Facebook’s CEO can’t tell you when he learnt about Cambridge Analytica nor why the social giant allows false news in political ads.
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More than 200m homes now have a smart speaker providing voice-controlled access to the internet, according to one global estimate. Add…
The new payment option enables Raru shoppers to enjoy the convenience of the Payflex shop-now pay-later offering, paying for their purchase in 4 equal payments spanning 6 weeks without incurring any extra costs: Zero interest. Zero fees. Zero catch.
This week in Light Start, we’re looking at a new Galaxy Fold, Gmail goes dark mode too, Tesla launches new solar roof tiles and a rumoured new drone.
Wow. WeWork is not just a case study of how not to do an initial public offering (IPO), but of how not to run a business.
So far, though, attempts to build supercomputer brains have not even come close. A multi-billion-dollar European project that began in 2013 is now largely understood to have failed. That effort has shifted to look more like a similar but less ambitious project in the U.S., developing new software tools for researchers to study brain data, rather than simulating a brain.
Big data hasn’t levelled the playing field. It has simply allowed wealthy organisations and individuals to further entrench their dominance. And regulators can’t keep up. New technologies make it almost impossible to trace the global flow of money World4Brexit may receive to fund its political campaigning
Digital platforms, the websites and apps which compete for our precious screen time, have successfully invaded the traditional territory of many sectors of the “old economy”. They have become the preferred – expected, even – domains for many kinds of human behaviour, from banking and property buying, to dating and entertainment.
This week in Light Start – no more loot boxes for Activision, Windows 7 will run out of time, Samsung losing its grip on China, and the ultimae hacker.
Reports of Facebook moderators’ appalling working conditions have been making headlines worldwide. Workers say they are burning out as they moderate vast flows of violent content under pressure, with vague, ever-changing guidelines. They describe unclean, dangerous contractor workplaces. Moderators battle depression, addiction, and even post-traumatic stress disorder from the endless parade of horrors they consume.