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No human celebrating a first birthday is as verbose, knowledgeable, or prone to fabrication as ChatGPT, which is blowing out its first candle as I type these words. Of course, OpenAI’s game-changing large language model was precocious at…

When I first heard in 2013 that Barack Obama had chosen Tom Wheeler to head the crucial tech regulator that is the US Federal Communications Commission, my first thought was … what a sell-out! The new FCC boss had previously been head…

It’s quaint, looking back on it now, but in the decade before iPhones, Androids, and Samsung Galaxies, BlackBerry was the smartphone. It was dubbed the “CrackBerry,” because of the seemingly addictive hold the sleek…

Ben Smith thought that he’d be spending the end of April banking interviews about his book that goes on sale next week. It’s not working out that way. Instead, the celebrated news maven—who slung scoops at Politico, launched BuzzFeed News,…

The Joe Rogan Experience is technically one of the biggest podcasts around, numbers-wise, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best. Here are 12 interview podcasts hosted by people with the magic touch for Q&A—shows that will stretch your…

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Keir Starmer has met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to show his “unwavering support” for Ukraine against Russian aggression. The Labour leader met with the Ukrainian leader in the capital ahead of next week’s first anniversary…

Michelle Obama has revealed that she ‘couldn’t stand’ husband Barack while their children were growing up. The former First Lady, 58, has opened up about her marriage issues while her husband was in the height of his…

Rishi Sunak is the first British Asian Hindu to become Prime Minister and only the second from an ethnic minority to hold the post since Benjamin Disraeli, who was Jewish. As a British Asian myself, I see his appointment as symbolic – at…