Cryptocurrency settles to just below $50,000 after record-high last month, in continuation of recent volatility The value of bitcoin has suffered a “thumping”, losing more than one-fifth of its value at at one point over the weekend before settling below $50,000 (£37,720), only a month after reaching a record high. The value of the cryptocurrency …
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We must curb the power of Silicon Valley and protect those who speak up about the harms of AI A year ago I found out, from one of my direct reports, that I had apparently resigned. I had just been fired from Google in one of the most disrespectful ways I could imagine. Thanks to …
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Study finds over half of teenagers sent non-consensual sexual images via social media apps reported it Schools and parents should do more to support students who are being sexually harassed through platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram, while the tech companies need to clamp down on non-consensual sexual images being sent to young people, according …
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I can’t have Octopus Energy’s Go tariff because the meter would interfere with air force systems A few months ago I decided to switch energy supplier and moved to Octopus Energy’s Go tariff, principally because it offers cheap electric car charging overnight at a rate of 5p/kWh. I applied to have the required smart meter …
I can’t charge my electric car cheaply because I’m too close to an RAF base Read More »
At a new exhibition at the reopening of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, technology and designs for a better future are on display If America has stood for anything, it’s surely forward-looking optimism. In New York, Chicago, Detroit and other shining cities, its soaring skyscrapers pointed to the future. But has the bubble burst …
‘Optimism is the only way forward’: the exhibition that imagines our future Read More »
We map out the rising number of high-tech surveillance and deterrent systems facing asylum seekers along EU borders From military-grade drones to sensor systems and experimental technology, the EU and its members have spent hundreds of millions of euros over the past decade on technologies to track down and keep at bay the refugees on …
Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees Read More »
Bitget reportedly loses licence after it promoted Army Coin, named after group’s ‘BTS army’ followers Singapore’s financial regulator has reportedly suspended Bitget, a crypto exchange that is mired in a row involving South Korea’s biggest boyband, BTS. Bitget has removed the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s logo from its website, the Guardian confirmed. The platform still …
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Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air In a warehouse laboratory in Berkeley, California, Nicholas Flanders stands in front of a shiny metal box about the size of a washing machine. Inside is a stack of …
From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 Read More »
The inventor on the joy of Hockney, a fear of forgetfulness and how his father taught him to sink or swim Born in Norfolk, Sir James Dyson, 74, studied at the Royal College of Art. He spent four years developing the cyclonic vacuum cleaner and went on to set up his company in 1992. Dyson …
Jack Dorsey will no longer steer the company he founded, but is this due to stagnating profits or a more fundamental change of direction? So Jack Dorsey has stepped down as the CEO of Twitter. This means that the company has had four CEOs in its 15 years of existence, with Dorsey occupying the role …
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