Patricia Clarke
Technology Reporter at The Observer
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Patricia Clarke
During his keynote address at London Tech Week on 9 June, technology failed Keir Starmer. As the UK prime minister took to the stage in front of an audience of hundreds of tech industry insiders, his autocue froze, forcing him to riff for two minutes about the “transformative” nature of AI. Still, his message was clear: this government is going all-in on artificial intelligence.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Patricia Clarke
AI is coming for Google’s search engine dominance. In April, Google searches on Apple’s Safari browser declined for the first time. “That has never happened in 22 years,” said Apple’s senior vice-president of services, Eddy Cue, at a recent antitrust trial involving Google. The share price of its parent, Alphabet, tumbled by more than 7% after his comments.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Patricia Clarke |Phoebe Davis
New UK police guidance suggests officers can check menstrual-cycle tracking apps after pregnancy loss Senior executives at leading menstrual-cycle tracking apps said they are “in disbelief” at new UK police guidance that suggests officers could check women’s phones for the apps after an unexpected pregnancy loss. Rhiannon White, CEO of Clue, which has more than 10 million monthly users, said she was “very shocked” to see the guidance.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Patricia Clarke
The US electronics and video games retailer pulled off a shock move, buying $513m of crypto just as JD Vance gave political backing to the currencies During a livestream of the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Tim Kotzman, a crypto entrepreneur, was asked which companies traders should be paying attention to. “The obvious answer is GameStop,” he said. GameStop – ostensibly an electronics retailer – had just bought 4,710 bitcoin worth roughly $513m (£380m) at current prices.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Patricia Clarke
Marks & Spencer lost roughly £300 million in profits from a “highly sophisticated and targeted cyberattack” and expects disruptions to continue until July. So what? That might just be the cost of doing business in 2025. Other retailers have also been hit by ransomware attacks in recent weeks, among themCo-opHarrodsDior, andPeter Green Chilled, which supplies Tesco, Aldi and other supermarkets. Not just any cyberattack.
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‘Great Rewiring’ or moral panic: are young people really the ‘anxious generation’? Loved this thoughtful & nuanced piece from @_TomFaber https://t.co/fBUQK88NIo
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