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03Oct/23

Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales Taps DXC Technology for Workplace Transformation

October 3, 2023CrimeCPS, Crown Prosecution Service, DXC, DXC Technology, the crown prosecution service, United Kingdom, Walesadmin

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, has been selected to run and transform essential IT infrastructure for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for England and Wales. Continue reading

03Oct/23

Is this a carrot and stick?

October 3, 2023EconomyFight for $15, Income distribution, Labor relations, Labour law, Law and economics, Living wage, Minimum wage, Minimum wage in the United States, United Kingdom, Wages and salariesadmin

Oct. 2, 2023 /Economy/ — The UK Chancellor’s decision to raise the minimum wage and impose sanctions on people claiming state benefits who refuse to take available jobs can be seen as a carrot and stick approach.

The carrot is the increase in the minimum wage. This will give low-paid workers more money to spend, which will boost the economy and help people to afford basic necessities. The stick is the sanctions that will be imposed on people who refuse to take available jobs. These sanctions could include a reduction in benefits, or even a complete loss of benefits. Continue reading →

03Oct/23

Even before deepfakes, tech was a tool of abuse and control

October 3, 2023TechnologyAbuse, Abusive power and control, Creative Commons, Crimes, Cuba, Deepfake, Domestic violence, Jeremy Bentham, London South Bank University, Mobile phone, Panopticon, Sexual abuse, Tirion Havard, United Kingdomadmin

Tirion Havard, London South Bank University

Of the many “profound risks to society and humanity” that have tech experts worried about artificial intelligence (AI), the spread of fake images is one that everyday internet users will be familiar with.

Deepfakes – videos or photographs where someone’s face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be doing something they are not – have already been used to spread political disinformation and fake pornography.

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30Sep/23

L’Oréal groupe OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW UK HEADQUARTERS IN WHITE CITY

September 30, 2023FashionCAC 40, Cowan, Fulham, Hélène Duchêne, Ireland, L'Oréal, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London Councilor Stephen Cowan, Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, Nail polish, Rajesh Agrawal, Stephen Cowan, Thierry Cheval, United Kingdomadmin

Today French Ambassador to the UK Ms Hélène Duchêne, Deputy Mayor for Business Rajesh Agrawal and Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, London Councilor Stephen Cowan joined L’Oréal UK & Ireland Managing Director & Chairman Thierry Cheval to officially open the L’Oréal Groupe’s new headquarters. Continue reading

30Sep/23

Suella Braverman is wrong about the UN refugee convention being ‘not fit for purpose’ – here’s why

September 30, 2023PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Creative Commons, Forced migration, International law, maastricht university, Non-refoulement, Refugee, Refugees, Right of asylum, Robert Oakes, Rwanda, Scottish Refugee Council, Suella Braverman, Talitha Dubow, the un refugee agency, United Kingdom, united nations high commissioner for refugees, World Refugee Dayadmin

Robert Oakes, United Nations University and Talitha Dubow, United Nations University

The UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman – the minister responsible for setting immigration policy – has said the United Nation’s refugee convention is not “fit for our modern age” and should be renegotiated.

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25Sep/23

A weekend of worshiping, collaborating, innovating, building, and more…

September 25, 2023Developersbible society, United Kingdomadmin

23, 2023 /Developers/ — It is time to hack again! It’s now less than a month until BUILD. Twenty four hours where we collaborate, innovate, code, design, dive into Scripture, worship, and connect with other Christians working in tech.

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22Sep/23

Rupert Murdoch and the rise and fall of the press barons: how much power do newspapers still have?

September 22, 2023MediaAlfred Harmsworth, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Alistair Campbell, Amazon, Australia, Beatrix Potter, Beaverbrook, Boris Johnson, BuzzFeed, Charles Dickens, Conrad Black, Creative Commons, daily express, Daily Mail, Daily Mail & General Trust group, Daily Mail and General Trust, David Lloyd George, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, E.T. Raymond, Edward Levy, Edward Levy Lawson Baron Burnham, Edward VIII, Esher, Evgeny Lebedev, Germany, H. H. Asquith, Harmsworth, Harold, Henry Labouchere, Herbert Asquith, Hitler, Israel, Jeff Bezos, Jerry Hall, Jesse Armstrong, John Bright, Kitchener, Lachlan, Lawson, Levy-Lawson, Lloyd George, Logan Roy, London, Margaret Thatcher, Max Aitken, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Max Hastings, Media proprietor, META, Michael Wolff, Napoleon, News Corp., News of the World, Norman Angell, Northcliffe, R. A. Scott-James, Rothermere, Rudyard Kipling, Rupert Murdoch, Russell Brand, Salisbury, Scoop, Simon Potter, Stanley Baldwin, Supermarket tabloids, The Times, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, United States, Viscount Rothermere, Winston Churchilladmin

Simon Potter, University of Bristol

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his retirement as chairman of Fox and News Corp, making way for his son Lachlan. He has been demonised as a puppet master who would pull the strings of politicians behind the scenes, as a man with too much power. But what influence did he and his fellow media moguls really wield?

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19Sep/23

Fenwick launches its first ever Ad Campaign

September 19, 2023MediaBillboard, Birmingham, Bristol, Dalston, Edinburgh, London, Old Street, Roundabout, United Kingdomadmin

From 18th September 2023, Fenwick will be seen across the UK from Edinburgh to Bristol and Birmingham to London with the images designed for maximum impact. The campaign will be experienced across billboards from Old Street Roundabout and Edinburgh Picardy Place to Dalston Junction, through underground station takeovers, across the public transport network, and on the ground via guerilla activity. Continue reading

08Sep/23

TIME Reveals Inaugural TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence

September 8, 2023InnovationAbeba Birhane, ai group, Aidan Gomez, Alondra Nelson, Amini, Andrew Hopkins, Anna Eshoo, Artificial general intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Audrey Tang, Ayanna Howard, Charlie Brooker, Computational neuroscience, Daniela Amodei, Deborah Raji, DeepMind Lila Ibrahim, DeepMind Shane Legg, Demis Hassabis, Emily Alwell, Emily M. Bender, Eric Schmidt, Ethics of artificial intelligence, exscientia, Fei-Fei Li, Fellows of the Royal Society, Geoffrey Hinton, Google DeepMind, Greg Brockman, Grimes, Holly Herndon, Ian Hogarth, Ilya Sutskever, Inioluwa Deborah Raji, Intel, Jack Clark, Jessica Sibley, Joy Buolamwini, Kate Crawford, Kate Kallot, Kelly McKernan, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Margaret Mitchell, Max Tegmark, Nancy Xu, Neil Jamieson, New York, Noam Shazeer, Omar Al Olama, OpenAI, Pelonomi Moiloa, Philosophy of artificial intelligence, Raquel Urtasan, Richard Mathenge, Rootport, Sam Altman, Sam Jacobs, Sandra Rivera, Shane Legg, Sneha Revanur, Sougwen Chung, Taiwan, Taskforce Ian Hogarth, Ted Chiang, Ted Lieu, Tegmark, Timnit Gebru, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yi Zeng, Yoshua Bengioadmin

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, TIME reveals the inaugural TIME100 AI, a new list highlighting the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.

The 2023 TIME100 AI issue features a worldwide cover with illustrations by Neil Jamieson for TIME, featuring 28 list-makers including Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario and Daniela Amodei of Anthropic, Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, and more from the new list. Continue reading →