Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking
Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
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The most powerful technology today isn’t loud. It doesn’t demand attention, launch with spectacle, or announce itself as revolutionary. Instead, it fades quietly into the background, integrating so seamlessly into daily life that it’s barely noticed. And that’s precisely how it takes over. This isn’t a hostile takeover. It’s a gradual one. Background technology succeeds…
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Instead of the AI responding to voice and video, it was fed text prompts and still images.
Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say
To understand the path forward in regulating social media, it’s helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car. A car is an essential tool for getting to places we want and need to go. It’s also an exceptionally powerful one that can be dangerous if handled irresponsibly. We require education…
The job-sharing apps that feel like online dating
Jess Baker, a UK business psychologist and author, says that anyone considering a job share with someone they do not previously know should really find out if they have compatible personalities. “I’d strongly recommend you each complete a personality profiling tool, to increase your level of self-awareness of psychological characteristics, like how you each cope…
Column: The depressing fall of Sports Illustrated reveals the real tragedy of AI
Quick, name five classic American magazines. Did you say Sports Illustrated? I did. And I’m not even a sports guy. But if you’re of a certain age, you know Sports Illustrated. Along with, say, People, Time and National Geographic, it has long lined the dentist offices, neighbors’ doormats and coffee tables of your life. It’s…
