Up for discussion in the first Guardian tech newsletter: can artificial intelligence enhance rather than replace us … internet age verification … plus Google’s €500m French fine Hello and welcome to the debut issue of TechScape, the Guardian’s newsletter on all things tech, and sometimes things not-tech if they’re interesting enough. I can’t tell you …
Welcome to TechScape: will AI make centaurs of us all? Read More »
Legal fight hopes to override previous ruling that drivers are not employees New Zealand Uber drivers are taking the global ride-share company to court, in the hopes of being legally determined as employees instead of contractors. It is the latest in a string of cases taken against the company and other ride-share apps, and the …
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Social news aggregator has had to grapple with growing calls to deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories on platform The head of social news aggregator Reddit has argued its own community and administrators are the best moderator against misinformation, as the company plans to open an office in Australia for the first time. In the …
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For his eighth birthday in 1959 David Pace was given a Brownie Hawkeye camera. The young boy photographed family, church, work, and school in the region of California that would become the tech giants’ home Continue reading… For his eighth birthday in 1959 David Pace was given a Brownie Hawkeye camera. The young boy photographed …
Silicon Valley before the silicon: a boy’s own story – in pictures Read More »
Outage means victims of Russia-linked cybercrime ring cannot pay ransom and can remain unnamed Websites run by the ransomware gang REvil suddenly became unreachable on Tuesday. Ransomware gang websites can be unreliable, and it was unclear whether the site’s disappearance was a momentary fluke or whether the hackers had been taken offline. Continue reading… Outage …
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Boris Johnson to demand that tech firms do more to tackle online abuse Boris Johnson has summoned tech companies to Downing Street to order them to do more to tackle online abuse, amid mounting criticism of the government after black England players were deluged with racist posts in the aftermath of their Euro 2020 defeat. …
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Does anyone still believe that any of the companies they call or email are labouring under higher-than-normal call volumes – especially given that that they all seem to have it “higher …
Why are companies always experiencing higher-than-normal call volumes? Read More »
Tech company must come up with proposals for how it would compensate agencies for use of their news France’s antitrust watchdog has fined Google €500m (£428m) for failing to comply with the regulator’s orders on how to conduct talks with the country’s news publishers in a row over copyright. The fine comes amid international pressure …
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Seizure follows confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June Metropolitan police detectives investigating international money laundering have seized nearly £180m of bitcoin. The seizure by the Met’s economic crime command follows a confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June. Continue reading… Seizure follows confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June Metropolitan police …
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While developing traditional narrative games is harder than it has ever been, Microsoft’s Xbox chief sees an opportunity in using modern platforms and tech to tell new stories Over the last decade, the concept of “games as a service” has revolutionised the way the interactive entertainment industry works. From the subscriptions introduced by massively multiplayer …
Phil Spencer on the future of Xbox: we still want to take risks with games Read More »
