5 h. ago Grandmother, 66, gets a shock after Apple's AI calls her a 'piece of s***'

An unsuspecting grandmother received a shock after Apple's AI transcription tool left her an X-rated message.

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6 d. ago Older people may need to answer 450 questions before getting crucial financial support

Independent Age is calling for changes to ‘long and complex application forms for pensioner entitlements’.

Politics

6 d. ago Americans apply for UK citizenship in record numbers after Trump’s re

Number of Americans applying to call Britain home has doubled in past 20 years

Politics

6 d. ago Nothing takes aim at Samsung and Apple with a surprisingly cheap new phone

Tech firm Nothing is back with a new phone that's taking aim at Apple and Samsung's new cheaper call makers.

Technology

2 w. ago Fairer access to mortgages and pensions for entrepreneurs could boost UK economy

The Federation of Small Businesses called for the mortgage application process to be simplified for self-employed people, among other measures

Economics

2 w. ago FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink among latest federal firings, sources say

About 20 people working on medicine devices at Food and Drug Administration dismissed amid government purgeUS Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked on Neuralink, according to the two sources, who asked not to be identified because of fear of professional repercussions. That division includes reviewers overseeing clinical-trial applications by Neuralink and other companies making so-called brain-computer interface devices, the sources said. Continue reading...

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