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What do UK watchdog's new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

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What do UK watchdog's new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications

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EU aims to ensure foreign governments or firms cannot disrupt tech services with ‘kill switch’

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EU aims to ensure foreign governments or firms cannot disrupt tech services with ‘kill switch’

European Commission proposals aim to reduce ‘risky dependencies’ on foreign suppliers in cloud computing, AI and semiconductors

3 months ago

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Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

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Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts

3 months ago

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Highly successful people use 5 phrases to disagree with their bosses: You’ll ‘earn their respect and trust,’ says expert

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Highly successful people use 5 phrases to disagree with their bosses: You’ll ‘earn their respect and trust,’ says expert

"The most successful communicators can tactfully disagree with senior leaders without hurting their own reputation," says executive coach Melody Wilding.

3 months ago

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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

3 months ago

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Mina the Hollower review

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Mina the Hollower review

PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox; Yacht Club GamesThis brilliant adventure creates a whole world from one character with a unique ability

3 months ago

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Doomscrolling: is it really worth five years of your one wild and precious life?

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Doomscrolling: is it really worth five years of your one wild and precious life?

A new survey reveals the average person in Britain will spend 41,000 hours flicking idly between news apps and social media – and, in all likelihood, getting increasingly miserable

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SNL UK’s Larry Dean: ‘That heckle was so harsh it left my heart pounding!’

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SNL UK’s Larry Dean: ‘That heckle was so harsh it left my heart pounding!’

The Glaswegian standup on joining the ego-less Saturday Night Live, smiling at himself in the mirror and why he’s not slept in his new house

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Martin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboards

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Martin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboards

The director defends investment in and use of AI-generated storyboards, saying the immediacy of communicating his vision to cast and crew is ‘creatively freeing’

3 months ago

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Sixty thousand love letters and counting: volunteers help sift through vast German trove of devotion

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Sixty thousand love letters and counting: volunteers help sift through vast German trove of devotion

Team is working to digitise archive of correspondence donated by public, charting relationships, social history and evolution of language

3 months ago

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Europe Unveils Tech Sovereignty Package Amid Growing Concerns Over Reliance on U.S. Tech: 'We Want to Be Sure Nobody Has a Kill Switch'

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Europe Unveils Tech Sovereignty Package Amid Growing Concerns Over Reliance on U.S. Tech: 'We Want to Be Sure Nobody Has a Kill Switch'

The proposals include new acts to bolster advanced chip manufacturing and homegrown cloud computing.

3 months ago

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From God of War to Until Dawn

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From God of War to Until Dawn

The PS5 era has been in some ways disappointing for Sony – on Tuesday, the company revealed a slate of games they hope will change that

3 months ago

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