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“There is more hype and obfuscation about what the technology can and cannot actually do,” says Ms Heikkilä. “This can lead to embarrassing mistakes, and for journalists to feed into the hype machine, by, for example, anthropomorphizing AI technologies, and mythologizing tech companies.” Source link

The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister’s leadership during the pandemic.

Explaining how it might work, he said the government would refer proposed media mergers to the Competition and Markets Authority where there are “reasonable grounds” to believe a deal “would give a foreign state or body connected to a foreign state, ownership, influence or control”. Source link

However, an investigation by the Wall Street Journal in January found the system was still “porous”, with data being unofficially shared between TikTok in the US and ByteDance in China. High-profile cases, including one incident where ByteDance employees in China accessed a journalist’s data to track down their sources, have stoked concerns. Source link

Waitrose said it was still issuing the personalised vouchers in the same way as before, but changes it made last autumn to the scheme’s terms and conditions, meant members would occasionally see a break in their offers, which would never last more than four weeks. The changes brought the scheme into line with “industry standards” it said. Source link

TikTok bill live: US House passes bill that could lead to nationwide TikTok ban – BBC News BreakingBreaking newsClose breaking news SummaryThe US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTokIt would require the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell its stake in the app within six months or face a ban from US app stores and web hosting platformsIt follows previous efforts by American authorities to limit access to the app, citing national security risksThe bill’s fate in the Senate is unclear, but President Joe Biden says he will sign the…

Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.

The BBC broadcaster tells a hearing he suffered violent beatings as a pupil at Edinburgh Academy. Source link

The 11 violated the Ramadan fast in northern Kano state, where Sharia operates alongside secular law. Source link

However, the ongoing of impact of higher interest rates which are aimed at slowing spending and bringing prices down, paired with weak investment by firms and in the public sector, could hold the economy back in the longer-term, Yael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG UK said. Source link