Tesla and SpaceX history showed how hard-edged the CEO could be. At Twitter, this pattern has proved disastrous Elon Musk’s reputation precedes him. The seemingly impulsive and demanding boss of SpaceX and Tesla is known to place importance on the product above all. And whether the employees building the products agree with how he plans …
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The Spanish photographer’s shot of an Iranian woman in a hijab has recently acquired new resonance Despite not being a religious person, José Luis Barcia Fernández has long been fascinated by the rituals, rules and uniforms of faith. After photographing the hooded capirotes of Seville’s Holy Week, and Jews, Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem, the …
Swiss company uses algorithm to judge whether contested Portrait de femme (Gabrielle) is genuinely by French artist Staring enigmatically at an unseen object to her right, the black-haired woman bears a striking resemblance to the person depicted in Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting Gabrielle, which Sotheby’s recently valued at between £100,000-150,000. However, art connoisseurs disagree over whether …
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How did Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fail and what does the firm’s fate tell us about cryptocurrencies? The collapse of FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has unleashed another bout of volatility in the highly speculative digital asset market. The fortune of FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, went from nearly $16bn to zero within days …
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Reports show nearly 1,200 workers left the company after an ultimatum that demanded ‘long hours at high intensity’ Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff on Friday asking that any employees who write software code report to the 10th floor of the office in San Francisco early afternoon, according to multiple news reports. The billionaire said in …
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Theranos founder was convicted on four counts of defrauding nearly $121m after her blood testing firm collapsed A federal judge has sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison over her role in the blood testing firm that collapsed after its technology was revealed to be largely fraudulent. Holmes was convicted …
Hailed as a tech solution to crime, security cameras throw up questions of accountability and privacy The hit BBC thriller The Capture has thrown the scale of camera surveillance into the spotlight. I ask Gus Hosein, director of Privacy International, just how advanced the technology is – and if it’s possible to avoid it. You’ve …
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AI is becoming more sophisticated, and some say capable of writing academic essays. But at what point does the intrusion of AI constitute cheating? Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast “Waiting in front of the lecture hall for my next class to start, and beside me two students …
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Big-budget Jimmy Donaldson has overtaken PewDiePie to become the most subscribed person on the platform YouTube’s short 17-year history is one of human civilisation played on fast-forward. The first videos uploaded to the website were shabby, amateur productions from enthusiasts with cameras, made on a shoestring budget. Today, the most popular videos have eye-watering budgets …
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Sanjay Bhandari says cuts in trust and safety team at platform could be taken as ‘green light for hate’ The chair of the anti-discrimination body Kick It Out has voiced fears that Twitter will be unable to cope with online abuse during the football World Cup, after a wave of job losses at the social …
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