Microsoft’s Kate Crawford: ‘AI is neither artificial nor intelligent’
The AI researcher on how natural resources and human labour drive machine learning and the regressive stereotypes that are baked into its algorithms
Microsoft’s Irish subsidiary posted £220bn profit in single year
Microsoft Round Island One has no employees except directors
‘Silicon Six’ tech giants accused of inflating tax payments by almost $100bn
Study claims firms paid $96bn less in tax between 2011 and 2020 than the notional figures cited in their annual reports
Work is where your laptop is: meet the globetrotting digital nomads
Worldwide shift to flexible and home working in pandemic has led to rise of new kind of backpacker
iPhone assembler Foxconn to develop in-car tech with Peugeot-Chrysler owner
Joint-venture shows deepening convergence between tech and car industries with software a key battleground
Privacy activists are winning fights with tech giants. Why does victory feel hollow?
Perhaps we wasted energy achieving privacy concessions, when we should have been building a more foundational critique of the power of big tech
‘The diversity of the industry will be hit’: NextUp founder on the impact of Covid on comedy
With comedy venues reopening in England and Scotland, Sarah Henley discusses the effect of the pandemic, online audiences and being a woman in male-dominated sectors
FTSE 100 shares fall sharply amid US inflation fears
US tech sell-off and report of rising prices for goods leaving China’s factories spook stock markets
The meltdown at Basecamp shows even small tech firms are sociopathic
A culture war between founders and employees at the software firm is a reminder that new industries aren’t any more caring than old
Reddit aims to double in size as social news site invests for growth
After punching below its weight for years, firm is building new tech and experimenting with charging users
Hair by Amazon? Tech giant to open hi-tech salon in London
One-off ‘experiential venue’ staffed by real hairdressers follows website launch of professional beauty section
UK government orders investigation into Nvidia’s $40bn Arm takeover
Culture secretary cites competition and national security concerns over Cambridge-based chip designer
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin join $100bn club
Surge in share price of parent company Alphabet moved pair on to eight-man list
Covid listener surge sees podcast firm’s results perking up
Shares and revenues at UK-based Audioboom are soaring despite stiff competition from the world’s digital giants
With a new skipper at the helm, Intel heads for uncharted waters
The computer processor firm lost its way in recent years, but is now aiming to capitalise on the US and EU’s drive for digital sovereignty