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Europe’s AI translation industry told it risks reputation by partnering with US firms

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Partnership between top startup DeepL and Amazon comes amid concern about Silicon Valley’s monopoly over digital infrastructureAI companies in Europe risk losing their world-leading status in the field of machine translation, industry figures have said, after the decision by one of the continent’s leading startups to partner with Amazon’s cloud computing division provoked alarm.While businesses […]

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Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial

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Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while

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From ‘it helped me stick to a routine’ to ‘I despise it’: 11 people explain how they’re using AI for fitness

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While some are using AI to tailor programs better suited to their needs, others warn ‘it can be wrong, confidently so’People have mixed feelings about AI. While many people regularly use it – 62% in the US and 69% in the UK – trust in the technology is low. In the US, only 26% of

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‘Your craft is obsolete’: WiseTech staff in limbo as AI touted as better than humans

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The software company said in February it would cut 2,000 jobs but, as it touts new technology, workers are still waiting to hear which roles will goFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStaff at WiseTech have been waiting almost three months to be

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Silicon Six: How Big Tech Avoided $278 Billion in Tax

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The Silicon Six avoided $278bn in US taxes over a decade. Here’s how Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Netflix & Microsoft did it — and why it keeps happening. The post Silicon Six: How Big Tech Avoided $278 Billion in Tax appeared first on 1redDrop.

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‘RAMageddon’: is the era of cheap phones and laptops over?

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Bargains are disappearing and the cost of gadgets such as MacBooks and PS5s is rising as AI competes for memory chipsThe end of the cheap laptop, the bargain phone and affordable games consoles may be on the horizon. Not because new models are more hi-tech, but because the cost of computer components has shot up.Recently,

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Galaxy S26 review: Samsung’s still-compact flagship Android

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Small top-tier Android is great to use, being fast, AI-loaded and with reasonable battery life, but falls short of rivals on cameraSamsung’s compact flagship phone hasn’t changed much in a year, but the S26 is still one of the best smaller handsets available as rivals grow larger and larger.The S26 is the cheapest and smallest

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Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds

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Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers sayThe rush to make AI chatbots more friendly has a troubling downside, researchers say. The warm personas make them prone to mistakes and sympathetic to crackpot beliefs.Chatbots trained to respond more warmly gave poorer answers, worse health advice

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I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?

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Physical phone blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the testWake up, 100 messages from group chat overnight about something – what? another assassination attempt; a village destroyed in Lebanon; the football result in England; the weather in Iran being manipulated; the pesticides

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Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms

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Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and InstagramThe tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms.Issuing the preliminary findings of a nearly two-year investigation, the European Commission said

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