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The tech company’s latest proposal about generative AI turns copyright law on its head, and could especially hurt smaller content creators, say experts Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Publishers should be able to opt out of having their …

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The culture, media and sport select committee has warned of risks not just to workers’ jobs but also their autonomy Rishi Sunak will gather world leaders in London this autumn for a summit on safety in artificial intelligence, after expressing concern about the “existential risks” of the rapidly evolving technology. Apparently, even our wannabe tech …

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Electoral Commission hack is reminder of importance of protecting democratic system where it counts It turns out that while Conservative ministers were spending hours of parliamentary time in 2021-22 introducing requirements for voters to produce ID at polling stations – to protect elections against a threat most experts believed was negligible – the Electoral Commission …

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Participants in simulated environment with random slip hazards were more likely to fall despite trying to be more cautious In news that will come as a surprise to nobody who has walked down a busy street in the past 10 years, scientists have confirmed people texting while walking are more likely to have accidents. While …

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Researchers create system using sound recordings that can work out what is being typed with more than 90% accuracy Tapping in a computer password while chatting over Zoom could open the door to a cyber-attack, research suggests, after a study revealed artificial intelligence (AI) can work out which keys are being pressed by eavesdropping on …

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From a sweetshop in Stevenage to good old Marks & Spencer, British businesses are using live events to spice up their online businesses. And the money is pouring in … Zainab Hakim finds it tiring to go to the shops but thinks she might be addicted to shopping. She’s a 23-year-old receptionist from Birmingham, and …

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Elections watchdog says it is unable to say conclusively what information was accessed in cyber-attack The UK’s elections watchdog has been targeted by a cyber-attack that enabled “hostile actors” to access electoral registers. The Electoral Commission revealed it had been hacked but was “not able to know conclusively” what information had been accessed and said …

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Inspired by folding up a piece of paper, Henry and Fred Hoffman explain their new game’s spatial manipulation mechanic – even the British Origami Society likes it Many ideas start on paper, few go on to be made of it. Yet, when brothers Henry and Fred Hoffman, the duo behind Norwich-based Newfangled Games, sketched their …

Paper Trail: the unique origami adventure that unfolds quite literally Read More »

The company formerly known as Twitter alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate drove away advertisers – but CCDH and legal experts say otherwise • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Censorship, or rather his stance against it, is a key reason why Elon Musk bought …

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Elon Musk firm alleges in lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate that it got data help from European Climate Foundation Elon Musk’s X Corp has accused the European Climate Foundation of helping an anti-hate speech campaign group conduct research against its rebranded Twitter platform. The claim was made in a blogpost on Monday that …

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