zuckerberg and the world of content moderation in this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight. The host of the HBO series looked at “just how much the tech industry seemed to …
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