People scoffed at the idea of electric vehicles for the masses. But now a Tesla hatchback has outsold the Toyota Corolla An intriguing news item dropped into my inbox this week. It said that in the first quarter of this year, an electric vehicle (EV) had become the biggest-selling car in the world, outselling the …
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From travel planners and money management to outdoor adventure and nature-spotting, here’s how to get your smartphone ready for action While July may have been a little grey, we’re still in for some warm days this summer. There are trips to take and barbecues to attend, and no matter who’s joining us on these outings, …
The Reuters cameraman embraced the opportunity to capture life with his family in Sicily, where he grew up With two decades’ experience as a Reuters cameraman and visual journalist, Antonio Denti says he found the transition to using his phone as a camera jarring. “I was brought up in the analogue days and was quite …
Hitching a struggling media industry to the wagon of AI won’t serve our interests in the long run Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Before we start, I want to let you know that a human wrote this article. The same can’t be said for many articles from …
Retaliatory move against Online News Act is ‘epic miscalculation’ that will promote spread of misinformation, analysts say Social media giant Meta’s ban on news access on its platforms in Canada is an “epic miscalculation” that could damage journalism and promote the spread of misinformation and fake news, experts are warning. The company announced the move …
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Development trio Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy are back with a story about a failson basement-dweller trying not to fall flat on his face Game developers Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch and Bennett Foddy have been friends for over a decade, having met through NYU’s Game Centre, and they already have one successful indie …
Action by regulator follows £12.7m fine by UK for illegally processing data of 1.4m children under 13 TikTok is to be fined potentially millions of pounds for breaching children’s privacy after a ruling by EU data protection regulator. The European Data Protection Board said it had reached a binding decision on the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform …
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No part of me questioned whether this was real – I had to save my baby ‘Mom?” repeated my daughter’s voice on my phone. “I’ve messed up.” My heart sank and I started trembling. I heard a man instructing her to lie down and put her head back. My 15-year-old daughter, Briana, was at a …
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CEO Tim Cook says increased R&D spending is in part driven by work on generative artificial intelligence Apple boss Tim Cook announced the company was investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday as the company announced its third consecutive quarter of declining revenues, the company’s most prolonged sales slump since 2016. Apple’s sales for …
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Update will also ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search results Google is launching new privacy tools to allow users to have more control over unwanted personal images online and ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search results. Updates to Google policies on personal explicit images mean …
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