AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a UN study. These female helpers are portrayed as 'obliging and eager to please', reinforcing the idea that women are 'subservient', it finds.

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On Tuesday, Tencent's usually low-profile founder and CEO Pony Ma made rare comments to weigh in on escalating tensions between the United States and China, calling domestic tech companies to build more self-reliance in a bid to stay competitive.

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Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas, and other packages without a human behind the wheel. But that doesn't solve what Ford Motor CTO Ken Washington describes as the last 50-foot…

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What's the cord-cutting equivalent to ditching your kitchen? Uber's upcoming subscription to unlimited free food delivery. Uber is preparing to launch the $9.99 per month Uber Eats Pass, according to code hidden in Uber's Android app. The…

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I have a hunch that 2–10% of my friends, family and colleagues are going to go to their local voting booths on Thursday and scrawl a tick next to The Brexit Party. Firstly, I still love you guys. Despite, um, everything. Secondly, I wrote…

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