The podcast studio behind the Rest Is … universe goes deep on the 1953 Iran coup in The Rest Is Classified. Plus: five of the best expert advice podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Rest Is Classified Widely available, episodes weekly The latest addition to Goalhanger’s stable …
Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK Reddit, the American online discussion platform, has overtaken X to become the fifth most popular social media platform in the UK, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom said Reddit, where users post on discussion threads within …
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Technology secretary admits Whitehall departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms Not a single Whitehall department has registered the use of artificial intelligence systems since the government said it would become mandatory, prompting warnings that the public sector is “flying blind” about the deployment of algorithmic technology affecting millions of …
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More than 3m votes were cast for this year’s awards, which went heavy on T-shirt guns and brand activations, but stayed quiet on the government’s proposed social media ban Between them, the Australian online personalities who took the stage at the annual TikTok awards on Wednesday have more than 100 million followers – but if …
In a world where books have to vie with smartphones for attention, a brilliant ebook reader is more necessary than ever E-readers have been one of the greatest single-purpose gadgets for almost three decades. They offer an escape from technology and the endless distraction of mobile phones, despite also being tech devices. But that is …
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Tate Modern, LondonThe singing robots and 8-bit graphics are diverting and sometimes sublime, but there’s a darker story to be told in this show about technologically-assisted art before the internet There’s a popular meme of two lovers embracing against a digital field of sunflowers. Their pursed lips would be locked were it not for their …
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In this week’s newsletter: A new PlayStation portable device that will play the PS back catalogue is reportedly in the offing – it could be a gamechanger for the market • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A report from Bloomberg this week suggests that Sony is working on a …
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Social network says it must give permission for accounts to be sold or transferred after sale of rightwing InfoWars Elon Musk’s X is trying to block the transfer of the platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion after filing a legal objection stating that it owns users’ accounts. The social network has filed a “limited objection” …
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Social media platform under pressure to improve security as it announces plans to block under-13s from signing up Teenagers are facing wide-ranging new restrictions over the use of beauty filters on TikTok amid concern at rising anxiety and falling self-esteem. Under-18s will, in the coming weeks, be blocked from artificially making their eyes bigger, plumping …
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Among the report’s 13 recommendations is the call for the introduction of standalone AI legislation and protections for creative workers Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tech companies Amazon, Google and Meta have been criticised by a Senate select committee inquiry …
