Category: Technology

A white-browed sparrow weaver looks up at a neighbouring roost. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close the real shape of the “pom-poms” becomes clear: grass tubes in the form […]

Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against Google and Character.AI following her 14-year-old son’s suicide, according to multiple media reports from the past week. Sewell Setzer, Garcia’s son, had entered a months-long emotional and sexual relationship with Character.AI’s chatbot Dany, according to CBS News. He killed himself in his family home in Florida in February because […]

Anggalih Prasetya / Shutterstock In a world where artificial intelligence is rapidly shaping the future, California has found itself at a critical juncture. The US state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, recently blocked a key AI safety bill aimed at tightening regulations on generative AI development. The Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act […]

We spend a lot of our time online, making us vulnerable to scammers. Media Lens King Whether we’re socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online. This digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a few of the articles […]

Following nine months of renovations and over £400,000 investment via the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the Higgs Centre for Innovation’s space testing facility is reopening for business. Vibration shaker test facility. Credit: STFC The upgrade is set to further enable the site to support early-stage technology start-ups and space small and medium enterprises […]

While many people in the creative industries are worrying that AI is about to steal their jobs, Oscar-winning film director James Cameron is embracing the technology. Cameron is famous for making the Avatar and Terminator movies, as well as Titanic. Now he has joined the board of Stability.AI, a leading player in the world of […]

We are asking our communities to tell us what they think about UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in our second annual stakeholder perceptions survey. UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser says: To achieve our ambition to create an outstanding R&I system for the UK that works for everyone, it is important for us to […]

The Guardian and anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate have revealed the existence of a new network of far-right intellectuals and activists in an undercover investigation. Called the Human Diversity Foundation (HDF), this group advocates scientific racism and eugenics. Although it presents itself as having a scientific purpose, some of its figureheads have political ambitions in […]

With near-constant headlines discussing the devastating crises humanity is currently facing – from climate change to political polarisation and war – many of us are experiencing feelings of existential uncertainty. This can manifest in different ways, such as feeling anxious or distressed when consuming the news. You might also feel a more subtle but persistent […]

By ASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS In Israel, the dismissals are set to begin after the holidays and will likely include several hundred employees out of the 11,000 employees in Haifa, Petah Tikva, Jerusalem, and Kiryat Gat. Intel said that it would lay off 15% of employees — an estimated 15,000-17,000, they announced in August. Most of the cuts […]