Bubble, hoop, wiggle, bed: Some words bear an uncanny resemblance to the shape of the object or action they describe. And we tend to process them faster.
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If the AI bubble bursts, it could bring down some of the biggest tech companies – but perhaps not its most durable, like Google and Apple.
When asked to suggest solutions for environmental challenges, chatbots reflected biases. This could have harmful effects on how we understand and communicate climate change.
A new report shows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is worth more here than News Corp and Nine combined.
The line between high-quality search results, advertisements and spam on Google is increasingly blurred.
The landmark ruling against the tech giant could change the way we all use the internet.
Between AI and bingeing TV shows, we’re using more data than ever – and data centres are power hungry. Thankfully, there are some ways to optimise their electricity use.
Fibre optic cables now literally encircle Africa, though some parts of the continent are far better connected than others.
Turns out ‘A’ didn’t have to be the first letter in the alphabet, nor ‘Z’ the last.
Google botched its Bard launch, but that’s not why investors dumped shares in the company.
The letter Z has become a controversial pro-Russian symbol during the war in Ukraine.
The laws about cookies are fairly clear in EU and UK, but many big companies are breaking them anyway.
The knock-on effects from this ruling could be enormous.
The history of how Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiaries manage children and data is a troubling one. How will Sidewalk Labs address concerns about minors and privacy in Toronto’s Quayside project?
The history of IBM shows how a technology titan can grow and change, while still remaining focused on its core business.
Investment is pouring into urban technology, much of it into innovative ventures that aim to transform how we get around our cities.
Children in the early stages of learning to read should be given decodable books to practise and generalise their developing alphabetic skills.
When thinking about regulating them, it’s useful to know Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft have some similarities. But generally they’re not competing with each other – or anyone else.
Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
The artificial intelligence that beat a world master at the game of Go is now to be directed at more complex global problems. So what can we expect?
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