Microsoft has a patent for a chatbot based on a real person
Do you remember that episode of Black Mirror with the artificial Domnhall Gleeson? Well, Microsoft
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Google and Facebook face regulation from the Digital Markets Unit, a new digital watchdog in the UK
The UK government has announced the creation of a new digital watchdog, the Digital Markets
A Coinbase internal email preempts a New York Times story alleging discrimination inside the company
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has published an internal email intended to rebut to a New
U.K. “scaleup” success is built on VC opportunism, not meeting society’s needs
A new report by Beauhurst and the Scaleup Institute shows that the number of ‘scaleup’
Werner Herzog labels Elon Musk’s Mars City “an obscenity”
It’s easy to mock Elon Musk. But when someone with the cultural force and stylistic
It’s a good week for the electric car industry in the U.S. and U.K. – but don’t buy into its optimism
The electric car industry is having a pretty good week. Yesterday it was announced that
The U.S. military is buying your location data
A Motherboard investigation has found that the U.S. military is purchasing location data from a
DoorDash going public underlines how the Coronavirus pandemic has been good for big tech
At the end of last week, DoorDash – a U.S. based food delivery app –
Qualcomm can sell chips to Huawei despite sanctions, says U.S. government
Despite trade restrictions on U.S. companies working with China, Qualcomm has been given the go
Apple macOS 11 – Big Sur – sparks privacy concerns
Apple has released MacOS 11.0: Big Sur. While it has been greeted with the usual