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Google’s new ‘inclusive language’ assistant uses artificial intelligence to detect “discriminatory” words, and suggest that users swap them for more politically correct terminology. Free speech and privacy advocates say the feature undermines “freedom of thought.”  Google announced the tool at the beginning of April, as part of a host of “assistive …

St Canna’s Ale House proprietor James Karran has apologized for “letting down the community” by messaging a woman who visited his bar using the contact details he’d obtained from her Test and Trace input – the method by which customers who may have been in the proximity of a customer …

“We are suing because creepy elements of the UK government are illegally blocking and delaying our marriage by effectively giving the US government veto power,” Moris tweeted on Sunday. Assange, who is locked up in Belmarsh, and Moris have been engaged for five years and have two children. Since May, …

As Biden spoke to the nation on Wednesday and pushed his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda, viewers became distracted by his surroundings. The president was not sitting in the West Wing, but rather in a set his team constructed for video conferences and interviews.  Biden sat at the desk with the …

The prayer feature, which was quietly rolled out to US-based Facebook Groups in May, is part of the tech giant’s focus on expanding engagement on its platform by tapping into faith groups. At the firm’s ‘Communities Summit’ in 2017, CEO Mark Zuckerberg had hinted at this in his praise of …

Deputy police commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism John Miller told the New York Times on Wednesday that the robot, named “Digidog” by the department, would no longer be used, saying a contract with its creator was cancelled after the canine became a “target” for public criticism. “People had figured out …

The Australian defence forces have had a busy 12 months. There’s been the release of a high-level report alleging unlawful killings by elite troops of Afghan citizens, the announcement of the withdrawal of the nation’s final 80 troops from that field of battle and the launch of a billion-dollar, homegrown missile …

“Roses are red. Violets are blue. Happy Valentine’s Day from the CIA to you!” the controversial government agency tweeted on Sunday.  The tweet was a follow-up to a previous coded message released earlier in the week that the CIA had asked people to decipher. Considering the majority of the time …

“Another way to stay safe during the holiday is to stay home, but call your grandparents and your cousins and your family,” Whitmer said in a video of the call posted on Wednesday. “It’s the safest way to tell the people you love how much you care about them.” The …

In a lengthy open letter proposition – spread over eight Twitter posts on Saturday – Schmidt attempted to woo the congresswoman into his arms. “I would like to officially reach out to @AOC on behalf of the @ProjectLincoln in defense of democracy,” Schmidt wrote, noting that despite the fact that …