The affordability of Sinclair’s revolutionary 1982 home computer let a generation of young bedroom coders make anarchic, punky games, and its hardware limitations merely fostered extra creativity • Clive Sinclair dies aged 81 – report One day, in the bitterly cold autumn of 1981, my dad brought something home with him which he said was …
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Navalny’s supporters say companies deleted tactical voting app from stores after pressure from Kremlin Supporters of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have accused Google and Apple of capitulating to Kremlin pressure after the two tech companies deleted his tactical voting app from their online stores. Both companies had come under significant pressure from …
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Artificial intelligence will be used to develop personalised treatments while investigating role of genetics The pharmaceuticals firm GSK has struck a five-year partnership with King’s College London to use artificial intelligence to develop personalised treatments for cancer by investigating the role played by genetics in the disease. The tie-up, which involves 10 of the drug …
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Study highlights vast churn in computer hardware that the cryptocurrency incentivises A single bitcoin transaction generates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing two iPhones in the bin, according to a new analysis by economists from the Dutch central bank and MIT. While the carbon footprint of bitcoin is well studied, less attention has …
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The writer and activist’s new show focuses on stories of personal growth, from the likes of Mabel and Olly Alexander. Plus: a shocking unsolved case is reopened in Suspect The Way We Are with Munroe BergdorfWriter and LGBTQ activist Bergdorf celebrates famous faces – among them Olly Alexander and Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall – who …
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New efforts will let vast amounts of false material slip through the cracks, according to climate advocates Facebook has announced new efforts to combat climate crisis misinformation on its platform, including by expanding its climate science center to provide more reliable information, investing in organizations that fight misinformation, and launching a video series to highlight …
Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81. His daughter, Belinda, said he died at home in London on Thursday morning after …
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Geofence location and keyword warrants are new law enforcement tools that have privacy experts concerned It was a routine bike ride around the neighborhood that landed Zachary McCoy in the crosshairs of the Gainesville, Florida, police department. In January 2020, an alarming email from Google landed in McCoy’s inbox. Police were requesting his user data, …
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Delivery drivers and warehouse workers are already monitored relentlessly. Now white-collar employees are getting a taste of surveillance capitalism The corporate handwringing started at almost the same time as the lockdown orders: “But if all of our workers are at home, where we can’t see them, how can we possibly know that they’re actually working?” …
Executive was found to be buying artworks shortly before they were promoted on site’s front page A non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace has introduced policies to ban insider trading, after an executive at the company was discovered to be buying artworks shortly before they were promoted on the site’s front page. OpenSea, one of the leading …
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