Expert in device science at Imperial College London who developed the longer-life batteries that power electric cars and smartphones The development of much more efficient, next-generation lithium-ion batteries, with higher energy densities and longer life cycles, was just one of several significant innovations made by Mino Green, emeritus professor of electrical device science at Imperial …
Barbara Otis on the Twitter CEO’s troubling behaviour towards employees As an organisational development practitioner, I have been watching the Twitter disaster unfold. As André Spicer’s article says, the kind of workplace behaviour exhibited by Elon Musk is not unusual among people in positions of power (The Elon Musk effect: have we reached our limit …
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Twitter boss says he has ‘no mercy’ for those who capitalise on deaths of children, citing loss of son in 2002 Elon Musk has said he will not reinstate the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Twitter, saying he has “no mercy” for people who capitalise on the deaths of children for personal fame. Twitter permanently …
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Platform’s paid verification system is being used to give sense of validity to accounts pushing health misinformation As the troubled social media platform Twitter rolled out a paid verification system and laid off thousands of content moderators, health misinformation accounts on the social network began pushing their messages to a wider audience than ever. Under …
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The collapse of digital ventures like FTX shows that no amount of hype and starry-eyed proselytising can escape reality The tiny island nation of Tuvalu recently announced that it would be the first country to fully replicate itself as a virtual reproduction in the metaverse. Tuvalu, comprising of nine small islands in the Pacific situated …
Premium Windows 11 PC offers smooth and quiet experience but is showing its age compared with rivals Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop has new chips, new connections and costs the same as last year but has a five-year-old design that makes it look aged. The Surface Laptop 5 starts at £999 ($999/A$1,699) for the 13.5in version, …
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My brother-in-law has been charged for countless shipments which has forced him into the red We are having a bizarre problem with Amazon that has resulted in countless boxes of the same Ninja cookbook being delivered to my brother-in-law. He lives in a supportive care establishment and, shortly after moving in, started receiving the boxes …
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Cambridge-based company blames global uncertainty but says IPO preparations are ‘advanced’ Much-anticipated plans to list the British chip designer Arm on the stock exchange have been delayed by managers who fear the global economic downturn and a slump in tech shares could spook potential investors. The Cambridge-based company wrote to private shareholders a few days …
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From armed robot dogs to target-seeking drones, the use of artificial intelligence in warfare presents ethical dilemmas that urgently need addressing The security convoy turned on to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Boulevard at around 3:30pm on 27 November 2020. The VIP was the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, widely regarded as the head of Iran’s secret nuclear …
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‘The people have spoken,’ says site’s owner, having acknowledged during online poll that automated bots were voting too Elon Musk has reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account after users on the social media platform voted by a slim majority to lift a ban on the former US president. Trump’s account was suspended in 2021 after the …
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