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Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: ‘A bunch of dead robots out here’

Auto expert Mike Caudill argues Elon Musk’s design of the Tesla Cybertruck will push potential buyers away on ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast.’ Desperate Tesla owners in and around Chicago were seen trying to charge their vehicles with no luck amid frigid temperatures that have gripped the Midwest. Charging stations have essentially turned into car graveyards […]

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OpenAI won’t let politicians use its tech for campaigning, for now

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Artificial intelligence company OpenAI laid out its plans and policies to try to stop people from using its technology to spread disinformation and lies about elections, as billions of people in some of the world’s biggest democracies head to the polls this year. The company,

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IMF warns AI will impact 60% of US jobs, increase inequality worldwide

Pacer ETFs Distributors President Sean O’Hara previews earnings and discusses how to play A.I. and tech.  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is sounding the alarm that generative artificial intelligence could impact a significant share of jobs worldwide, and warned the technology’s disruption of the global labor market could exacerbate inequality and fuel further social unrest. 

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US Company’s Lunar Lander Will Burn up in Earth’s Atmosphere After Failed Moonshot

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed moonshot. Astrobotic Technology said its lander is now headed back toward Earth from the vicinity of the moon. Company officials expect the mission to end Thursday. Astrobotic is working with NASA to track the lander’s

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British Library catalogues back online after ransomware attack | Computer Weekly

The British Library has successfully recovered a significant portion of its main catalogue and restored public access, two-and-a-half months after being forced to take the majority of its IT systems offline after a Rhysida ransomware attack. One of its most important public-facing systems, the British Library’s catalogue, contains records of over 36 million printed

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AI likely to worsen economic inequality, says IMF | Computer Weekly

Artificial intelligence (AI) could impact almost 40% of global employment, says International Monetary Fund (IMF), and will “likely worsen overall inequality” if policymakers do not proactively work to prevent the technology from stoking social tensions. In an analysis published 14 January 2024, the IMF examined the potential impact of AI on the global labour

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Octopus Energy invests £200m in datacentre heat reuse startup Deep Green | Computer Weekly

Heat reuse-focused datacentre compute provider Deep Green has secured £200m in investment from Octopus Energy’s generation arm, which will be used to help the UK-based startup scale. Deep Green specialises in the development and deployment of small-scale, edge-style datacentres and the heat they generate is then reused by businesses in a variety of different

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Cosmetics retailer Lush dealing with mystery cyber incident | Computer Weekly

Dorset-based cosmetics retailer Lush has fallen victim to a cyber security incident of a currently undisclosed nature, via a brief notice posted to its website on 11 January. “Lush UK&I is currently responding to a cyber security incident and working with external IT forensic specialists to undertake a comprehensive investigation,” the organisation confirmed. “The

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Human-centric technology vision changes IT procurement | Computer Weekly

Accenture’s 2024 Technology vision report has introduced a term to the CIO vocabulary – human-centric technologies. These are artificial intelligence-based systems, which are built in a way that makes them easier to interact with and can be seamlessly embedded across every aspect of people’s lives. The report’s authors stated: “We are moving toward a

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Russia hacked ex-MI6 chief’s emails – what they reveal is more Dad’s Army than deep state | Computer Weekly

Reporting by: Bill Goodwin, Duncan Campbell, Crina Boros IT support: Matthew Fowler. Interactive graphics: Sophie Hill A Russian hacking operation claimed to have uncovered a conspiracy among the pro-Brexit British establishment, but the paranoia-fuelled septuagenarians the hackers targeted are more Dad’s Army than the “deep state”. Leaked private emails reveal how a former head

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