Female-voice AI reinforces bias, says UN report
AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a UN study.
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Tech giants ‘failing’ to protect children
The world's largest technology companies have been accused of failing to protect children at risk of sexual abuse, an inquiry has heard.
‘Extremist’ Google algorithms concern ex-police chief
A former police chief has called on Google to amend its technology to help stop the spread of terrorist material.
Crypto for care homes – really?
Thought the crypto-currency and blockchain craze had faded away?
Chad – where social media has been cut for a year
Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut off a year ago.
Automation could replace 1.5 million jobs, says ONS
Some 1.5 million people in England are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Christchurch shootings: Social sites struggle to contain attack video
Facebook says it has deleted more than 1.5 million copies of the video of the mosque attacks in New Zealand in the first day after the incident.
Saudi app used to track women ‘not against’ Google rules
Google has remained silent over reports it told a US congresswoman that a controversial app was not in breach of its terms and conditions.
Feminine job titles get go-ahead in France
Decades after other French-speaking countries adopted feminine names for professions, the official guardians of the language in France have also backed the change.
4 myths about manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution
Like all good industry trends, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for manufacturing has come to mean many things.
