[ad_1] Google uses anti-competitive practices to dominate the market for online advertising technology, a UK watchdog has found.The potentially unlawful behaviour could be harming thousands of UK publishers and advertisers, a provisional investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded.It accuses Google of preventing rivals from "competing on a level playing field" with its own tech for the billions of pounds spent by UK businesses on online advertising.Google
[ad_1] Getty ImagesA musician in the US has been accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools and thousands of bots to fraudulently stream songs billions of times in order to claim millions of dollars of royalties.Michael Smith, of North Carolina, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges.Prosecutors say it is the first criminal case of its kind they have handled."Through
[ad_1] Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has hit out at French authorities, calling his arrest last week in relation to allegations of insufficient moderation on the messaging app "misguided".In his first public statement since he was detained, he denied claims that Telegram is "some sort of anarchic paradise" as "absolutely untrue".Mr Durov was arrested on 25 August at an airport north of Paris and has since been charged over
[ad_1] Chris BaraniukIt's estimated that one third of the world's airline seats are made in Northern IrelandIn a warehouse building in a quiet town in Northern Ireland, a robot arm is opening and closing an airplane meal table over and over again.It has been programmed to carry out this mundane task no fewer than 28,000 times, day and night, for more than a week. And it won’t even get a
[ad_1] YouTube is to limit recommendations of certain health and fitness videos to teenagers, including those which "idealise" certain body types.It says 13 to 17-year-old users will still be able to search for and view fitness-related content - but will not be encouraged into repeated viewing of similar videos.Youtube says it is acting because of concerns that repeated exposure to such material can lead young people to develop "negative beliefs"
[ad_1] BBCA picture posted to one of the drugs channels by a memberAbout nine months ago while researching a story, I found myself added to a large Telegram channel which was focused on selling drugs. I was then added to one about hacking and then one about stolen credit cards.I realised my Telegram settings had made it possible for people to add me to their channels without me doing anything.
[ad_1] Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the "immediate and complete suspension" of X, formerly Twitter, in the country.In a statement, the court said it will ban the social media platform until X complies with all court orders and pays existing fines.Justice Moraes, who has been involved in a long-running row with X, had given the social media platform 24 hours to name a new legal representative or face suspension, with
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia says its revenues for the three months to the end of July more than doubled compared to a year earlier, hitting a record $30bn (£24.7bn).However, the firm's shares fell by more than 6% in New York after the announcement.Nvidia has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom, with its stock market value soaring to more than $3tn.The company's shares have
[ad_1] The BBC has learned that Telegram - the messaging app service whose boss has been arrested in France - refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removing child abuse material online.The app does not cooperate with either the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) or the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) - both of which work to find, report and remove such material.It comes as the
[ad_1] The buy now, pay later firm Klarna is seeking to get rid of almost half its employees in the coming years through efficiencies it says arise out of its investment in artificial intelligence (AI).The firm has already cut its workforce from 5,000 to 3,800 in the past year, and wants to reduce that to 2,000 employees by using AI in marketing and customer service.Boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski told the BBC
