PM under pressure to follow EU and US in taking step over fears Chinese-owned app poses cybersecurity risk Rishi Sunak has been urged to ban government officials from using TikTok in line with moves by the EU and US, amid growing cybersecurity fears over China. Officials in Europe and the US have been told to …
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From chatbots to deepfakes, here is the lowdown on the current state of artificial intelligence Barely a day goes by without some new story about AI, or artificial intelligence. The excitement about it is palpable – the possibilities, some say, are endless. Fears about it are spreading fast, too. There can be much assumed knowledge …
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Boss of messaging app says users’ trust at risk from powers in online safety bill to impose monitoring The head of the messaging app Signal has warned that it will quit the UK if the forthcoming online safety bill weakens end-to-end encryption. Signal’s president said the organisation would “absolutely, 100% walk” if the legislation undermined …
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I love games but they’ve never affected me like music or books … then I found one about parental regret and bad life decisions I have always thought there is a contradiction at the heart of video games: by virtue of their interactivity, I find them much more engaging than TV, music, movies – but …
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National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers helps public defenders navigate new technologies used against their clients The first time Caleb Kenyon, a defense attorney in Florida, saw a geofence warrant was when a new client received an alarming email from Google in January 2020. Local police were requesting personal data from the client, Zachary McCoy, …
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Low-cost device launched to solve mobile blackspots with SOS and two-way texting for Android and iPhone The Defy Satellite link gives any Android or iPhone an instant upgrade with the ability to send and receive text messages via satellite, solving the problem of mobile dead zones for emergencies and wilderness adventures. Announced ahead of the …
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Uncrewed combat aerial vehicles, or attack drones, have become a common feature of the modern battlefield. Russia has deployed them to terrorise civilians in Ukraine and disable essential infrastructure, and Ukraine has also relied heavily on drones for attack, reconnaissance and surveillance. But these aren’t the only ‘killer robots’ that armies are utilising. Josh Toussaint-Strauss …
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Interest groups have poured an estimated £250,000 into all-party parliamentary groups over the past five years • Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished For more than a decade, those worried about the reputation of parliament have warned that all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) can be a problem. Their supporters say they …
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Mark Read says artificial intelligence is helping firm win clients keen to tap into technology’s potential From Serena Williams playing against incarnations of her younger self to millions of personalised messages from a Bollywood superstar to support small businesses in India, artificial intelligence and machine learning is driving a revolution in the global advertising industry. …
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Nintendo Switch; Hal Laboratories/ NintendoThis colourful multiplayer platformer was largely ignored when it first came out in 2011 – is it worth a second look? Kirby was designed to be easily drawn. Part balloon, part sentient piece of bubblegum, creator Masahiro Sakurai envisioned a character so simple that kids would scribble it on their notebooks …
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