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Crowds of shoppers and visitors out on Oxford Street on 28th August 2024 in London, United Kingdom.  Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks were lower Tuesday, continuing a lackluster start to September trading. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index sunk 1.07% by 4:00 p.m. London time, with all major bourses and the majority of sectors …

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NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools

The organization behind National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is being slammed online after it claimed that opposing the use of AI writing tools is “classist and ableist.” On Saturday, NaNoWriMo published its stance on the technology, announcing that it doesn’t explicitly support or condemn any approach to writing. “We believe that to categorically condemn AI would be to ignore classist …

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IFA 2024: the best product announcements from Berlin’s big tech show

IFA, Europe’s huge consumer tech expo, attracts some of the biggest companies in the world. It’s like a counterpart to CES in the United States, which happens in January, whereas IFA caps off the summer with news on the latest smartphones, fridges, robot vacuums, laptops, and “AI-powered” products from A to Z. In 2024, IFA opens in Berlin on September …

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