16 h. ago Tech companies not doing enough to stop phone theft, say MPs

Many of the stolen devices end up being shipped overseas.

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23 h. ago Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

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7 d. ago Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms

The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence

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8 d. ago 'I'd never wear a watch in London': Footballer Jonjo Shelvey blames crime in the capital for shock move to UAE

The former Premier League star, who is originally from Romford, said he does not want his children to grow up in England

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9 d. ago ‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a massive data center

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?A company’s opaque plan to build a massive data center outside Tucson, Arizona has roiled the desert city over the past few months, the latest US community to push back as tech companies aggressively seek to build out infrastructure for cloud computing and to power the AI boom.The proposed data center, known as Project Blue, would span 290 acres in Pima county, and become the biggest development ever in the county, or anywhere in the southern part of the state. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?A company’s opaque plan to build a huge datacenter outside Tucson, Arizona has roiled the desert city over the past few months, the latest US community to push back as tech companies aggressively seek to build out infrastructure for cloud computing and to power the AI boom.The proposed datacenter, known as Project Blue, would span 290 acres in Pima county, and become the biggest development ever in the county, or anywhere in the southern part of the state. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Boxxe CEO on the importance of maintaining human connection as technology evolves

Phil Doye looks back at the early 1990s roots of the IT provider and discusses how it evolved from selling Microsoft Licensing to the public sector to expansion across other services and partnering with many of the world’s leading tech companies.

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9 d. ago London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.  The New York Times

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9 d. ago Southwark third worst for phone theft in London – amid Met crackdown on suspected international phone smuggling ring

Southwark third worst for phone theft in London – amid Met crackdown on suspected international phone smuggling ring  Southwark News

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1 week ago Equity threatens mass direct action over use of actors’ images in AI content

Union says growing numbers of its members have made complaints about infringements of copyright in AI materialThe performing arts union Equity has threatened mass direct action over tech and entertainment companies’ use of its members’ likenesses, images and voices in AI content without permission.The warning came as the union said growing numbers of its members had made complaints about infringements of their copyright and misuse of their personal data in AI material. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: London's phone theft hotspots as police bust gang behind half of the UK's snatched handset exports

The sting operation revealed by the Daily Mail on Monday was hailed by Scotland Yard's commissioner as the 'biggest counter-phone theft operation in the world.'

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1 week ago France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fastEmmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste. Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “degeneration of democracy”. Many threats emanated from outside, from Russia, from China, from powerful US tech companies and social-media entrepreneurs, France’s president said. “But we should not be naive. On the inside we are turning on ourselves. We doubt our own democracy We see everywhere that something is happening to our democratic fabric. Democratic debate is turning into a debate of hatred.”Squeezed between vituperative extremes of right and left, Macron knows of what he speaks. But “ungovernable” France is not alone in its bitter, intractable divisions. Across Europe, in the UK and the US, distrust and grievance daily deepen political dysfunction and social discord. Macron’s words apply, in fact, to almost an...

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1 week ago ‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling‘Snatch theft’: the unstoppable rise of phone theftLondon is no longer a safe place to live, at least in the eyes of some of its richest residents – and the 47th president of the United States.“I think he’s done a terrible job,” Donald Trump said during his state visit to the UK last month, in his latest broadside at London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan. “Crime in London is through the roof.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London is the world's 'phone theft capital', but one woman decides to fight back

London is the world's 'phone theft capital', but one woman decides to fight back  RNZ

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2 w. ago In the world's 'phone theft capital', one Aussie decides to fight back

In the world's 'phone theft capital', one Aussie decides to fight back  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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2 w. ago Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee Business live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies.Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Video London police dismantle international phone theft gang

Video London police dismantle international phone theft gang  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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2 w. ago How your stolen phone ends up in China's 'Silicon Valley': From London's theft hotspots to an obscure criminal sanctum where they are broken down and harvested for gold

Every six minutes, a mobile phone is stolen in the UK. Many of these devices, which can cost up to £1,600, can be tracked by their owners using GPS technology.

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2 w. ago Met dismantles suspected smuggling gang in UK’s largest phone theft crackdown

Met dismantles suspected smuggling gang in UK’s largest phone theft crackdown  Metropolitan Police

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2 w. ago Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring in UK’s ‘largest’ phone theft crackdown

The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 monthsPolice have disrupted an international network suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of stolen phones from the UK in its largest operation to tackle phone theft in London, the Metropolitan police said.The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months – up to 40% of all phones stolen in the capital, the Met said on Monday. Continue reading...

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