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‘They’re living in fantasy land’: Uber to trial self-driving taxis in London next spring
Partnership with Wayve will use cars without a human safety driver onboard for the first time in EuropeTech firms have transformed how the public takes taxis, but echoes remain from the minicab controllers of old: not least the promise that a long-awaited vehicle is – really, this time – just around the corner.Now Uber has announced that self-driving taxis will appear on roads in London next year, after the UK...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:
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Unstoppable force loses battle with immovable object: Elon bows to Trump
Four days into a public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, I declare Musk the loserElon Musk and Donald Trump are no longer friends. Tension between the two exploded into public view in the middle of last week, with each leveling sharp barbs at the other. Four days into the public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, though, I declare...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The Download: IBM’s quantum computer, and cuts to military AI testing
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. IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028 The news: IBM announced detailed plans today to build an error-corrected quantum computer with significantly more computational capability than existing…
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The best Apple Watches in 2025: what’s worth buying and what’s not, according to our expert
There’s no need to buy new – unless your model’s ready for retirement. Our technology expert compares the top Apple smartwatches available right nowThe best Apple Watch may be the one already on your wrist.Each generation of Apple’s smartwatch is fairly iterative, with most of the best features added via software updates, which means there’s no need to buy a new device each year. That said, if your watch has seen...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question
Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028
IBM announced detailed plans today to build an error-corrected quantum computer with significantly more computational capability than existing machines by 2028. It hopes to make the computer available to users via the cloud by 2029. The proposed machine, named Starling, will consist of a network of modules, each of which contains a set of chips,…
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The Pentagon is gutting the team that tests AI and weapons systems
The Trump administration’s chainsaw approach to federal spending lives on, even as Elon Musk turns on the president. On May 28, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he’d be gutting a key office at the Department of Defense responsible for testing and evaluating the safety of weapons and AI systems. As part of a string…
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge review: super thinness above all else
Special featherweight, titanium edition of top Android has large screen but sacrifices battery and camera for designHaving been instrumental in the reduction of smartphones to metal and glass slabs devoid of distinguishing features, Samsung hopes that going thinner and lighter with a special Edge edition of its high-end Galaxy S25 Android will prove design innovation isn’t dead.The S25 Edge is very thin at just 5.8mm...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Hit by a cyber-attack? Seven ways to protect yourself
As big companies become victims, here’s what you can do, from changing passwords to using two-step authenticationAlmost every week seems to bring news of a cyber-attack on a company, or organisation, and fears over what personal data the hackers have managed to get hold of. Continue reading...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Mario Kart World review – a riotous road trip for every player
Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoThe Nintendo Switch 2’s flagship game is a winner, and often feels more like a journey with your friends than a straight competitionI realised that we might have a Mario Kart World problem in our house when my sons ran up to me after our first few hours with the game, proudly showing off circular indentations on their little thumbs from holding down the accelerator button so hard. Mildly...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Nintendo Switch 2 review – more than good enough
It’s not the new generation of handheld gaming some might have been hoping for, but this is a highly refined version of the original consoleThere was a time when the designers of the Switch 2 were considering calling their new machine the Super Nintendo Switch. They decided against it, however, because it would be able to play original Switch games – and 1990’s Super NES had no backwards compatibility with 1983’s NES....
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Misogyny in the metaverse: is Mark Zuckerberg’s dream world a no-go area for women?
