The Dutch data protection authority Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has urged the infrastructure ministry to take action about the growing number of traffic lights that have been fitted with software, allowing them to track road users. The traffic lights connect to the mobile phones of road users and follow them to gather information about traffic volume and speed. But the traffic lights also collect personal information about motorists, enabling them, for example, to follow a complete route...
The National Audit Office says a £35m pilot to test the expansion of free childcare in a few areas was cancelled.
Existing home sales shrank in March as consumers respond to continuing price increases and rising mortgage rates. Sales for existing homes fell 4.3% in March compared to the previous month and 3.7% year-over-year, to an annual rate of 4.19 million, according to a press release from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.10% this week, a substantial jump from 6.88% last week, depressing Americans’ desire to switch homes and possibly...
Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho is urging mums and dads to not only read poetry to their children but get them writing it too. “Through reading poetry, children can discover the thoughts and feelings of others, helping to increase empathy,” he said. “Through writing poetry children can have the experience of their words, their thoughts and feelings, having power, being valid and listened to.” He’s teamed up with Govia Thameslink Railway to launch the Poetry in Motion competition. The...
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has raised concerns over the sluggish pace of renewable energy projects in the state.
British competition regulators said Wednesday they'll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said it's looking into Microsoft's partnership with France's Mistral AI and the company's hiring of key staff from
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Microsoft and Amazon asked to comment on tie-ups, a move that paves way for formal investigationThe UK competition watchdog has stepped up its scrutiny of big tech involvement in artificial intelligence startups, asking for comment on three deals by Microsoft and Amazon.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it was examining Microsoft’s investment in the French firm Mistral and the hiring of the DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as head of the US company’s new AI division....
Though the test is in its infancy, it could someday be used to spot three of cancer's deadliest forms.
World Day for Animals in Laboratories, observed every year on April 24, aims to end the suffering of the animals that are used for testing in laboratories around the world and replace them with advanced scientific non-animal techniques. April 24 was selected as it honours the birthday of Hugh Dowding, a staunch anti-vivisectionist and former president of NAVS, Martyn Day, MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, said: “Right now, millions of animals endure confinement and experimentation in...
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