Sony World Photography Awards – Sebastião Salgado scoops Outstanding Contribution award

Ethiopia, 1984. © Sebastião Salgado The World Photography Organisation has announced Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado is the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award in the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. One of the most accomplished and globally celebrated photographers working today, Sebastião Salgado has achieved international renown for his…

Bumble boss steps down, Apple to allow ‘sideloading’ in the EU

Out of adversity comes opportunity, so the saying goes. For Whitney Wolfe Herd, that meant taking a difficult exit from online dating app firm Tinder - which she sued for sexual harassment - and setting up Bumble, her own rival company with a focus very much on women. Nearly a decade and a billion dollar…

Zuckerberg ‘ignored Clegg’ over child safety concerns, £7 kettle costs £50 a year to run

Mark Zuckerberg ignored private pleas from Sir Nick Clegg to boost spending on child safety, a lawsuit has alleged, even as the former deputy prime minister publicly defended Facebook and Instagram over accusations that social media was harming teenage girls. The former Liberal Democrat leader, who is now the president of global affairs at Facebook owner Meta, called for…

Cruise ‘driverless’ taxis require human help, Legend of Zelda to become movie

Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt confirms reports that his AI robo-car maker's now-paused driverless taxis need regular human intervention to help them make sense of the road, yet he is downplaying the severity. Vogt made his statement not on any official channel, but in a Hacker News thread about a New York Times story in which unnamed…

Code First Girls aims to boost women in tech leadership roles

Tech diversity champions Code First Girls have today launched their Mid-Level Accelerator (MLA) course, aimed to develop and accelerate women’s technology careers.  Currently, women make up 19% of Information Technology and 30% of web design professionals in the UK - but this drops to just 5% when it comes to women holding leadership positions in…

Elon Musk says AI will ‘end work’, NASA launches free streaming service

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence will eventually mean that no one will have to work. He was speaking to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during an unusual "in conversation" event at the end of this week's summit on AI. The 50-minute interview included a prediction by Mr Musk that the tech will…

Top 10 Christmas Party Icks revealed – drunk colleagues top list

  The survey showed that: Over one in ten Brits revealed that they don’t enjoy attending their Christmas party but feel they have to or that they’re obliged. 60% of us find overly drunk colleagues to be our number one ick. Over one in five Brits find the creepy colleague lurking at the bar trying to…

AI agreement reached, Apple faces lawsuit over ‘throttled phones’ claim

28 governments signed up to the 'Bletchley declaration' on the first day of the AI safety summit at Bletchley Park (pictured above) World leaders have a "responsibility" to address the dangers of artificial intelligence, Rishi Sunak has told the UK's first AI safety summit. The prime minister said AI offered "transformative"…