[ad_1] Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterSamuel WeidenhoferSamuel Weidenhofer's acts of kindness started with hugs and rosesGrowing up, Samuel Weidenhofer struggled with his mental health after losing his aunt to suicide when he was nine, experiencing a speech impediment, and being bullied.The trauma of it all made him want to end his own life, he says. When he was 17, he says he decided to turn to social media to spread a positive
[ad_1] Sean McManusTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesMany staff are said to be using unapproved AI at work"It's easier to get forgiveness than permission," says John, a software engineer at a financial services technology company. "Just get on with it. And if you get in trouble later, then clear it up."He's one of the many people who are using their own AI tools at work, without the permission of their IT division (which
[ad_1] Dan RosneyBBC Business ReporterGetty ImagesElon Musk bought Twitter in 2022On March 21, 2006 the first ever tweet was posted by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey: "Just setting up my twttr". It was a simple introduction to a brand new platform.Backed by celebrities, it was different to other social media sites, like MySpace or Facebook, because you could interact with any user without them having to approve a request. Companies rushed
[ad_1] How one company is trying to bring extinct animals like the dodo back to life [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Joe FayTechnology ReporterDaniel StenbergDaniel Stenberg first released his open source software in 1996Many of us have prepared instructions and critical information for our family in the event of our sudden demise. For Daniel Stenberg, that includes passwords for his Google and GitHub accounts.That’s because he’s the founder of curl, an open source internet transfer engine that has been downloaded billions of times and is used to transfer data to
[ad_1] Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterDeepali Misra-SharpDr Deepali Misra-Sharp uses AI to help take notesThis is the fifth feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments.The difficulty of getting an appointment with a GP is a familiar gripe in the UK.Even when an appointment is secured, the rising workload faced by doctors means those meetings can be shorter than either the doctor or
[ad_1] Pharmaceutical firms are turning to AI to find new molecules that might be able to tackle disease. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images A study of 126,000 rumours and false news stories spread on Twitter over a period of 11 years found that they travelled faster and reached more people than the truth.Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology also found that fake news was more commonly re-tweeted by humans than bots.They said it could be because fake news tends to be "more novel".The most common subject matter
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Flippy the burger robot gets to work Flippy the burger-flipping robot that started work this week in a California restaurant has been forced to take a break because it was too slow.The robot was installed at a Cali Burger outlet in Pasadena and replaced human cooks.But after just one day at work the robot has been taken offline so it
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are in talks to produce shows for Netflix, according to the New York Times.The couple would make exclusive content for the US streaming site focused on uplifting stories, the paper suggested.If confirmed, the deal would give a global platform for the Obamas, bypassing mainstream US media such as Fox News.Netflix told the BBC it had no
