Category: Technology
Daveed Diggs’ sci-fi rap trio Clipping: ‘We are at war all the time. It’s one of the great tricks of capitalism’
As a child, Daveed Diggs and his schoolfriend William Hutson drew pictures inspired by the space-age album covers of funk legends Parliament, filled with gleaming [more…]
Unison attacks ‘shambolic’ announcement of NHS England’s abolition – UK politics live
on Bluesky. “I don’t see why decisions about £200bn of taxpayers money… on something as fundamental to our security as the NHS should be taken [more…]
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any [more…]
UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI
British universities have been warned to “stress-test” all assessments after new research revealed “almost all” undergraduates are using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in their studies. [more…]
Ofcom calls on tech firms to step up action against ‘revenge porn’
Tech platforms should combat the rapid rise in explicit deepfakes and “revenge porn” by using a database of images to protect women and girls online, [more…]
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let [more…]
Bond fans shaken over $1bn Amazon franchise takeover
The announcement that Amazon paid more than $1bn for creative control of the James Bond franchise has sent shock waves across the film world and [more…]
Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax
Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses the country’s government says were caused by the cryptocurrency exchange’s [more…]
Pay to get playlisted? The accusations against Spotify’s Discovery Mode
In November 2020, Spotify published an opaque headline on its company blog: “Amplifying Artist Input in Your Personalised Recommendations.” The post introduced a new program [more…]
‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use
With its banks of bafflingly complex equipment, and staff members that were among the most progressive musical minds in the UK, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [more…]
