Why technology has not transformed building
2 hours ago Emma Woollacott,Technology Reporter Getty Images Building is still largely manual work If you took a worker from a 1920s construction site and transported them to a present…
Pope clears way for ‘God’s influencer’ to become a saint
A London-born teenager – whose proficiency at spreading the teachings of the Catholic church online led to him being called “God’s influencer” – is set to become a saint. Carlo…
Scarlett Johansson’s AI row has echoes of Silicon Valley’s bad old days
5 hours ago Zoe Kleinman,Technology editor, @zsk Getty Images “Move fast and break things” is a motto that continues to haunt the tech sector, some 20 years after it was…
‘People are just not worried about being scammed’
7 hours ago Jane Wakefield,Technology reporter Clark Hoefnagels Clark Hoefnagels created an AI-powered tool that spots scam emails When Clark Hoefnagels’ grandmother was scammed out of $27,000 (£21,000) last year,…
How phone theft was tackled in the 90s
In 1994, Newsroom South East’s Jonathan Beale reported on the tactics used by criminals to steal and then sell on mobile phones. The boom in cellphones in the 1990s saw…
BT to refund EE and Plusnet customers over exit fees
BT must issue refunds for failing to provide clear information before people signed up to services from EE & Plusnet, which the firm owns. At least 1.1 million mobile and…
Tech Life: Tackling online abuse of athletes
The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes Source link
UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots
The ICO wants to know the safeguards around Recall, which can take screengrabs of your screen every few seconds. Source link
Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar
Data centre electricity demand is forecast to double in four years, putting energy grids under pressure. Source link
Tamil Nadu: These elephants are dying on rail tracks – can AI save them?
Project manager Ashish Rajput said that the AI system’s cameras, comparable to those used by the Indian Army along the nation’s borders, are programmed to even detect humans near railway…