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With a net worth of about £136 billion, Elon Musk was this month crowned the richest man on the planet. It has been a dramatic rise to the top for Musk, with his wealth increasing fivefold in 2020, finally pushing Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who had held the title since 2017, into second place. The … Read more
Selena Gomez has doubled down on her criticism of tech leaders for allowing ‘hate groups’ and ‘misinformation’ to thrive on social media. The 28-year-old singer last week issued a fiery statement on social media after supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC to protest his election loss to President-elect … Read more
Poland vows to stop social media tech giants censoring free speech in wake of Twitter’s Donald Trump ban Social media sites would only be allowed to ban accounts for breaking Polish law Five-member ‘freedom of speech council’ would consider censorship claims Several European governments have voiced concern over power of US firms By Afp Published: … Read more
A coalition of health organizations and technology companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, are working on a project that verifies who has received the coronavirus vaccination and prevent others from making false claims they have. Called Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), the venture aims to help people get encrypted digital copies of their immunization records stored in … Read more
Is there a Doctor in the House? Tory MP Scott Mann sounds like a DALEK in Commons debate thanks to Zoom call tech glitch The House of Commons was a holding debate over the impact of ‘long Covid’ Tory MP Scott Mann appeared on video link but suffered technical problems Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans intervened … Read more
Dr Mike Lynch is that rarest of rare birds: a super-successful British tech entrepreneur. Hailing from a modest background – he is the son of a fireman and a nurse from Essex – he became one of the most extraordinary scientists and businessmen this country has ever produced. Yet instead of being feted, he is … Read more
Elon Musk has torn into the ‘West Coast high tech’ who have turned into the ‘de facto arbiter of free speech’ after Amazon scrubbed Parler from the internet. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO had replied to a satirical tweet about Twitter and Facebook banning Donald Trump from their platforms. Twitter also permanently banned Trump loyalists as part … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to U.S. government-funded airwaves on Monday where he described recent actions by tech titans to curb free speech including on platforms like Twitter and Facebook as being ‘a kind of censorial instinct that is dangerous.’ Pompeo used the speech on Voice Of America to deliver a full-throated defense of … Read more
It’s a struggle that many spectacle-wearers face on a daily basis, but the days of fumbling around for your reading glasses could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new pair of ‘tunable’ glasses. The futuristic glasses can change their strength with a turn of a dial, depending on what the wearer … Read more
The RUFF guide to your dog’s mood: New £73 canine collar uses AI tech to analyse barks and tell owners how their prized pooch is feeling Petpuls uses artificial intelligence to determine the animal’s emotional wellbeing South Korean company compares dog’s bark with database of 100,000 samples Collar can categorise bark into five emotional states from happy, anxious … Read more