The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres It’s been called “the largest coal-powered machine on Earth” – and most of us use it countless times a day.The internet and its associated digital industry are estimated to produce about the same emissions annually as aviation. But we barely…
America’s military-industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Competitiveness, where a fire-breathing panel set the toneOn 7 and 8 May in Washington DC, the city’s biggest convention hall welcomed America’s military-industrial complex, its top technology companies and its most outspoken justifiers of war crimes. Of course, that’s not how they would describe…
Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video callBusiness live – latest updatesThe British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending HK$200m (£20m) to criminals by an artificial intelligence-generated video call.Hong Kong police said in February that…
Town of Grünheide approved the US automaker’s plan on Thursday to double the capacity of the site, despite oppositionEnvironmental protesters vowed to keep up the pressure on Tesla after failing to stop plans by Elon Musk’s company from expanding its sprawling electric vehicle plant outside Berlin.The town council of Grünheide, guarded by police and plain-clothed…
Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhibit connecting people in the two citiesThe artist behind the controversial “Portal” art exhibit that visually linked New York and Dublin in real time, but was then closed due to rowdy and extreme behavior by the public using it, has admitted…
How can one broom tear apart a Canadian curling community? John Cullen investigates in Broomgate. Plus: five of the best post-apocalyptic podcasts• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBroomgateWidely available, episodes weeklyNever before has a broom been responsible for so much scandal – in 2015, the Canadian curling community was rocked…
Annapurna Interactive; PC, SwitchThis compulsive atavistic mystery is told through bewildering yet tantalising non-linear narrative strands that the player must tease apartIt is both a pleasure and a relief to discover that while the titans of the mainstream games industry are tearing themselves apart in their unquenchable thirst for shareholder value, there are still smaller…
Cannes film festivalFirst-time actor Agathe Riedinger is a wannabe influencer from the wrong side of the tracks in this forthright and fluent filmFeature first-timer Agathe Riedinger is bringing the TikTok energy for this story of a wannabe Insta influencer-princess from the wrong side of the tracks – but the director is also bringing some pretty…
Temu is facing a fresh legal complaint filed by 17 companies in the European Union. Tech News – Latest Technology and Gadget News | Sky News Temu is facing a fresh legal complaint filed by 17 companies in the European Union.
Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad PeopleFor nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy and security trust the messaging app Signal, or was the Telegram platform a better alternative?…