The networker
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The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding
John NaughtonThe online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations. If we are to revive it, that must end
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Silicon Valley’s business model is incompatible with the moderation of online horror and hatred
John NaughtonManaging the barrage of upsetting material online is a challenge that service providers are struggling to meet, even if they try
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Microsoft, Meta and Google are snapping up small players in the burgeoning industry – but the Competition and Markets Authority is demanding fair play
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No one should be surprised that artificial intelligence is following a well-worn and entirely predictable financial arc
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In discovering malicious code that endangered global networks in open-source software, Andres Freund exposed our reliance on insecure, volunteer-maintained tech
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How did a small developer of graphics cards for gamers suddenly become the third most valuable firm on the planet?
John NaughtonBy turning his computer chip-making company Nvidia into a vital component in the AI arms race, Jensen Huang has placed himself at the forefront of the biggest gold rush in tech history
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Tax revenues from Silicon Valley giants have made the republic wealthy on paper, but housing and healthcare crises persist
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Despite Congress threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app, the service has unexpectedly been handed a presidential joker
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Last week the six biggest operators – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and ByteDance – were forced to toe the line on competition, advertising, interoperability and more. It was a gamechanger
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The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis
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The footage put together by Sora looks swish, but closer examination reveals its doesn’t understand physical reality
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The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
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Forget range anxiety: we should really worry about China’s global dominance in the electric car market
John NaughtonEVs heavily subsidised by Beijing are flooding Europe and the globe. If we don’t watch out, it could start a major trade war
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The improved surveillance bill would force tech firms to tell the government about any new security measures – before they are introduced. Strangely, Apple won’t stomach it
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After its hyperbolic, Ridley Scott-directed launch 40 years ago, Apple’s all-in-one computer was a commercial flop. And yet its impact is still being felt
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Fujitsu, the IT giant behind the flawed Horizon software, remains one of the UK government’s key suppliers, and only a national crisis will shake things up
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If there’s one area in which artificial intelligence might be useful, it’s in the writing of computer code
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The online publishing service has been criticised for the way it has allowed extremist propaganda to flourish on the site
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As with the printing press and the dotcom boom, initial frenzy and speculation obscures the lasting legacy of new technologies
ChatGPT and the like could free up coders to new heights of creativity