Blake Lemoine: Google fires engineer who said AI tech has feelings
Blake Lemoine went public with his beliefs that Google’s breakthrough Lamda technology is sentient. Source link
World Cup to use drones to help protect stadiums
Venues in Qatar this winter will be defended from potential drone attacks by the unmanned aerial vehicles. Source link
Abortion: YouTube removes misinformation videos
Videos promoting unsafe abortion methods and false claims are being taken down. Source link
Snapchat owner hit as advertising slump hits sales
The California-based company is best known for the photo-sharing app Snapchat. Source link
Whisky makers are turning their backs on peat
Burning peat has long been a way of adding flavour to whisky but some are now rejected that process. Source link
UK blocks University of Manchester sensor deal with Chinese company
These do not output raw images, the university’s webpage says, but perform their own computations, delivering “high-speed and low-power consumption” to enable “new embedded-vision applications in areas such as robotics,…
China ride-hailing giant Didi fined $1.2bn after probe
The country’s cyber security watchdog launched a probe into the firm just days after its US listing. Source link
Tesla sells most of its Bitcoin holdings
The announcement comes as the value of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has plunged. Source link
Heatwave forced Google and Oracle to shut down computers
Record temperatures meant some cooling systems failed at the firm’s London data centres. Source link
Apple settles US butterfly-keyboard legal action for $50m
Apple will pay $50m (£41.6m) over claims its laptop keyboards were unresponsive and unreliable. Source link