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Forever running out of juice? Top up your battery-powered devices with our expert picks, from tiny smartphone chargers to portable power banks and even a power hat• The best iPhones in 2025: which Apple smartphone is right for youIt’s disempowering when your smartphone, laptop or other important gadget runs out of battery. With the flash of a graphic or a plaintive bleep, we lose a way to entertain ourselves, get...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Former Sinn Féin president says Facebook owner included at least seven of his books in trawl of copyright materialThe former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is considering legal action against Meta because it may have used his books to train artificial intelligence.Adams said the tech company included at least seven of his books in a vast trawl of copyright material to develop its AI systems. “Meta has used many of my...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The billionaire’s Doge may be secretly recording meetings in at least two agencies, according to emails from senior officialsAt the Department of Veterans Affairs, a senior official warned employees in an email that virtual meetings were being secretly recorded. Anyone dissatisfied with Donald Trump’s decisions should be careful about voicing their opinions, the official cautioned.Over at the state department, IT staff...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Pupils to be separated from devices for entire school day from September after trial of ‘digital pause’ schemeFrance is to tighten its ban on the use of mobile phones in middle schools, making pupils at the ages of 11 to 15 shut away their devices in a locker or pouch at the start of the day and access them again only as they are leaving.The education minister told the senate she wanted children to be fully separated...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Sometimes Lizzie Wilson shows up to a rave with her AI sidekick. One weeknight this past February, Wilson plugged her laptop into a projector that threw her screen onto the wall of a low-ceilinged loft space in East London. A small crowd shuffled in the glow of dim pink lights. Wilson sat down and started…
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the futureBlack Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future.Each new innovation gets an allegory: smartphones as tools for a new age caste system, robot dogs as overzealous human hunters, drones as a...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Chip, memory and webcam upgrades are joined by welcome price cut for the top premium notebookApple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting.The company’s thinnest and lightest laptop currently starts at 999 (1,199/$999/A$1,699) – 100 less than last year’s model – and has Apple’s top M4 chip...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’The global rush to AI technology will require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today, but only about half of the demand is likely to be met from renewable sources.Processing data, mainly for AI, will consume more electricity in the US alone by 2030 than manufacturing steel,...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Hedgehog Markets airdrops are basically free tokens given out by fresh or existing blockchain projects to promote their initiatives or…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Introduction: The world of crypto is buzzing with excitement over the concept of airdrops. For those unfamiliar, airdrops are a way for…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:In an era where digital transformation is rapidly reshaping the financial landscape, few figures stand out as prominently as Kotaro…Continue reading on Medium »
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Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Has the idea of launching your own token ever crossed your mind? Imagine watching it take off, getting traded across platforms like Serum…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Most people are too busy staring at the shiny object to see the system behind it.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Discover how Dmail Network is shaping the future of decentralized communication.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Business owners warn taxes may increase parts prices, making electronics repairs more costly than beforeTariffs that took effect in the US at midnight on Wednesday are expected to make buying new smartphones more expensive. But opting to fix an old or damaged device as a way to save money may not avoid a higher bill.“We do expect that we’ll have to increase our own parts prices some, too, unfortunately,” said Elizabeth...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Update: Since this story was first published in The Spark, our weekly climate newsletter, the White House announced that most reciprocal tariffs would be paused for 90 days. That pause does not apply to China, which will see an increased tariff rate of 125%. Today, new tariffs go into effect for goods imported into the…
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:BYD’s premium sub-brand is all set to take on Audi, BMW, and Mercedes with its crab-walking, blowout-beating Z9GT leading the charge.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Zico Kolter, a Carnegie Mellon professor and board member at OpenAI, tells WIRED about the dangers of AI agents interacting with one another—and why models need to be more resistant to attacks.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Jason Momoa and Jack Black’s review-retardant blockbuster is bringing living memes – and lessons about teen audiences – to cinemasThis week I took my son, Zac, to see the new Minecraft movie, which is hardly a remarkable statement in the highly video game-branded world of 21st-century cinema – except that what followed was not typical at all. At least, not yet.As you may have seen from a number of bewildered news...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Up to five sites with power-hungry supercomputers and datacentres planned to drive AI ‘moonshots’Europe live – latest updatesThe EU has revealed details of a 20bn (17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while opening the door to amending its landmark law that regulates the technology.Publishing a strategy to turn...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source: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. A new biosensor can detect bird flu in five minutes Over the winter, eggs suddenly became all but impossible to buy. As a bird flu outbreak rippled through dairy and poultry farms, grocery…
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Over the winter, eggs suddenly became all but impossible to buy. As a bird flu outbreak rippled through dairy and poultry farms, grocery stores struggled to keep them on shelves. The shortages and record-high prices in February raised costs dramatically for restaurants and bakeries and led some shoppers to skip the breakfast staple entirely. But…
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Nuclear reactors could someday power a chemical plant in Texas, making it the first with such a facility onsite. The factory, which makes plastics and other materials, could become a model for power-hungry data centers and other industrial operations going forward. The plans are the work of Dow Chemical and X-energy, which last week applied…
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Ofcom’s first investigation to look into whether site took adequate measures to shield users from illegal contentThe UK communications regulator has announced its first investigation under the new digital safety laws with an inquiry into an online suicide forum.Ofcom is investigating whether the site breached the Online Safety Act by failing to put in place adequate measures to shield its users from illegal content....
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:7 amazing new features they’ve added in the new Wave 6 update.Continue reading on Coding Beauty »
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Immutable audit trails and trust at scale—enabled by Rekord’s multi-chain verification engine.Continue reading on Rekord AG »
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Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Let’s be real: the 2025 economy is on the road to recession, and the job market reflects that.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Astro Bot wins in five categories as the night’s most nominated Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II victorious in just oneIn a video game year dominated by dark, bloody fantasy adventures – and continued job losses and studio closures – it was a cute robot that stole the night at the 2025 Bafta video game awards. Sony’s family-friendly platformer Astro Bot won in five categories at yesterday evening’s ceremony, including best...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people,...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:In Australia, a team of artists and scientists have resurrected the US composer Alvin Lucier. It raises a storm of questions about AI and authorship – and it’s also incredibly beautifulIn a darkened room, a fractured symphony of rattles, hums and warbles bounces off the walls – like an orchestra tuning up in some parallel universe. But there’s not a musician in sight.If you look closely there is a small fragment of a...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source: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. Game of clones: Colossal’s new wolves are cute, but are they dire? For several years now, Texas-based company Colossal Biosciences has been in the news for its plans to re-create woolly mammoths someday.…
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Under-16s will be barred from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permissionMeta is expanding its safety measures for teenagers on Instagram with a block on livestreaming, as the social media company extends its under-18 safeguards to the Facebook and Messenger platforms.Under-16s will be barred from using Instagram’s Live feature unless they have parental permission. They will also require parental...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Somewhere in the northern US, drones fly over a 2,000-acre preserve, protected by a nine-foot fence built to zoo standards. It is off-limits to curious visitors, especially those with a passion for epic fantasies or mythical creatures. The reason for such tight security? Inside the preserve roam three striking snow-white wolves—which a startup called Colossal…
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