Meta earnings report reveals most profitable quarter in years
Company reports third-quarter revenue of $34.15bn, beating expected $33.56bn, and shares jumped in after-hours trading
How on earth are you supposed to review a parking space?
You can’t buy coffee, visit your GP or even pay to leave your car somewhere without being pestered for feedback. I’m giving the whole experience zero stars
Alistair Fawcus: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The TikTok creator shares what’s rotting his brain lately. It’s mostly chaos and early memes
A day in the life of AI
Discussions about AI often focus on the futuristic threat posed by superhuman intelligence. But AI is already woven into the fabric of our daily lives
Ex-police officer who abused 200 girls via Snapchat jailed for life
Lewis Edwards was on duty with South Wales police when he coerced some of the children into sending explicit images
Wednesday briefing: Inside the battle to contain – and capitalise on – artificial intelligence
In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak gets ready to host a global AI summit at Bletchley Park, our global technology editor explains how experts want to mitigate its risks and harness its power
Indian schoolboy invents affordable smart spoon for trembling hands
A 17-year-old with a passion for robotics has produced a cheaper utensil that uses sensors to cancel out hand tremors
AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’
Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law
UK consumers lose £580m to fraudsters in first half of 2023, figures reveal
‘Particularly nasty’ romance scams and ID theft among fastest growing categories with total of 1.4m cases recorded, says UK Finance
Google Cloud revenue misses expectations despite AI boom
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reports stronger than expected overall revenue but stock falls in after-hours trading
Cruise driverless cars pulled off California roads after safety incidents
DMV cites ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ from General Motors’ subsidiary amid multiple investigations
Meta sued by 33 states over claims youth mental health endangered by Instagram
Complaint filed in California accuses company of knowingly inducing children and teenagers into addictive social media use
The polarised discourse on the Middle East is hurting us. We must find ways to listen across the divide
As a trauma psychologist I understand the urge to pick a side and protect ourselves but we should try to acknowledge each other’s pain
EU ‘in touching distance’ of world’s first laws regulating artificial intelligence
Dragoș Tudorache, MEP who has spent four years drafting AI legislation, is optimistic final text can be agreed by Wednesday
Hope or horror? The great AI debate dividing its pioneers
CEO of DeepMind is ‘not a pessimist’ but warns of threat from AI and says we must be active in shaping ‘a middle way’