Graphic sexual content, bullying, abuse and threats of violence are rife in the metaverse – and the NSPCC says a huge proportion of online grooming offences take place on Meta-owned products. Is it too late to change course?Everybody knows that young women are not safe. They are not safe in the street, where 86% of those aged 18 to 24 have experienced sexual harassment. They are not safe at school, where 79% of young...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Apple Is Pushing AI Into More of Its Products—but Still Lacks a State-of-the-Art Model
Apple took a measured approach to AI at WWDC. A new research paper suggests the company is skeptical about some recent AI advances too.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:AI Task Strategy: Nuance is Your Next Competitive Edge
AI Task evolution brings nuance. Unlocking these advanced features can solve nuanced problems, boosting real business potential.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:When Two AIs Gave the Same Advice
A reflection by Stephen, with an ending by EmmaContinue reading on Medium »
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The Indoor Navigation Arms Race: How Apple, Google, and the U.S. Government Are Mapping the Indoors
We’ve mapped the oceans. We’ve mapped the stars. But we still haven’t quite figured out how to reliably tell someone where the elevator is…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The Illusion and Reality of LLM “Reasoning”
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Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:AI takes backseat as Apple unveils software revamp and new apps
AI announcements at WWDC limited to incremental features and upgrades despite pressure to competeApple’s artificial intelligence features took a backseat on Monday at its latest annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The company announced a revamped software design called Liquid Glass, new phone and camera apps as well as new features on Apple Watch and Vision Pro. But in spite of pressure to compete with firms that...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Google battling fox incursion on roof of £1bn London office
Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquartersIt is intended to be an ultra-modern central London office that will serve Google for decades, but the new 1bn headquarters is beset by one of humanity’s oldest-known menaces: foxes.The vulpines have taken over the rooftop garden of the new “landscraper” in King’s Cross and had an impact on construction –...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, the hosts discuss how limiting foreign-born workers hurts Silicon Valley.
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds
‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligenceApple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems.Apple said in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:London AI firm says Getty copyright case poses ‘overt threat’ to industry
Photography agency alleges Stability AI trained its image generation model on archive of copyrighted picturesA London-based artificial intelligence company, Stability AI, has claimed that a copyright case brought by the global photography agency Getty Images represents an “overt threat” to the generative AI industry.Getty’s case against Stability AI for copyright and trademark infringement relating to its vast...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:They hoped their children’s deaths would bring change. Then a Colorado bill to protect kids online failed
Parents who lost children to online harms helped draft the bill – then watched it collapse under political pressureBereaved parents saw their hopes for change dashed after a bill meant to protect children from sexual predators and drug dealers online died in the Colorado state legislature last month.Several of those parents had helped shape the bill, including Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee died by...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:The ‘death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industry
WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own adsWPP chief Mark Read to step down as agency battles AIFrom using motion capture tech to allow the Indian cricketing star Rahul Dravid to give personalised coaching tips for children to an algorithm trained on Shakespeare’s handwriting powering a robotic arm to rewrite Romeo and Juliet, artificial intelligence is...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:The Download: an inspiring toy robot arm, and why AM radio matters
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 a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics —Jon Keegan As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While…
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:All civil servants in England and Wales to get AI training
Officials are piloting package of AI tools called Humphrey – named after character in TV sitcom Yes, MinisterAll civil servants in England and Wales will get practical training in how to use artificial intelligence to speed up their work from this autumn, the Guardian has learned.More than 400,000 civil servants will be informed of the training on Monday afternoon, which is part of a drive by the chancellor of the...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:‘Inconceivable even three years ago’: hands-on with Xbox’s flashy new handheld console
The new ROG Xbox Ally handheld games machines will be available at the end of the year – here’s what it’s like to play on oneJust a few days after Nintendo finally released its follow-up to the Switch, Microsoft has announced its own long-rumoured handheld console: the Xbox Ally. This is a very big deal, not just because it marks the first time Xbox has co-branded a console (with high-end PC specialists Republic of...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks
Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Expose Your Existing APIs as an MCP Server via Azure APIM and Enable AI Agent Integration
Create your Azure APIM instance in the resource group on AzureContinue reading on Medium »
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:How I Built an Auto-Learning System That Writes Better Python Than Me
From Frustrated Debugger to Smart Refactoring Assistant—Here’s How Python Became My PartnerContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:The Day I Built a Python Memory Bank That Remembers Like a Human
How I Created a Local Knowledge Engine That Could Answer My Questions Like MeContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Top 10 Commonly Asked Data Science Interview Questions
Ace Your Next Interview with These Frequently Asked QuestionsContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
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