The Facebook chief has carefully crafted his image of boy genius turned mature leader. Now he’s losing controlAt this time last year, it seemed reasonable to assume that Mark Zuckerberg was taking the first steps on a journey toward Washington DC – 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, to be precise. The Facebook chief executive had just completed […]
Academics around the world voice ‘huge concern’ over KAIST’s collaboration with defence company on autonomous weaponsArtificial intelligence researchers from nearly 30 countries are boycotting a South Korean university over concerns a new lab in partnership with a leading defence company could lead to “killer robots”.More than 50 leading academics signed the letter calling for a […]
Nasim Najafi Aghdam injured three people at San Francisco office before killing herselfPolice in California have named a woman who opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in a suburb of San Francisco, injuring three, before killing herself.Officials from the San Bruno police department identified her as Nasim Najafi Aghdam, who was in her late 30s. Continue […]
Company said sharing data with partners to test and optimise its platform was ‘industry practice’Gay dating app Grindr has come under fire for sharing information about users’ HIV status or locations with two companies enlisted to optimise its software.Norwegian nonprofit research group Sintef uncovered Grindr’s data sharing with two companies – Apptimize and Localytics – […]
A king recruits his subjects, and neighbouring rulers, to share in his quest for a fairer new worldOnce the obvious decrees have been made – free sweets, everlasting school holidays! – most children, if asked to reign for a day, would surely wish for peace and plenty for their kingdom. So it is with Evan Pettiwhisker […]
Part April Fool, part radical design solution… The Pop.Up.Next drone and car transporter sounds too good to be truePop.Up.Next drone and car transporterPrice Cloud cuckoo landSo, you are stuck in traffic. It’s terrible. Total gridlock. You drum your fingers impatiently on the steering wheel. Then, all of a sudden, a huge flickering shadow falls across […]