The navigation app might be built for function – but dig deeper and you’ll find a trove of inside jokes, neighbourhood quirks and charming errors There is a certain kind of guy who looks at Google Maps for fun. I am that guy. As a kid I went through a cartography phase, drawing elaborate maps …
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Stephen Witt’s entertaining study of the rise of chip company Nvidia portrays its leader, Jensen Huang, as a remarkable entrepreneur – sometimes energised by anger This is the latest confirmation that the “great man” theory of history continues to thrive in Silicon Valley. As such, it joins a genre that includes Walter Isaacson’s twin tomes …
Videos tagged #ElectronicMusic attracted more than 13bn views worldwide last year, an increase of 45% on 2023 It is another example of the parallel worlds in the music industry. The the Gallagher brothers may be taking over the world’s stadiums this summer, but over on TikTok users are moving to a different beat. Views of …
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Google intelligence report finds UK is a particular target of IT worker ploy that sends wages to Kim Jong Un’s state British companies are being urged to carry out job interviews for IT workers on video or in person to head off the threat of giving jobs to fake North Korean employees. The warning was …
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In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at technology conference Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ago To walk into the lion’s den once might be considered foolhardy. To do so again after being …
Dame Rachel de Souza says parents should look to their own smartphone use and not try to be their children’s friend Parents should be prepared to make difficult decisions over their child’s smartphone usage rather than trying to be their friend, the children’s commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel de Souza said this should …
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Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend? Imagine for a moment you are a child in 1941, sitting the common entrance exam for public schools with nothing but a pencil and paper. You read the following: “Write, for no more than a quarter …
iPhones and Google Maps are out – and you can keep your existing friends from across the pond, but don’t go making any new ones I really wish I had a Tesla. Ideally it would be a Cybertruck but any Tesla would do. Then I could plaster it with those “I bought this before Elon …
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Statistics can help assess a potential recruit’s emotional control and leadership, while highlighting red flags “The players didn’t show enough fight.” Listen to any pundit’s post-match reaction and you will hear variations of that soundbite. But can you analyse an athlete’s state of mind, based on their on-pitch body language? In an era when football …
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Prof Rory Collins, CEO of UK Biobank, responds to concerns about access to UK patient information, highlighting the safeguards and research benefits Your report (Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records, 15 April) fails to recognise the importance of data in advancing health research, when shared safely, securely and on a …
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