Tag:Technology
Hobbies
Don’t break the streak! How a daily ritual can enrich your life – or become an unhealthy obsession
Anyone who spotted the run Tom Vickery uploaded to exercise tracking app Strava on 18 February last year might have been a little confused....
Australia news
Tech firms face ‘harsh’ fines and lawsuits from parents under SA plan to ban children from social media
Social media companies will be slapped with “harsh” fines if they allow children under 14 to create accounts and risk lawsuits from parents of...
Artificial intelligence (AI)
‘If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes’: confessions of a chatbot helper
For several hours a week, I write for a technology company worth billions of dollars. Alongside me are published novelists, rising academics and several...
Advertising
Google using anti-competitive tactics in UK ad market, claims watchdog
The UK competition watchdog has accused Google of anti-competitive behaviour in the market for buying and selling ads on websites, in a move that...
France
Telegram to drop ‘people nearby’ feature and improve moderation
The chief executive of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has announced the messaging app will improve moderation on the platform and has removed some features that...
Europe
Pavel Durov: Telegram founder says France arrest is ‘misguided’
The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, under investigation in France, has said that French authorities should have approached his company with...
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Republican voters less confident than Democrats in spotting AI deepfakes, poll shows
Only one in four registered voters have strong confidence in their ability to tell the difference between real and AI-generated visual content, according to...
Business
Trump would make the US economy weaker, less competitive and less equal | Joseph Stiglitz
The US presidential election in November is critical for many reasons. At stake is not only the survival of American democracy, but also sound...
Latest news
Why is the Bank being cautious in delaying rate cuts?
After the Federal Reserve’s monster 0.5 percentage point cut in US borrowing costs on Wednesday, it seemed strange that...
Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal
Axel Springer has struck a €13.5bn (£11.3bn) deal that will see its media assets, which include Politico, Business Insider...
U.S. Taxpayer Data at Risk? LockBit Ransomware Claims Attack on IRS-Authorized eFile
Sensitive tax information of citizens in the U.S. could potentially be stolen after the notorious LockBit ransomware group...
Must read
Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...