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China troubles could upset Apple’s cart as it prepares to launch the iPhone 15

Geopolitics may affect sales in a big market – and customers may be annoyed by the new charging socket too Apple chief executive Tim Cook will hope that the launch of the latest iPhones on Tuesday will be enough to buoy consumers and investors in the face of a falling share price caused by deteriorating …

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How savvy trillion-dollar chipmaker Nvidia is powering the AI goldrush | John Naughton

The US firm best known for its gaming tech has long been ahead of the curve in supplying the tools needed by tech developers It’s not often that the jaws of Wall Street analysts drop to the floor but late last month it happened: Nvidia, a company that makes computer chips, issued sales figures that …

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‘The hands belong to Moussa’s friends’: Quim Fàbregas’s best phone picture

The Spanish photographer on teaching portraiture to children – and the muse he found among them The Senegalese village of Sare Soukande is home to fewer than 500 people. Ten-year-old Moussa, pictured here, is one of them. Attentive, passionate and a great football player, Moussa is one of the boys enrolled in an educational project …

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Take it from someone who was on the internet at 10 years old: a ban won’t keep children off TikTok | Chris Stokel-Walker

This misguided Tory crackdown won’t keep kids off social media. The best solution is for families to have open conversations It’s easy to talk tough on tech, as Michelle Donelan, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has shown this week. In an interview with the Telegraph, Donelan warned that social media platforms …

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Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate

Researchers identify sprawling bot network of 1,305 accounts active during Republican debate and Donald Trump interview Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Bot activity on the platform formerly known as Twitter is worse than ever, according to researchers, despite X’s new owner, Elon Musk, claiming a crackdown on …

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Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film

Technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future One of the hottest tickets at the 80th Venice film festival isn’t a movie at all but a VR installation on the event’s self-styled “Immersive Island”. Each …

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China reportedly extends iPhone ban to more workers as tensions with US rise

Apple shares fall as local government and state-owned firms latest to face restrictions on devices at work China’s government has reportedly expanded its ban of iPhones to local government workers and state-owned companies, a day after it emerged central government employees were forbidden from bringing the devices to work. Several agencies had begun instructing employees …

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Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official

Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’ A senior Ukrainian official has accused Elon Musk of “committing evil” after a new biography revealed details about how the business magnate ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the Crimean coast last year …

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Twitter ‘unfit’ for banking over alleged complicity in Saudi rights abuses

Lawyers for family say Saudi government took brother’s data in breach and ‘arrested, tortured, and imprisoned’ him and others The company formerly known as Twitter is “unfit” to hold banking licenses because of its alleged “intentional complicity” with human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and treatment of users’ personal data, according to an open letter …

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How a decade of playing Final Fantasy XIV has helped me through life and motherhood

The popular MMO game has helped me deal with everything life brings. As I celebrate 10 years immersed in its world, I speak to other people who have found solace in this online community It’s no secret that the art that moves us becomes associated with certain periods of our lives: the song that helped …

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