Mobile operator’s Smarty brand offers unlimited calls, texts and data to help with cost of living A social tariff aimed at helping mobile users struggling with the cost of living, which offers unlimited calls, texts and data for £12 a month, has been launched by mobile operator Three. The Guardian revealed on Monday that other …
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Power upgrade makes smallest Mac desktop more adaptable and better value alternative to iMac Apple’s cheapest desktop computer has had a price cut and a power upgrade – making it one of the smallest, cheapest and most adaptable Macs yet. The Mac mini starts at £649 ($599/A$999) – £50 less than the 2020 model – …
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Report says pattern seen in films such as Ex Machina risks contributing to lack of women in tech A relentless stream of movies, from Iron Man to Ex Machina, has helped entrench systemic gender inequality in the artificial intelligence industry by portraying AI researchers almost exclusively as men, a study has found. The overwhelming predominance …
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The social media giant knew I would enjoy a reaction series of The Hills, a show I was obsessed with in the early aughts Whitney Port and her husband Tim Rosenman were surprised when I said I first found their video series on Facebook. Or rather, that it found me. I wasn’t expecting it myself. …
In a Texas dive bar, the photographer suddenly happened on a far from ordinary sight Jon Tonks was on a US road trip bookended by photography exhibitions: his own in Indiana, and the Houston photography festival. This shot was taken in Austin, Texas, where he’d met a friend from back home in Bath. “We’d just …
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British peers propose amendment to online safety bill requiring social media sites to consider how to keep female users safe Social media platforms would be required to follow regulatory guidelines protecting women and girls from online abuse under an amendment to the online safety bill tabled this week. The proposed change would require Ofcom, the …
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Bob Hoskins called the original Nintendo spin-off the ‘worst thing I ever did’, which has set the tone for video game movies ever since – can this latest effort buck the trend? “The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Bros. It was a fuckin’ nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a …
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Bard’s misfire on launch cost owner $160bn but experts believe ChatGPT is also prone to errors The James Webb space telescope cost $10bn (£8.3bn) to build, but it left Google nursing losses of more than $160bn after the search engine’s new chatbot answered a question about it incorrectly. Google and Microsoft both announced plans for …
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Labor MP Julian Hill and Liberal MP Aaron Violi both used OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tool to help write speeches for parliament. Could you spot the difference? Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The artificial intelligence application ChatGPT has already been banned in some state schools over concerns it …
In our weekly interview about objects, the longtime ABC host tells us about her party-starter piano, and the retro record player she lost to a housemate Read more Three things interviews here Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Myf Warhurst is about to add something different to her resume. From next week, the beloved …
