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London Tech Week: 20 of the hottest British start-ups to follow now

From the fintech firm started by two Gen-Z sisters to Euan Blair’s billion dollar idea, here are the hottest new businesses in town as London Tech Week continues

Evening Standard

French Regulator Reaches Truce With Facebook Owner Meta Over Online Ads

France's antitrust watchdog body approved Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:META) obligations regarding the French online advertising sector. Meta had committed to giving access over five years to advertising inventories and campaign data to adtech companies on 'transparent, objective and predictable' conditions. The watchdog's investigation services raised competition concerns about multiple practices by Meta…

Benzinga

It's (not) Alive! Google Row Exposes AI Troubles

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Drug war in Michoacan: Mexican state faces unprecedented wave of violence

The Mexican state of Michoacan is facing an unprecedented wave of violence. More than 800 homicides have been recorded there since January, making it Mexico's most violent state. Criminal groups are waging war to control territory, while the state's residents have become hostages and victims of the violence. Our correspondents…

France 24

Hungry dogs, chatty bots and Lady Gaga’s new job – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Does a chatbot have a soul?

Don’t unplug your computer! Don’t throw away that smartphone! Just because a Google software engineer whose conclusions have been questioned says a computer program is sentient, meaning it can think and has feelings, doesn’t mean an attack of the cyborgs through your devices is imminent.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Meta opens Chicago office after more than two years of pandemic delays. Is it already obsolete?

When Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, hosted the grand opening for its headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market district last week, it was a celebration delayed more than two years by the pandemic.

Chicago Tribune

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Goodbye Internet Explorer. You won't be missed (but your legacy will be remembered)

After 27 years, Microsoft has finally bid farewell to the web browser Internet Explorer, and will redirect Explorer users to the latest version of its Edge browser.

The Conversation

TOOHEY'S NEWS PODCAST: Jayden Brailey reveals comeback plans

Listen to the latest episode of Toohey's News: The Podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google, or wherever you like to listen.

Newcastle Herald

Report: Nearly 400 crashes by ‘self-driving’ cars in the US

Data collected by a US regulatory agency will allow for greater transparency on safety of semiautonomous vehicles

Al Jazeera

10 Communication Services Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities. Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Benzinga

Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher's view

LaMDA is Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Blake Lemoine, a Google AI engineer, has claimed it is sentient. He’s been put on leave after publishing his conversations with LaMDA.

The Conversation

RIP Internet Explorer, the early web’s favorite bad browser

Windows is officially letting its iconic (and notorious) web browser go to the great Recycle Bin in the sky.

Input

Sheryl Sandberg’s Wedding Expenses Are the Least of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Problems

The company also faces antitrust scrutiny, questions about potential abuses of power, and an advertising business under attack from competitors and regulators.

Businessweek

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: why you shouldn’t worry about sentient AI … yet

A researcher says Google has created an AI being with smarts and soul, but my own attempt reveals the truth behind those claims. Plus, the latest crypto crash

Salon

Google claim that it bans gun ads is BS

Analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers

Dynamite News

Technology: Google Maps rolls out estimated toll charges for a journey in India

Google has rolled out a new Google Maps feature that estimates how much one has to pay in tolls while navigating through a certain route. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - AU

Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge

Company says decision to disable desktop app comes as web developers less likely to make sites compatible with browser, which first graced computers in 1995

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Analyst Recommends Buying Apple, Microsoft And Google Stock, Citing This Investment Advice From Warren Buffett

The Nasdaq has led the broader markets lower since the start of the year as inflation concerns ripple through technology names. However, mega cap tech stocks have shown relative strength and one analyst sees opportunity in a few of the market giants.

ABC News

Google says its AI chatbot system LaMDA is not sentient. But how do they know?

Current AI systems aren't sentient, but their successors may be. When the time comes, how will we know?

Daily Mirror

YouTube comments not showing: Thousands of users perplexed at major bug on Google site

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

The Guardian - UK

Human-like programs abuse our empathy – even Google engineers aren’t immune

Consumers need transparency about how such systems are used, says professor of linguistics Emily M Bender

Daily Mirror

Google to give £98million to female employees who were paid less than men for years

Holly Pease, a former Google manager, is one of the plaintiffs and hopes the tech giant's massive settlement will pave the way forward for equal pay among workers regardless of gender

The Guardian - UK

Canada and Denmark end decades-long dispute over barren rock in Arctic

Hans Island ‘whisky war’ – described by some as a ‘pseudo-confrontation’ – ends after formal division agreed

The Conversation

We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here's what it revealed about sentience

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