The GuardianNowTwitter says it suspends 1m spam users a day as Elon Musk dispute deepensverified_publisherThe GuardianTwitter has revealed it is suspending more than 1m spam accounts a day, as Elon Musk threatens to walk away from buying the business in a dispute over fake users. The new figure, confirmed by the social media platform on Thursday, represents a doubling of its previous update. Its chief executive, …
The GuardianNowTech platforms face UK ban on blocking news providers before appealverified_publisherThe Guardian - Dan MilmoTech platforms will be barred from taking down news content in the UK until an appeal has been heard against the decision, ministers have said. A change to the online safety bill means that articles in breach of a service’s terms and conditions cannot be removed or hidden until the publisher has …
The Guardian17 hours agoElon Musk fathered twins with one of his executives last year – reportverified_publisherThe Guardian - Kari PaulElon Musk fathered two children last year with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his artificial intelligence company Neuralink, new court documents show. The world’s wealthiest man now has nine known children, including five children with his first wife, Justine Musk, and two with the singer Claire …
The Guardian1 day agoApple to launch ‘lockdown mode’ to protect against Pegasus-style hacksverified_publisherThe Guardian - Dan Milmo and Stephanie KirchgaessnerApple is launching a “lockdown mode” for its devices to protect people – including journalists and human rights activists – targeted by hacking attacks like those launched by government clients of NSO Group using its Pegasus spyware. Apple will roll out the setting in the autumn and believes it …
The Guardian1 day agoUK watchdog opens investigation into Amazon’s marketplace practicesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sarah Butler and ReutersThe UK competition watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Amazon has been giving its own brands and those using its logistics services unfair advantage over third-party rivals on its online marketplace. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it opened an investigation on …
The Guardian1 day agoFrom Hitchhiker’s Paranoid Android to Wall-E: why are pop culture robots so sad?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Nicholas RussellStarting last fall, Blake Lemoine began asking a computer about its feelings. An engineer for Google’s Responsible AI group, Lemoine was tasked with testing one of the company’s AI systems, the Language Model for Dialogue Applications, or LaMDA, to make sure it didn’t start spitting out hate …
