Users experimenting with DeepSeek have seen the Chinese AI chatbot reply and then censor itself in real time, providing an arresting insight into its control of information and opinion. Users might expect censorship to happen behind closed doors, before any information is shared. But that does not seem to be the case in the tool…
YouTube has officially been around for two decades and a lot has changed over the years — including how people watch it. Now, a new report from YouTube claims TV has overtaken mobile to become the primary device for viewing content in the US. Yes, despite the tremendous push to smart phones, TVs, with their…
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory. All are products that contain palm oil and are made, say the campaigners, by companies that source the ingredient directly from…
This is the final monthly design news round-up, so we’ve made it a bumper edition. As well as previewing some shows that will be this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, there’s pyjamas from Grayson Perry and Greek mythology reinterpreted by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. Enjoy. Maurizio Cattelan’s Sisyphus poster. Photograph: Gagosian If you’ve followed…
Ian Eagle and Clark Kellogg remember broadcasting legend Greg Gumbel CBS’ Ian Eagle and Clark Kellogg discuss their memories of legendary broadcaster Greg Gumbel who recently passed away. Sports Seriously CBS Sports’ coverage of the men’s NCAA Tournament is synonymous with longtime host Greg Gumbel, who presided at the anchor desk for 25 years before…
The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar has reached almost 700, as rescuers dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors. The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar in the early afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. The…