Spotify has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told The New York Times’s DealBook. The payout is […]
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Direct action group Just Stop Oil holds final protest, claiming it has been ‘successful’ | Science, Climate & Tech News
“It has been a success.” Just Stop Oil (JSO) insists it’s been “successful” – as its members ceremoniously hang up their orange high-vis vests during […]
‘Bring on the fight’ over net zero, energy secretary Ed Miliband tells critics | Science, Climate & Tech News
The government is up for the fight over net zero every hour, day and month of the year, says Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. Amid growing […]
Is Google Breaking Up? + Seasteading Is Back + Tool Time
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, […]
How the War in Gaza Drove Israel’s A.I. Experiments
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. […]
‘Nervous wees’ of women at London Marathon ‘to be turned into something amazing’ | UK News
The urine of thousands of women taking part in the London Marathon this Sunday will be recycled and turned into fertiliser for wheat. More than […]
Tech firms face fines up to £60,000 for failing to remove knife crime content | Politics News
Social media companies will be fined up to £60,000 each time a post relating to knife crime is not removed from their sites in a […]
Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.
The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial, after all. But Sam Altman, the […]
Alphabet Reports 12% Increase in Revenue
Google might be threatened with a breakup after losing two antitrust cases, but in the meantime it can console itself with piles of money. Alphabet, […]
Europe and Starmer double down on clean power as America ups the ante | Science, Climate & Tech News
Sir Keir Starmer was in his comfort zone on Thursday, waxing lyrical about one of his favourite “missions”. Speaking at the government’s summit on energy […]
