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Have smartphones created an ‘anxious generation’? Jonathan Haidt sounds the alarm

Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock Hugh Breakey, Griffith University The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action. Haidt argues that the evidence is in. Teenagers’…

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EU’s Vestager doubts if Big Tech will fully comply with landmark EU rules

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Thursday voiced doubts as to whether Big Tech will fully comply with landmark EU rules aimed at reining in their power and ensure a…

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Microsoft Adds Partners To New AI Cloud Partner Program

A global survey conducted recently by Microsoft amongst 3,000 managers, executives and scholars confirmed how 57% of companies are piloting or deploying AI, 59% have an AI strategy and 70%…

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Eurobarometer: Europeans believe digital technologies will be crucial in their daily lives

According to a new Eurobarometer survey released today, four out of five Europeans believe that digital technologies are growing more important in their daily lives and that Europe should take…

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Malta amongst EU countries against network fee levy on Big Tech, sources say

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe's big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to…

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France inaugurates first of four gigafactories in the north

France will inaugurate on Tuesday a battery-making gigafactory, the first of four such plants European and Asian companies plan to build in the north of the country. The development by Automotive…

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Tech and games at the heart of tomorrow’s education

It is no secret that technology and digital skills have become a must in today's world. In our increasingly interconnected and digitalized society, technology permeates nearly every aspect of our…

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Britain to take on Big Tech with new legal powers

Britain said on Tuesday it would introduce a new law to rein in the power that big tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon are able to wield to…

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Elon Musk joins experts in urging AI pause, citing ‘risks to society’

Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an…

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