Nicole Kobie

In this episode we share expert advice on how to dodge aggressive recommendation engines, clean up your digital privacy settings and even throw algorithms off your scent with ‘data poisoning’ tricks.

The long history of robotics should teach us to be more sceptical when it comes to autonomous humanoid robots, says Nicole Kobie

The dangers of artificial intelligence are forensically unpacked in this twisting tale of US tech giant OpenAI and its British rival DeepMind

Artificial intelligence infrastructure is being handed priority access to Britain's overwhelmed electricity grid, pushing housing down the list. But as the US shows, there's an alternative: make Big Tech pay for the power it needs. Report by Nicole

Security agencies have urged organizations to establish clear boundaries and guardrails for AI agents

When Anthropic opens its mouth, markets move. But are they panicking for good reason, or just because that's what markets do?

Discover which essential steps, security tools and settings on your mobile you should change right away.

What do you think of Bill Gates? Generous philanthropist? Business genius? Aggressive monopolist? Favourite occasional character in The Simpsons? An evil mastermind who wants to insert a microchip into your brain? (Hopefully not that last one.)…

Mozilla is giving its Firefox browser an off-switch for AI features – a move other software developers should consider, writes Nicole Kobie

Uber working with Nvidia on driverless fleet that they hope will one day number 100,000 cars

UK journalists have spotted a trend in micromobility injuries and dubbed it Lime leg

London had big plans for boosting walking trips, but so far progress has stalled. Claiming back road space, solving ebike parking and more toilets could help

Young employees want a place at the table to have their voices heard. Some older workers think they should pay their dues first. A As millennials and Gen Zers make up more of the workforce each year, there’s one big difference emerging that sets them…

Used to spending hundreds of dollars on public transit every month? Soon, depending on where you live, all those bus, train, and tram journeys could be totally free. Sure, transit operators would earn less revenue. But some are willing to risk the…

Used to spending hundreds of dollars on public transit every month? Soon, depending on where you live, all those bus, train, and tram journeys could be totally free. Sure, transit operators would earn less revenue. But some are willing to risk the…

Live in the suburbs with a garage? Good news: Charging an electric vehicle couldn’t be cheaper. Live in the city center and park on the street? Tough luck, you could be paying more than the cost of diesel to keep your EV running. That’s a small…

Just €3. That’s how much it’ll cost to travel the 692km from Bregenz to Vienna, or Salzburg to Kitzbuhel, or anywhere else in Austria on its trains or buses, including in cities. That’s thanks to the country’s new Klimaticket, or climate ticket,…

Does the dread set in on Sunday night? Do you sit at work wondering whether you’re wasting your time? Has your manager refused requests for flexible working or won’t discuss your future career path? It’s time to quit your job – and there has never…

An AI chip is any processor that has been optimised to run machine learning workloads, via programming frameworks such as Google’s TensorFlow and Facebook’s PyTorch. AI chips don’t necessarily do all the work when training or running a deep-learning…