Manny Rutinel’s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation

Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as the state’s Democratic primary vote

The US motor company found that the hundreds of AI cameras being used for design and manufacturing checks were prone to pitfalls

Name: “Greybeards.”

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The UK’s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google’s “effective duopoly”

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The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth

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Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference?

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Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher

Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI

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Large numbers of autonomous delivery robots could be coming to towns and cities across England after ministers signalled they were likely to

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Camera, wifi and design updates bring welcome upgrades to Ring’s top model in wired or battery flavour

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In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global

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Tech and AI stocks now make up as much as 12% of most balanced superannuation funds, experts say

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Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans

On a quiet summer morning, above a small mid-western town, an American flag is waving in the breeze. The c

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has quietly r

UK is latest country to set minimum age for social media access but big tech is fighting back globally against curbs

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A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data

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Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading law

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Two men in their 20s were found within five hours thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered drone, which used thermal imaging to locate them. Two hikers veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park, New South Wales, on Tuesday, and were fo

Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices

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Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne

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Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos

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OpenAI is staggering the release of its latest AI model after a request from the US government

RJ Scaringe says firms focused on selling fossil fuel engines risk being ‘woefully behind’ on technology by end of decade

Carmakers that focus on selling fossil fuel engines are at risk of being “woefully behind” on technology by the end of the d

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Normal Golf Game takes a tiresomely easy genre and makes it infernally difficult. Which deserves a round of applause

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Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages

The day that Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, Gilberto Rubio, a security officer in the San Francisco area, sa

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures

A scientist who decoded the vocalisations that a bird uses to communicate has won a $100,000 prize for making progress towards a worl

Apple Macbook 13-inch prices jumps from $1,799 to $2,099 while the cost of iPads surges by 25%

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‘It’s all just rendered useless’, Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make music

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Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next

Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs dr

Former employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violation

The Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the tech company over its efforts to “silence” her.

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Anker 511 Nano 3 is the kind of charger you’ll want a few of, and for $12.34, you can afford to stock up during Prime Day

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The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hour

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LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution

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Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes in

Scouts are introducing badges in content creation, digital communication and online safety after consulting near

VolcanoTech’s sulphur dioxide detecting sensors are in already in use in a number of countries

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The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries

Elon Musk’s Starlink has long dominated the satellite internet industry, but a Chinese governmen

Mayor’s office grants extra 12 months to run pilot while London force procures long-term supplier

The Metropolitan police have been granted a 12-month extension to a pilot project that has been run with the spy-tech firm Palantir while the force

Driver told authorities he had driver-assistance technology engaged before crash that killed 76-year-old Martha Avila

The US government has opened a second federal investigation into a recent crash of a Tesla that reportedly had driver-assistance

Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says

A new report sheds light on the unprecedented growth of the US government’s immigration survei

Falling shares push tech mogul back down to billionaire ranks after SpaceX IPO made him world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk was no longer a trillionaire by the time markets closed on Wednesday. Plunging shares in Tesla and SpaceX dragged the tec

Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour

The surviving part of an ancient scroll that was burnt to a crisp when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been v

The first portable fan from Dyson is stylish, easy to use and powerful. Did someone mention a 55mph top speed? Perhaps, but it’s so noisy you may not have heard them

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Fund manager Geoff Wilson says he did not watch full video and deleted it after ‘inappropriate associations were identified’

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