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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXThe Download: offshore rocket launches, and how DOGE plans to use AI
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off Want to send something to space? Get in line. The demand for rides off Earth is skyrocketing, with launches more than doubling over…
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UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says
Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sectorUK politics live – latest updatesA consultation on changes to UK copyright law is “fixed” in favour of artificial intelligence companies and will lead to a “wholesale” transfer of wealth from the creative industries to the tech sector, according to a crossbench peer campaigning against the mooted...
Zuckerberg’s swerve: how diversity went from being a Meta priority to getting cancelled
Meta once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech’s leader in corporate diversity. After those aspirations peaked in 2019, the company scuttled them altogetherIn 2019, Facebook set a goal for itself: ensure half of its workforce was from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds by 2024.The lofty ambition made the company stand out among its Silicon Valley peers. Maxine Williams, a longtime employee and chief...
Can AI help DOGE slash government budgets? It’s complex.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first,sign up here. No tech leader before has played the role in a new presidential administration that Elon Musk is playing now. Under his leadership, DOGE has entered offices in a half-dozen agencies and counting,…
The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off
Want to send something to space? Get in line. The demand for rides off Earth is skyrocketing, pushing even the busiest spaceports, like Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, to their operational limits. Orbital launches worldwide have more than doubled over the past four years, from about 100 to 250 annually. That number is projected to spiral…
AI chatbots distort and mislead when asked about current affairs, BBC finds
Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster’s news articles as sourceLeading artificial intelligence assistants create distortions, factual inaccuracies and misleading content in response to questions about news and current affairs, research has found.More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity were judged to have “...
The idea that everyone now has access to information is an illusion
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AI vs. Child Online Predators: How ROOST Is Creating An Online Safe Haven For Kids
As a cybersecurity professional and self-defense instructor, I’ve spent years teaching people how to protect themselves both online and…Continue reading on Medium »
My Personal Method for Tackling Big Projects
Effective Strategies and Practical Tips for Managing Complex Development TasksContinue reading on Medium »
How Successful Corporate Innovation Training Look Like in the Age of AI?
Many organizations treat employee training as a one-stop solution to foster innovation. However, some successful companies like 3M…Continue reading on Medium »
Should you buy SMCI tomorrow, February 11th?
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Elon Musk-led group makes surprise bid of nearly $100bn for OpenAI
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder, responded that he would not accept and offered to buy X insteadElon Musk escalated his feud with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, on Monday. The billionaire is leading a consortium of investors that announced it had submitted a bid of $97.4bn for “all assets” of the artificial intelligence company to OpenAI’s board of directors.The startup, which operates ChatGPT, has been...
Revelations of Israeli spyware abuse raise fears over possible use by Trump
After WhatsApp claimed 90 users were targeted last year, experts concerned over how US could use cyberweaponsEven as WhatsApp celebrated a major legal victory in December against NSO Group, the Israeli maker of one of the world’s most powerful cyberweapons, a new threat was detected, this time involving another Israel-based company that has previously agreed contracts with democratic governments around the world –...
‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit
Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainableThe impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.Emmanuel Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the...
Wait! The Sims is a lot bleaker than I remember
When EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of The Sims 1 and 2, I was delighted to return to a defining video game of millennial childhoods – but it feels different 25 years laterWhen I was growing up, the genre-defining dollhouse sim The Sims was the ultimate escape. I’d build dream homes, cultivate a neighbourhood of weird and wonderful friends and live out a fantasy adult life.So when EA surprise-dropped a rerelease of...
Want to know how the world ends? Try this Wikipedia page
Every year of human history has a dedicated entry. But surf far enough into the future, and you’ll find evaporating oceans, planetary collisions, and the ultimate apocalypse: the Big SlurpSee more from our column Internet wormhole, where writers share their favourite corner of the internetThis is the way the world ends: not with a bang, but with a … slurp? According to my favourite Wikipedia wormhole, that’s just one...
The Download: DOGE’s influences, and rescuing federal data from deletion
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they seem to be…
The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.
Your New Favorite Sex Toy Might Be a Drugstore ‘Egg’
Tenga, a sex toy company that originated in Japan, has gained an unusually loyal following. One of its most popular products is both futuristic and decidedly low-tech: disposable “eggs.”
Tech firms call for zonal electricity pricing in UK to fuel AI datacentres
Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe.A report paid for by the tech companies Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the UK’s electricity market by...
When Screens Remove Our Better Angels
McDonald’s discovered something unsettling when they rolled out their self-service kiosks. Well, unsettling for those of us who don’t own…Continue reading on Westenberg »
The Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Diagnostics
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Professional Gaslighting: How Performative Advice on LinkedIn Dismisses Real Concerns
LinkedIn, originally a platform designed for professional networking, has transformed into a mixed space of excessive self-promotion…Continue reading on Medium »
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10 ‘Dumb’ Java Inheritance Questions You’re Probably Asking (But Shouldn’t Ignore!)
Don’t let hesitation hold you back—Hold these essential concepts in Inheritance to strengthen your OOP concepts.Continue reading on Level Up Coding »
From Dogecoin to $Trump: everything you need know about the wild world of meme coins
Are they the same as crypto, why has the US president launched one, and who’s really coining it in? Here’s a complete guide to the latest digital money maniaThree days before his inauguration as US president, Donald Trump made an unusual move. He launched $Trump, a so-called meme coin that fans and speculators could buy in the hopes it would gain value. Initially, $Trump soared from a value of $7 to $75 per coin in a...
10 Must-Have Laptops Trending in 2025
Find out the best laptops for 2025. They have the latest tech and performance. Top brands like Apple, Acer, and Asus are on the list. Each…Continue reading on Medium »
What If Your Phone Could Smell Danger Before You Did?
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night, disoriented. There’s a faint, unfamiliar scent in the air—something chemical, maybe even…Continue reading on Medium »
Google Maps changed the way we get around. It all began in a spare bedroom in Sydney
This weekend the mapping platform turns 20 – and Stephen Ma is writing himself and his friends back into its origin storyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStephen Ma has every right to claim bragging rights for helping to hatch the world’s most popular online mapping platform. Instead, for the past two decades Ma, one of the four co-founders...
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sitesWe didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been?Gambling companies are covertly tracking visitors to their websites and sending their data to Facebook’s parent company without consent in an apparent breach of data protection laws.The information is then being used by Facebook’s owner, Meta, to...
Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government?
The billionaire’s cost-cutting ‘Doge’ staff includes wealthy executives, far-right ideologues and young engineersElon Musk’s rapid attempt to defund and depopulate the federal government has thrown US politics into chaos while the billionaire’s so-called “department of government efficiency” seizes control of operations at key agencies. Carrying out this hostile takeover are a team of staffers made up of wealthy...
What does Elon Musk believe?
The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathiesElon Musk is not a people person, as millions around the world will be able to attest after the planet’s richest man cut off food supplies, healthcare and probably even life itself to some of the most vulnerable without so...
Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports
Time and boundaries dissolve in these spaces while people become charged with stress, anxiety, and excitement. Throw in a drink or two, and it’s no wonder people aren’t themselves.
PlayStation Network outage leads to rush of complaints from gamers
Problems began in UK at about midnight on Friday, with more than 71,000 users complaining of losing access to online eventsThe PlayStation Network (PSN) is down, depriving online gamers around the world from accessing weekend events.The PSN is the service that Sony’s PlayStation console owners use to access its online gaming network. It allows players to connect with other gamers around the world. Continue reading...