From football to food to Taylor Swift, many of the most common subjects were what you expect – but others less so Virtual assistant units have become a staple in many UK households, telling people whether it is expected to rain, what the time is, and what the result in the football was. Among the …
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Elon Musk carmaker pushed for British government to introduce rules for HGVs, as it readies Semi truck Tesla lobbied the UK government to strengthen rules on carbon emissions from cars and lorries, according to documents that also show the electric carmaker continued to push for increased taxes on fossil fuel cars. The US carmaker, which …
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Firm announces tool that can create AI video clip based on user’s written prompts will be available to anyone in the US Anyone in the US can now use OpenAI’s artificial intelligence video generator, Sora, which the company announced on Monday would become publicly available. OpenAI first presented Sora in February, but it was only …
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Tech corporation suspected of violating anti-monopoly law after Washington’s latest curbs on Chinese chip sector China said on Monday it has launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, in a move widely seen as a retaliatory shot against Washington’s latest curbs on the Chinese chip sector. The statement from …
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Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years It measures just 4cm squared but it possesses almost inconceivable speed. Google has built a computing chip that takes just five minutes to complete tasks that would take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years for some of the world’s fastest conventional computers to complete. Continue reading… Chip …
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The archeologist heads to Vatican City and the Egyptian Pyramids in this unconventional blockbuster, for lots of cleverly designed stealth, combat and puzzle-solving fun Making an Indiana Jones game today seems like a straightforward endeavour: you take Uncharted’s Nathan Drake, send him back in time 80-odd years, give him a fedora and a bullwhip and …
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter If you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words “skibidi toilet” into YouTube. The 11-second …
About 1.4 million people have left online dating in the past year as experts say users see it as a chore rather than social activity About 1.4 million people in the UK have left the online dating scene in the past 12 months, but is that a sign that the apps don’t work or that …
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10% of Facebook’s UK workforce was axed while revenue fell slightly but pre-tax profits rose despite advertising slowdown Facebook cut more than 700 employees in the UK last year at a cost of £79m, after parent company Meta embarked on its first ever round of redundancies as part of a global cost-cutting drive to offset …
Facebook UK cut 700 staff and reduced tax bill last year, accounts show Read More »
Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts When the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira’s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely …
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