Alexa, can you make a Christmas No 1? As this year’s battle for the most played and bought track of the festive season reaches its
Category: Technology
More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD
More than 140 Facebook content moderators have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder caused by exposure to graphic social media content including murders, suicides,
‘The work damaged me’: ex-Facebook moderators describe effect of horrific content
When James Irungu took on a new job for the tech outsourcing company Samasource, his manager provided scant details before his training began. But the
EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink
The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, further widening the post-Brexit
Kate Bush joins campaign against AI using artists’ work without permission
Kate Bush has called on ministers to protect artists from AI using their copyrighted works amid growing concerns from high-profile creatives and ongoing political uncertainty
Losing our voice? Fears AI tone-shifting tech could flatten communication
Is that you? Or is it the bot? Linguists have said the nuance and character of human language is at risk, as Apple becomes the
Music tells the story of our lives – and trusty old Last.fm does it better than gaudy Spotify Wrapped
Like many music fans with a conscience, I use Spotify begrudgingly. I need to listen to a vast amount of music for work; I want
Government seeks Whitehall ‘startup’ culture with tech worker secondments
Tech employees will be seconded to work in Whitehall for year-long stints to help the UK government function “more like a startup” under plans to
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality,
Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms
There is “no route to net zero” that ignores the real concerns of businesses, a cabinet minister has warned, as the government prepares to reduce