UPDATE:Apple has decided to jump the gun on the rumoured launch time and the Mac App Store isavailable immediately, with over 1000 apps available to download. You can read our first impressions of the new Storehere. With the Mac App Store due to launch today, Apple has just made an upgrade to OSX available that you’ll need to install first. OSX 10.6.6 is only available to those who have the latest Snow Leopard edition of the OS, whichlaunchedin 2009....

The 20th annualDEMO Conferencewrapped up yesterday, in Santa Clara, CA, just a stone’s throw from major campuses for Avaya, NetLogic and Yahoo!. The Hyatt Hotel where the even was held was fittingly central in Silicon Valley, even if many towns claim to be the “heart” or the “capital” of this dynamic innovation region. The DEMO Conference was hosted by Matt Marshall, the founder of publicationVentureBeat, which assembled more than 90 companies to present their technologies over two full of demonstrations....

As you can imagine we are very pleased with our own event. We think it is one of the best conferences in the world, really! But don’t take our word for it! We have asked some entrepreneurs, former speakers and startups to talk about what they got out of attending The Next Web Conference and to share some tips on how to make the most of your time there. Nimbuzzis a mobile technology company from The Netherlands started attending our conference years ago....

After a day spent listening to pitches at Y Combinator Demo Day, it’s hard not to be impressed. Young entrepreneurs from around the world brought their passion and vitality to Silicon Valley to make a mark on the world, and their ideas will touch many millions of lives. Y Combinator companies are chosen both on the basis of the idea, and the backgrounds and potential of the founding team, which is what must make the selection process both challeng...

Our goal shouldn’t be to build merely ‘trustworthy’ AI Mariarosaria Taddeo, Deputy Director of the Oxford Internet Institute’s Digital Ethics Lab, explains why AI ethics must be a continuous practice The impact of ethical guidelines In recent years, a growing number of organizations have published ethical guidelines on the use of AI. But these need to be constantly reassessed as technology and society evolve. “This is because both technologies and societies change, and these changes may pose new ethical risks or new ethical questions that need to be addressed,” said Taddeo....