Category: Technology
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, [more…]
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the [more…]
Alvin Lucier is still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
In a darkened room, a fractured symphony of rattles, hums and warbles bounces off the walls – like an orchestra tuning up in some parallel [more…]
Labour: changes to EV rules will have ‘negligible’ impact on UK emissions
Labour’s changes to electric vehicle (EV) rules in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs will have a negligible impact on emissions, the transport secretary has said. [more…]
Private Footage review – found-footage study of apartheid takes the split-screen route
Janaína Nagata’s documentary debut resembles a detective investigation. In 2018, the Brazilian film-maker chanced upon an old 16mm reel of what looked like a typical [more…]
Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale to non-Chinese buyer to avoid ban
Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to extend the TikTok ban deadline. This is the second time the president will have delayed [more…]
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against [more…]
Don’t weaken online safety laws for UK-US trade deal, campaigners urge
Child safety campaigners have warned the government against watering down landmark online laws as part of a UK-US trade deal, describing the prospect of a [more…]
On my radar: George the Poet’s cultural highlights
Born George Mpanga in north-west London in 1991, George the Poet is a spoken-word artist, author and podcast host. He studied politics, psychology and sociology [more…]
David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees
David Cronenberg has suggested the AI controversy over Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was an issue manufactured by the campaign of a rival [more…]
