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Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interests Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones. The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes
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Unit1 hopes to offer lower cost version of shows such as Abba Voyage, showcasing living and dead artists in any venue The former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that hopes to recreate classic concerts by manifesting musicians as digital avatars. Unit1 was set up last year by Barney Wragg, an entertainme
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Seventh intergenerational report also outlines how Australia is on the brink of an uncertain age of artificial intelligence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast There will be more Australians dying than being born in 40 years’ time, according to the government’s latest intergenerational report, which lays bare the fund
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Treasury’s latest intergenerational report projects life expectancy at birth will reach 89 for women and 86 for men by 2066 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian households will shrink but more people can expect to live well into their 90s, according to the latest update to forecasts of the country’s long-ter
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Energy bills are scheduled to rise next month but there are innovative ways to heat your home and save money When Giles Gibson turns on the hot tap in his home, the water that comes out of it is not heated by gas but by the tiny datacentre strapped to the tank. Attached to the hot water cylinder in his London home is a compact computer server that generates heat and then transfers it as it operat
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As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Statesmen, shysters, dictators. Over the years, the United Nations has seen all kinds of world leaders. But when he arrives in New York on Monday for the annual general assembly, Anthony Alban
Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began drawing up plans for a new AI safety law. They ordered a review of existing legislation to see what powers they already had, according to those br
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