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Music labels in talks with Google over enabling AI-generated songs – report | Science & Tech News
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Google is in talks with major music labels to license artists’ voices and tunes for AI-generated songs, according to a report. The tech giant has discussed the prospect with Universal Music and Warner Music, the Financial Times said. It could reportedly see a tool developed allowing fans and creators to make tracks using recognisable vocals…
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Takeaways will be tasted virtually by 2040, report predicts | UK News
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We could be eating “hyper-personalised” diets which are “fully bespoke to your individual nutritional needs” within the next 20 years, a report is predicting. Breathing on a smartphone could help to determine what is healthy, and a takeaways might be tasted virtually prior to ordering, it is being suggested. Something dubbed BreathTech could be developed,…
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Elon Musk wrong to call for pause in development of AI, warns new report | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk is wrong to call for a global pause in the development of AI, which would play into the hands of rogue regimes, a new report has warned. The SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter owner was one of 1,000 people to put his name to a letter saying humanity faced “profound risks” due to the…
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Elon Musk’s medical firm Neuralink accused of welfare violations after killing 1,500 animals in four years – report | Science & Tech News
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A medical company set up by Elon Musk is under investigation for potential welfare violations – with a total of 1,500 animals dying in four years, according to a report. Staff at Neuralink have made internal complaints that animal testing is being rushed – causing needless suffering and deaths, Reuters says. Records seen by the…
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Big advertisers including Amazon returning to Twitter, says report | Science & Tech News
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Amazon is planning to resume multimillion dollar advertising on Twitter, according to reports. The move will see Amazon ply about $100m (£81.3m) per year into the platform, now owned by Elon Musk, according to Reuters news agency, citing a tweet from the tech blog Platformer. The tweet by a Platformer reporter said the company’s return…
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Elon Musk warned by European Union that Twitter will be banned unless he sticks to bloc’s digital rules – report | Science & Tech News
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The European Union has reportedly threatened to ban Twitter unless Elon Musk abides by its strict content moderation rules. The warning, which has been reported by The Financial Times, could be the start of a regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform across Europe. EU industry chief Thierry Breton made the threat…
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Children coerced into most severe form of sexual abuse online, report finds | UK News
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Children as young as seven are being coerced by abusers into filming themselves carrying out the most severe forms of child sexual abuse material, a charity has warned. Analysts at child protection charity the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found nearly 900 instances of Category A child sexual abuse material in just five days. It is…
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WhatsApp down: Thousands of people report being unable to use messaging app | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp went down for users across the UK this morning, with tens of thousands of people reporting being unable to send or receive messages. Downdetector, which tracks outages, said more than 69,100 reports of problems had been submitted at 8.28am, with issues first detected just before 8am. However, the number of users that experienced issues…
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Twitter moves to reassure staff as report claims Elon Musk wants 75% of workers axed | Business News
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Twitter has told its staff there are no plans for mass redundancies in the wake of a US press report that Elon Musk wants to make 75% of the workforce redundant when his $44bn (£38.4bn) takeover is completed. The company’s main lawyer sent an email to staff on Thursday evening clarifying its position, according to…
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Spotify users report huge spike in outages as Taylor Swift’s new album Midnight drops | Science & Tech News
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Spotify users reported a huge spike in outages as Taylor Swift’s new album landed on the platform this morning. Midnights released at 5am UK time, and coincided exactly with a sizeable jump in issues on the streaming service, according to Downdetector. Almost 8,000 users logged problems with the app in the moments around the album’s…