Computing (U.K.)

Combination of misinformation, propaganda and changes to terms of use the final straw.

The court decided that platforms like Facebook cannot indefinitely retain users’ personal data for targeted advertising, marking a pivotal moment for the ad-funded social network.

Datacentres owned by Google, Apple, Microsoft and Meta could be emitting more than 660% more carbon than the companies officially report, according to the analysis by The Guardian.

The U.K. Government has announced a £4-million investment package to enhance the use of AI tools in education. The initiative aims to support teachers by automating administrative tasks and providing them with personalized resources to enhance their role in the classroom.

The U.K. government has announced a comprehensive review of the IT and engineering sectors to address persistent labor shortages.

Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Lawrence Lessig, and Stuart Russell sign joint letter.

Google announced on Monday that its five-year project to phase out the use of the third-party cookies which track people around the internet has been ‘updated’.

The worlds’ first AI Act comes into force next month.

In its latest Q2 quarterly spending forecast published on Tuesday, analyst Gartner says that GenAI is like a “tax” on software companies. They have to spend on AI to keep up with expectations, but returns so far are flowing elsewhere.