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Shares in chip maker rise amid reports US government is also considering taking a stakeBusiness live – latest updatesSoftBank has agreed to invest $2bn (1.5bn) in Intel, amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is also considering a stake in the struggling US chip maker.The Japanese technology investor announced the multibillion-dollar deal on Tuesday, in a move expected to give it a 2% stake in the business....
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UK has backed down on demand to access US Apple user data, spy chief says
Tulsi Gabbbard says Home Office no longer demanding ‘backdoor’ to encrypted materialThe UK government has dropped its insistence that Apple allows law enforcement officials “backdoor” access to US customer data, Donald Trump’s spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, says.The US director of national intelligence posted the claim on X following a months-long dispute embroiling the iPhone manufacturer, the UK government and the US...
The Download: clean energy progress, and OpenAI’s trilemma
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. How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike —Joshua A. Basseches is the David and Jane Flowerree Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy at Tulane…
Drag x Drive review – wheelchair basketball that might give you wrist cramp
Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoNintendo’s latest sports game showcases its Joy-Con upgrades but sacrifices playability in the processWhen a new console is released, you can always expect at least one first-party game designed specifically to showcase its novel features. The PlayStation 5 had Astro’s Playroom, the Steam Deck had Aperture Desk Job, and for the Nintendo Switch 2 there’s Drag x Drive. Here, you play...
Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC’s Tech Scene Is Not
New York City tech leaders aren’t rattled by the prospect of a Mayor Mamdani. In fact, many of them welcome it.
How churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance
On a Sunday morning in a Midwestern megachurch, worshippers step through sliding glass doors into a bustling lobby—unaware they’ve just passed through a gauntlet of biometric surveillance. High-speed cameras snap multiple face “probes” per second, isolating eyes, noses, and mouths before passing the results to a local neural network that distills these images into digital…
Apple AirPods : a gateway hearing aid
When the US Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter hearing-aid software for Apple’s AirPods Pro in September 2024, with a device price point right around $200, I was excited. I have mild to medium hearing loss and tinnitus, and my everyday programmed hearing aids cost just over $2,000—a lower-cost option I chose after my audiologist…
How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike
The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared. Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed most of the clean energy incentives in former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Meanwhile, his EPA administrator moved to revoke the endangerment finding, the…
Should AI flatter us, fix us, or just inform us?
How do you want your AI to treat you? It’s a serious question, and it’s one that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has clearly been chewing on since GPT-5’s bumpy launch at the start of the month. He faces a trilemma. Should ChatGPT flatter us, at the risk of fueling delusions that can spiral out of…
How to Choose the Right Tech Stack for Multi-Team Projects
I still remember the meeting from hell. Three senior developers, two project managers, and me- sitting around a conference table for what…Continue reading on AWS in Plain English »
How Technology Gives ForteClaim the Edge in Modern Asset Recovery
In today’s digital-first world, financial crime has grown more sophisticated than ever. Scammers no longer rely on paper trails or simple…Continue reading on Medium »
Prior Authorization Automation: What to Outsource vs. What to Keep In-House
Fix your workflow with prior authorization automation. Our guide helps you build a model to save time and money.Continue reading on Medium »
You’re Not Using Python’s collections Module to Its Full Potential
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7 Times Python Proved It’s Still the King of Programming
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10 Libraries That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Python
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7 Async/Await Patterns Every JavaScript Developer Should Master
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The Demise of Tech Journalism
Tech publications are disappearing, not because readers stopped caring about thoughtful analysis, but because the funding compact that…Continue reading on Medium »
How to be a software engineer in 2025 without writing any code (by hand)
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Jasper AI Review
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LLM Classroom: Empowering the Creator Economy with AI Prompts
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape how we interact, learn, and create, the importance of quality prompts for large language…Continue reading on Medium »
Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws
Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression postsSocial media platforms are still pushing depression, suicide and self-harm-related content to teenagers, despite new online safety laws intended to protect children.The Molly Rose Foundation opened dummy accounts posing as a 15-year-old girl, and then engaged with suicide, self-harm and depression posts. This...
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promisesExposure to pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children’s commissioner for England has found.Dame Rachel de Souza said a survey found that more young people said they had been...
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dig into WIRED’s latest—from crude deportation memes to GPT-5’s negative reception.
Chatbot given power to close ‘distressing’ chats to protect its ‘welfare’
Anthropic found that Claude Opus 4 was averse to harmful tasks, such as providing sexual content involving minorsThe makers of a leading artificial intelligence tool are letting it close down potentially “distressing” conversations with users, citing the need to safeguard the AI’s “welfare” amid ongoing uncertainty about the burgeoning technology’s moral status.Anthropic, whose advanced chatbots are used by millions of...
‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus
Grownups get thrills from opening these collectibles they buy without knowing what they’re getting – but experts warn the craze is akin to gamblingJess has never touched a slot machine, played the lottery or bought a scratch-off, but she fears she may have a gambling problem nonetheless.This July, the 28-year-old found herself spending up to $270 a week on blind boxes – that is, surprise items that are sold in sealed,...
The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations
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. Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction by authors like Isaac Asimov or thought experiments like the Turing test.…
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel
Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?“I don’t feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI,” says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. “Even if it is copied, I feel confident there’s a part of me that will remain, which nobody can copy.”The 34-year old author is talking tome via Zoom from her...
How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession
Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts to gut the Department of Education, teaching kids looks different now. Silicon Valley’s answer? Microschools.
Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them
Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if LLMs are helpful tools or a cheat code. This is how they’re bringing AI to their curricula.
Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs
In 1943, while the world’s brightest physicists split atoms for the Manhattan Project, the American psychologist B.F. Skinner led his own secret government project to win World War II. Skinner did not aim to build a new class of larger, more destructive weapons. Rather, he wanted to make conventional bombs more precise. The idea struck…
A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral
When Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connectionBetsy Lerner doesn’t see herself as a TikTok star – though the New York Times described her as one – or an influencer. That means payment and swag – all she’s had is a free pen. “I really do it for myself,” she says, “and for the people who follow me”.Lerner, 64, has for 20 years worked as a literary agent...
‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis
Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new directionWhen the UK government announced the creation of the Alan Turing Institute in 2014 it promised a “fitting memorial” to the renowned computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer.More than a decade on, Britain’s leading AI institute is in turmoil as staff warn it may be in danger of collapse and...
4 Python Number Things I Wish I Knew Earlier
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How I Made $1,000 in a Week Using AI Videos
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The Python Library That Feels Like Having an AI Intern
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