Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behaviour of today’s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial Even their downfalls are spectacular. Like a latter-day Icarus flying too close to the sun, disgraced crypto-god Sam Bankman-Fried crashed and burned this month, recasting Michael Lewis’s exuberant biography of the convicted fraudster – …
Trade unionists from US and Europe stand with staff at Coventry hub over local pay dispute amid global day of action Hundreds of strikers outside Amazon’s Coventry warehouse were joined on Black Friday by trade unionists from Europe and the US as part of a global campaign calling for better working conditions at the internet …
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Gang thought to be from Russia or CIS has attacked companies and institutions in several countries A new name was added to the cyber-rogues’ gallery of ransomware gangs this week after a criminal group called Rhysida claimed responsibility for an attack on the British Library. The library confirmed that personal data stolen in a cyber-attack …
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Half Moon theatre, LondonSarah Punshon’s Christmas story for over-fours is about the importance of making – and saving – electricity Here’s a lively show that recognises how, in many households, kids know more about technology than grownups. Within minutes, the young crowd are screaming instructions at the trio of adult performers: put that plug in …
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I hoped the cat-herding for a family gaming night would be worth it to enjoy one of the most soothing games ever. But the bricks did not line up My whole family is under one roof again, after my son Charlie’s flirtation with university was halted by a combination of shady landlord and disappointing levels …
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The surprise sacking of the AI venture’s CEO was followed by a near mutiny at the company and his reinstatement OpenAI’s messy firing and re-hiring of its powerful chief executive this week shocked the tech world. But the power struggle has implications beyond the company’s boardroom, AI experts said. It throws into relief the greenness …
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In the top company in the world’s most explosive industry, the boss was fired and rehired – and no one has said why • OpenAI was ‘working on model so powerful it alarmed staff’ The OpenAI farce has moved at such speed in the past week that it is easy to forget that nobody has …
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Weeks after the Bankman-Fried trial, the billionaire founder of the largest cryptocurrency exchange has been fined $50m and resigned • Crypto giant Binance admits to money laundering Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, warned last year that it was difficult to prevent illegal activity in the industry that he dominated. “[If] …
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Microsoft’s Bing falls victim to long-running part-joke internet conspiracy theory Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Australia doesn’t exist. That’s at least according to Bing search results for some users on Wednesday when the Microsoft search engine cited long-running internet conspiracy theories denying the existence of the country. Several very real Australian …
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Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sacking OpenAI was reportedly working on an advanced system before Sam Altman’s sacking that was so powerful it caused safety concerns among staff at the company. The artificial intelligence model triggered such alarm with some …
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