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‘You can imagine it’s you, standing there on the edge’: Atle Rønningen’s best phone picture

A massive cliff and a fearless friend helped the photographer capture an unforgettable image “Eskil is a tough guy,” Atle Rønningen says of the friend he was hiking Pulpit Rock with. “It’s a massive cliff over 600 metres high, in Preikestolen, Norway. It’s so popular and busy in the summer months, so we went in …

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Fugitive CEO at the center of 2022 crypto crash found liable for fraud

A jury found that Do Kwon and Terraform Labs misled investors before the collapse of the company’s namesake cryptocurrency A jury in Manhattan found a Singapore-based former crypto CEO liable on civil fraud charges on Friday, agreeing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that both he and his firm misled investors before the 2022 …

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Facebook and Instagram to label digitally altered content ‘made with AI’

Parent company Meta also to add ‘high-risk’ label to Al-altered content that deceives the public on ‘a matter of importance’ Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, announced major changes to its policies on digitally created and altered media on Friday, before elections poised to test its ability to police deceptive content generated by artificial intelligence …

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Apple lays off 600 workers in California after shuttering self-driving car project

Tech company cuts employees from eight offices in Santa Clara in its first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple …

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The ‘street fighter’ and a £70k donation: how Christen Ager-Hanssen got close to the Tories

The surveillance specialist was invited to dine with the home secretary after the company he ran gave the party thousands Christen Ager-Hanssen was in Mallorca conducting an espionage operation when the email from Conservative party headquarters arrived. “Thank you for indicating you would like to attend our private dinner with Suella Braverman,” a party official …

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China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns

Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate China will attempt to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India this year with artificial intelligence-generated content after making a dry run with the presidential poll in Taiwan, Microsoft has warned. The US tech firm …

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Wearable tech: how the human body can help power the future of smart textiles

Researchers have created fibre-based electronics that use the human body to power T-shirts that display changing messages Whether it is a T-shirt that can display changing messages or a carpet that can sense where you are standing, the future of smart textiles has often seemed rooted in science fiction. Now researchers say they have created …

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If costs force Google to charge for AI, competitors will cheer

AI is not only scarily expensive to run, it is also antithetical to the advertising that is Google’s bread and butter Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say Google search prints money. Generative AI burns money. What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? News that the search engine is …

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Dismay as X’s most-followed accounts given blue ticks for free

Elon Musk’s firm reverses policy of insisting on payment for ‘verified status’ – embarrassing some beneficiaries Elon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site’s most-followed users – whether they want them or not. The …

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Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say

Cost of artificial intelligence service could mean leaders in sector turning to subscription models Google is reportedly drawing up plans to charge for AI-enhanced search features, in what would be the biggest shake-up to the company’s revenue model in its history. The radical shift is a natural consequence of the vast expense required to provide …

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