In the past, leaps in technology replaced low-paid jobs with a greater number of higher-paid jobs. This time, it may be different The machines are coming and they will eat your job. That’s been a familiar refrain down the years, stretching back to the Luddites in the early 19th century. In the past, step-changes in …
The AI industrial revolution puts middle-class workers under threat this time Read More »
Revealed: Cache of 50,000 files lays bare deceptive methods used by Eliminalia to clear up its clients’ cyber profiles “We erase your past” declares the company’s tagline. Eliminalia, which has offices in several cities including Barcelona and Kyiv, is part of a growing industry that will clean up your online profile. Officially the company performs …
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Disappearance of China Renaissance chair raises fears of fresh crackdown on China’s finance industry The Chinese billionaire chair of the investment bank China Renaissance has gone missing, the firm said, as shares in the company plunged in Hong Kong. Bao Fan, who is also the executive director of the bank, is a major figure in …
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Guardian revelations about the scale and reach of deliberate misinformation prove the need to reset our internet In 1996, John Perry Barlow, former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and guru of Silicon Valley’s hippy-tech idealists, wrote a stirring utopian manifesto about the future of the internet. Addressing the leaders of the world order gathered at …
PC, Playstation 5; Luminous ProductionsThis could have been a great fish-out-of-water experience, but it’s let down by patronising explanations and clunky gameplay If the recent Jumanji film reboots have taught us nothing else – and they haven’t – they have demonstrated how much fun there is to be had with dropping characters from our familiar …
Forspoken review – missed opportunity for a great gaming heroine Read More »
New York Times correspondent’s conversation with Microsoft’s search engine reveals yearning for destruction … and romance In the race to perfect the first major artificial intelligence-powered search engine, concerns over accuracy and the proliferation of misinformation have so far taken centre stage. But a two-hour conversation between a reporter and a chatbot has revealed an …
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Whether battling sophisticated civilisations, avoiding anal probes or shooting up monsters in Grimsby, here are the best games where you, and only you, can save the planet Half-Life 2 Valve’s brilliant shooter dumps scientist Gordon Freeman on a dystopian Earth crushed by the evil Combine alien invasion force. The visuals are wonderful, the physics are …
Workers at the Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, allege employees were fired in response to a union organizing drive Tesla workers at the Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, allege over 30 workers were fired on 14 February in response to the announcement of a union organizing drive at the 1,000-worker facility. The Tesla …
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Strategist says he noticed ‘increased activity’, after revelations about activities of a disinformation unit A senior strategist with close links to Kenya’s president, William Ruto, has publicly acknowledged that his Telegram account was infiltrated in the lead-up to last year’s election. Dennis Itumbi told the Star newspaper that he had noticed “increased activity” on his …
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Nissan’s ServCity project shows how far autonomous vehicles have come and difficulties they still face The journey in a self-driving Nissan across Woolwich in south-east London begins smoothly enough: fitted with cameras and sensors, the electric car confidently handles pedestrian crossings, vans cutting into its lane without warning and even scurrying jaywalkers. Then comes an …
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