‘I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,’ she said in a petition Elon Musk’s 18-year-old daughter has legally changed her name to dissassociate herself from her billionaire father, legal filings that came to light Monday show. “I no longer live with or …
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Musk’s comments, echoing other CEOs, are accompanied by plan to lay off 10% of Tesla’s salaried staff Elon Musk has warned that a US recession is “more likely than not” to come soon as the Tesla chief executive confirmed plans to cut 10% of salaried staff at the electric carmaker over the next three months. …
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Pilot schools are recruiting instructors to meet demand for more sustainable and cheaper training Pilot training schools in the UK are actively looking for instructors who can teach on electric-powered aeroplanes, as the surging price of fuel gives a boost to the country’s emerging zero-emissions market. The global electric aviation industry remains in its infancy, …
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Tests where you are asked to spot traffic lights or type out wobbly letters may be a thing of the past An annoyance, an important security feature, an uncomfortable existential request: however you feel about being asked to prove you are not a robot, it has become a daily occurrence for most of us, but …
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Company co-founded by Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel has been criticised for US defence and immigration contracts For a company tipped to provide the NHS’s new overarching data platform, it is appropriate that Palantir Technologies is named after an all-seeing orb. Palantir, which draws its name from the powerful crystal balls deployed in JRR Tolkien’s The …
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AR smart glasses with displays now widely available in UK but must be connected to a smartphone to work The first widely available augmented reality glasses have hit the UK high street, putting TV shows, movies and games on a big virtual screen just in front of your eyes. But while the Nreal Air are …
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The dating app’s new category offers visibility to those who have long felt isolated when it comes to sex Every month, nearly 11 million gay men around the world go on the Grindr app to look for sex with other men. Once there, they can scroll through an endless stream of guys, from handsome to …
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‘Fearless’ female tech tycoon is at war with Mad Men in a rollercoaster takeover battle for UK-based advertising agency Days after starting her first job in the male-dominated tech industry, a then 22-year-old Vin Murria was told she would never be successful because she was young, female and Asian. Fast forward four decades and Vinodka …
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Josep Maria García got the shock of his life when he found his image with an article that went on to clock up two billion hits Soon after the pandemic plunged Spain into confinement, Josep Maria García received a panicked call from his brother-in-law. “He told me not to worry, but that I should google …
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The fuss about a bot’s ‘consciousness’ obscures far more troubling concerns ‘I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person.” So claimed a Google software program, creating a bizarre controversy over the past week in AI circles and beyond. The programme is called LaMDA, an acronym for Language Model for Dialogue Applications, …
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