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Evolv Technology has been asked to change claims its technology has been tested by the government. Source link

Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate.

Some fans may feel let down by the absence of Madonna, Bruce Springsteen or Stevie Wonder, who had all been heavily rumoured to appear – but the final line-up displays an ambition for Glastonbury to diversify after the all-male, all-rock headliners of 2023. Source link

Bud Light sales were hit after a US boycott over its work with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Source link

The retailer reports pre-tax profits of £56m but drops its staff bonus for the second year running. Source link

“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