Surface Pro 9 review: Microsoft’s best tablet – if you pick the right one
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Faster and easier to repair, the Intel version is best yet. But the Arm model isn’t ready for prime timeMicrosoft’s latest Windows 11 tablet gets faster and easi...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/23/surface-pro-9-review-microsofts-best-tablet-if-you-pick-the-right-one

‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI
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AI art generators may provide five minutes of fun for most users, but the blurring of creative and ethical boundaries is leaving many artis...

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/23/its-the-opposite-of-art-why-illustrators-are-furious-about-ai

Is Elon Musk’s Twitter in too much trouble to cover its debts?
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Social media platform faces $300m interest payment this week, and default could trigger debt restructuring – or bankruptcyElon Musk sold a statue of Twitter’s bird logo last week for $100,000 – and he needs the money. The social m...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/22/elon-musk-twitter-debt

Prof Karen Levy: ‘The more workers are monitored, the less they think outside the box’
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The information science expert discusses the drawbacks of surveillance technology for long-distance lorry drivers – and everyone elseKaren Levy studies the impact of data-collecting tec...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/karen-levy-the-more-workers-are-monitored-the-less-likely-they-are-to-think-outside-the-box

‘Not soulless blocks of rice’: the secret world of Japan’s robot sushi chefs
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Cutting-edge technology is helping food chains reach the holy grail of flawless, contactless, low-budget diningThe secret behind the hi-tech future of sushi lies in an unremarkable building in the backstreets of Osaka.Inside...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/japans-hi-tech-restaurants-secret-world-robot-sushi-chefs

First industrial action at Amazon UK hopes to strike at firm’s union hostility
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In Coventry, 300 GMB members plan to down tools over long hours, bad management and a 50p-an-hour pay riseAmazon workers at a vast depot in Coventry will stage a historic str...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/22/first-industrial-action-at-amazon-uk-hopes-to-strike-at-firms-union-hostility

What are we worrying about when we worry about TikTok? | Samantha Floreani
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Sensationalist headlines and reactionary calls for stricter moderation risk missing the forest for the treesIs there any platform that creates as much collective angst as TikTok? For some, TikTok is just a silly video app...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/what-are-we-worrying-about-when-we-worry-about-tiktok

Elizabeth Holmes tried to ‘flee’ US with one-way Mexico ticket, prosecutors say
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New court filing says ex-Theranos founder booked flight departing 26 January last year, shortly after fraud convictionThe disgraced founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, made an “attempt to flee the country” by purchasing a on...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/elizabeth-holmes-mexico-plane-ticket-prosecutors

Rentokil pilots facial recognition system as way to exterminate rats
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World’s largest pest control group has developed technology to track individual rodents and assess how best to deal with themThe world’s largest pest control group is piloting ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/21/rentokil-pilots-facial-recognition-system-as-way-to-exterminate-rats

Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation | John Naughton
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The new social network and its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/back-to-the-future-how-mastodon-is-restoring-the-lost-art-of-online-conversation

Musk tells Tesla trial: ‘Just because I tweet doesn’t mean people believe it’
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The carmaker founder said Twitter was the most democratic way to communicate but tweets didn’t affect stock as he expectedElon Musk testified on Friday as part of a trial over a 2018 tweet in which he claimed to have “funding secu...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/20/elon-musk-testify-tesla-trial-2018-tweet

The new frontier in the US war on TikTok: university campuses
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Experts say banning the app over college networks will not stop students from accessing it over cellular dataThere’s a new frontline opening up in the US war on TikTok: college campuses.The China-based app has already been banned on all federal go...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/us-tiktok-bans-university-campuses