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UK risks losing AI leadership without data strategy, government warned | Business News
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The UK needs a strategy to meet growing demand for data centres or risk losing its advantage in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI), one of the sector’s largest players has told Sky News. Data centres – warehouses housing processors that power cloud computing – are central to the digital economy. They provide the…
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to be extradited to US after losing 12-year legal fight | Science & Tech News
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Kim Dotcom, who founded the globally popular file-sharing site Megaupload, will be extradited to the US from New Zealand. German-born Dotcom, who has New Zealand residency, has been fighting extradition since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion. He is charged with copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering. US authorities say Dotcom –…
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Tales Of Kenzera: Zau – new game inspired by House Of The Dragon actor’s grief of losing his father | Ents & Arts News
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Growing up, Abubakar Salim never felt destined to be a star of the screen. The Jamestown and Raised By Wolves actor, who this year joins the cast of HBO and Sky’s House Of The Dragon, didn’t much care for the worlds of TV and film where he has since made his name. “As a kid,…
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Humanity ‘staring down barrel’ of potentially losing up to half of future medicines through plant extinction | Science & Tech News
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Humanity is “staring down the barrel” of potentially losing up to half of its future medicines through plant extinction, scientists have warned. Nearly half of all plants that flower are at risk, amounting to more than 100,000, while it is believed around 77% of all those as yet undescribed by science are at risk. Some…
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Twitter blue tick cull – The Pope, JK Rowling and Ant and Dec among hundreds of thousands losing their verification | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has finally started removing “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world’s best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Conservative and…
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Twitter blue tick cull – The Pope, JK Rowling and Ant and Dec among hundreds of thousands losing their verification | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has finally started removing “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world’s best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Labour and…
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Twitter users to start losing blue ticks from next month – unless they pay | Science & Tech News
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Many verified Twitter users are set to lose their blue ticks at the beginning of next month. The social media platform has said that on 1 April it will start removing its “legacy” verified checkmarks. These cover most blue-tick accounts that are not government officials or organisations – meaning many musicians, actors, journalists, authors, among…
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Earth risks losing 40% of glacial mass if it doesn’t give up fossil fuels, projection warns | Climate News
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More than 40% of Earth’s glacial mass could disappear if humanity keeps investing in fossil fuels, warns a stark new projection. The bleak scenario would mean more than two thirds of the total number of glaciers would vanish by the end of the century, contributing to ever-increasing sea levels around the world. Lead researcher David…
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UK at risk of ‘brain drain’ as scientists leave Britain to avoid losing EU research funding | UK News
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A total of 22 UK-based scientists have now decided to leave Britain rather than lose their EU research funding, as uncertainty continues around the future of Research and Development (R&D) support post-Brexit. Scientists and engineers have told Sky News the UK’s position as a world leader in research is at risk from “significant brain drain”…