Richard Hartley

Technology, Photography & Film

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • About
    • About Richard Hartley
    • Richard Hartley’s Work
    • Location
  • Film
  • Tech
  • Digital Media
  • Publishing
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Contact

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Does AI need all that money? (Tech giants say yes)

Meta and Microsoft commit to tens of billions to build out AI infrastructure, having lavished tens of billions already

DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test

Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politics

DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use

Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese government

Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say

Letter to Ursula von der Leyen urges European Commission not to weaken enforcement of DSA and DMA

Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek

Nvidia saw $600bn of its market value disappear, while its CEO, Jensen Huang, saw his net worth drop by nearly $21bn

Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US

Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico

‘TikTok could malfunction’: app’s future in limbo as it remains off US app stores

Apple and Google cautious about Trump order amid rumours Oracle founder Larry Ellison could buy site

Now gen AI has stopped telling us to glue cheese to pizza, it’s bland as a margherita

Despite fewer silly glitches, you now get an executive summary of the world, with all interesting complications removed

Police locked in long US legal process to access Southport killer’s online history

Investigators fear it could be years before they get Axel Rudakubana’s search data which could hold vital clues

Google agrees to crack down on fake reviews for UK businesses

Tech company will issue ‘warning’ alerts on profiles of firms that manipulate star ratings, says CMA

UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google’s mobile platforms

CMA examining impact of tech firms’ operating systems, app stores and browsers on consumers and businesses

Trump inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks

Seatings come under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield

‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike

Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance

Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance

CMA to look at impact on consumers, businesses, advertisers and publishers, as well as collection of data

Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund

Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

About

  • About Richard Hartley
  • Richard Hartley’s Work
  • Location

Film & Tech News

  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones

Contact www.richardhartley.com   Terms of Use