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Tom Singleton

London, Wales

Journalist at Tech Tent

Steering the BBC's online tech coverage. Except the bad bits, they are always someone else's fault

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  • 3 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Tom Singleton

    It says the hashtag includes content such as low-calorie recipes which on the face of it appear to promote healthy lifestyle advice. But the organisation says, in reality, it "glorifies thinness and vilifies weight gain" and "promotes disordered eating behaviours."The trend has caused particular alarm in France, where experts have warned of how social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tom Singleton

    Lingerie firm Victoria's Secret has taken down its US website and says it has halted some in-store services following what it has described as a "security incident". The normal site has been replaced by a customer notice which says it is "working around the clock to fully restore operations". It says its stores - and those of its spin-off, PINK - are still open for business. The company's UK website is unaffected.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Tom Singleton

    Victoria's Secret takes down US website after 'security incident'Tom SingletonEPALingerie firm Victoria's Secret has taken down its US website and says it has halted some in-store services following what it has described as a "security incident."The normal site has been replaced by a customer notice which says it is "working around the clock to fully restore operations."It says its stores - and those of its spin-off, PINK - are still open for business. The company's UK website is unaffected.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Tom Singleton

    Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAIGetty ImagesTom SingletonAI tools developed by Elon Musk's xAI are to be incorporated into the messaging service, Telegram. Announcing the deal, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would see his firm distribute the AI assistant, Grok, to Telegram's "billion+ users and integrate it into its apps".

  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tom Singleton

    The Home Office has failed in its bid to keep all the details of its data privacy legal row with Apple out of the public domain. The UK government wants the right to be able access information secured by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, citing powers given to it under the Investigatory Powers Act.

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Tom Singleton
Tom Singleton @tomdsingleton
10 Jul 23

Very interesting paper. Will be intriguing to see how the apparatus and instincts of a one party state cope with a technology that is so complex and diffuse

Matt Sheehan
Matt Sheehan @mattsheehan88

I’ve spent the 1.5 years trying to answer two questions: 1. What is China doing on AI governance? 2. Who are the key players, and how do 🇨🇳 AI regulations actually get made? Today we’re publishing a paper trying to answer that. 🧵 w/ key takeaways (1/10) https://t.co/mZnEBq7nwe https://t.co/yBuHWLfdiC

Tom Singleton
Tom Singleton @tomdsingleton
29 May 23

The view of a person, I'd wager, who doesn't have young children and a partner who also works full time. If it wasn't for hybrid working either my partner or I would have to be part-time. See what that does for productivity

Harry Wallop
Harry Wallop @hwallop

Sir Martin Sorrell, in @TimesBusiness, says working 1 or 2 days a week from home is leading to societal collapse…🙄 https://t.co/fdCspywhHS

Tom Singleton
Tom Singleton @tomdsingleton
10 Jan 23

RT @andrewmichta: Let's review the basics: Until February 2022, every time Putin used military power, he scored a geopolitical win. He inv…