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Pushing Buttons: Happy 50th birthday to Atari, whose simple games gave us so much
In this week’s newsletter: As the revolutionary company celebrates a half-century, we …
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F1 22 review – a stunning racing game sullied by money-grubbing
PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PC; Codemasters/EA Sports Supreme playability is sidetracked by…
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After Uvalde shooting, tech companies tout their solutions. But do they work?
Despite the growing adoption of security tools in US schools, mass shootings have rema…
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Amazon bows to UAE pressure to restrict LGBTQ+ search results
Tech giant imposes restrictions on goods such as books and rainbow-coloured flags afte…
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Digitalisation of services and money is creating a two-tier society | Letters
Andy Beverley is worried for those who are excluded by cashless systems, and Jane Gho…
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Sam Smith charts 40 years of progress on HIV and Aids
In A Positive Life, the singer reflects on the legacy of Terrence Higgins and life-cha…
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Kira Puru: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The musician shares her favourite TikToks and videos, including a DIY Dobby costume, a…
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Crypto crisis: how digital currencies went from boom to collapse
Savers talk of devastating losses as assets such as bitcoin and ‘stablecoins’ like ter…
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Three Arrows Capital to become latest casualty of crypto crash
Crypto hedge fund facing collapse after claims of $650 default on loan to Voyager bank…
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TechScape: Can US women trust big tech with their data after Roe v Wade?
In this week’s newsletter: Calls to delete period tracking apps have gone viral in Ame…
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Seed funding: Melbourne startup raises $9m for mental wellness game based on tending houseplants
Funding for Kinder World mobile app said to be largest venture capital seed investment…
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Facebook and Instagram removing posts with mentions of abortion pills
In light of the supreme court’s verdict, memes and status updates on social media on h…
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Airbnb to make global party ban permanent
The company said the move has reduced violence, rule violations and health concerns si…
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I saw first-hand how the tech giants seduced the EU | Georg Riekeles
Silicon Valley lobbied to change EU policy. Europe needs better ways to hold firms lik…
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Why US women are deleting their period tracking apps
Even before the supreme court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the trend to ditch the …
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 review: cheaper, faster, better compact notebook
Small-frame Windows 11 machine has good keyboard, trackpad, slick design and better pe…
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Blow for Trump’s Truth Social as merger company hit by grand jury subpoenas
Disclosure of subpoenas for board members by blank cheque firm Digital World is latest…
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Why we love to keep tabs on what we’re watching and reading
Sites such as Letterboxd and GoodReads encourage us to document our cultural consumpti…
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How Wise co-founder went from tech darling to tax list of shame
FCA could bar Kristo Käärmann from senior role after claim he failed to pay £720,000 i…
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Mobile deals: how to buy a smartphone for less
They are essential tools but can be expensive. From trade-ins to refurb there are ways…
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Changpeng Zhao: tech chief in the eye of the cryptocurrency storm
The founder of Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange, is on a mission…
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How TikTok is turning a generation of video addicts into a data goldmine
The Chinese tech giant is taking surveillance capitalism to a new level. It’s almost e…
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UK security services must seek approval to access telecoms data, judges rule
Liberty hails decision that prior independent authorisation is needed for people’s com…
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Tech firms under pressure to safeguard user data as abortion prosecutions loom
Private information collected and retained by companies could be weaponized to prosecu…
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Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens
Consumption down by third since 11 June, with even sharper falls among other cryptocur…
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‘A little bit addictive and the right amount hard’: new video game is based on poems of Emily Dickinson
The 80s-style shooter EmilyBlaster is a real-life version of a game featured in Gabrie…
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes review – wild battles liven up a familiar anime franchise
Nintendo Switch; Intelligent Systems/Omega Force/Nintendo The combination of frenetic …
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Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest review – lovable gamers on mission to break record
Utterly charming Danish documentary follows a group of complicated geeks as one of the…
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Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, says Google
Report claims Milan-based RCS Lab developed tools to spy on private messages and conta…
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Primary-age children’s screen time went up by 83 minutes a day during pandemic – study
Global analysis finds increase most sharp among age group, prompting concerns about im…
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Doop Snogg: how a fake Snoop Dogg fooled an NFT conference
In an NFT world fraught with frauds, few pause to check for fakes: ‘The crypto mindset…
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Instagram to try out stronger age checks including video selfies
Verification in US will require youngsters to provide video or find three adults to vo…
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Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant
Technology promises ability to ‘make the memories last’ by mimicking the voice of anyo…
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Samsung agrees to pay $14m penalty over misleading Galaxy ads
Federal court approves settlement between Australia’s competition watchdog and tech co…
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Bitcoin could stay below $69,000 peak for two years, says Binance boss
Changpeng Zhao says people would have been happy with current $20,000 value four years…
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Jayde Adams wades into the weird world of local online messageboards
The comedian goes down the rabbit hole of petty local disputes in Welcome to the Neigh…
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Bronwyn Kuss: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The comedian is ‘bad at the internet’, but has done her best at sharing her online fav…
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Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
Company also restricts use of custom neural voice technology owing to deepfake concern…
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Scientists unveil bionic robo-fish to remove microplastics from seas
Tiny self-propelled robo-fish can swim around, latch on to free-floating microplastics…
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TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money
In this week’s newsletter: Crypto giant Celsius is freezing out users as it tries to s…
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Amazon could run out of workers in US in two years, internal memo suggests
With exceptionally high turnover, the company risks churning though available labor po…
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Wrist-worn trackers can detect Covid before symptoms, study finds
Sensor tech can alert wearer to Covid early, helping to prevent onward transmission H…
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I am not a robot: iOS verification update marks end of ‘captchas’
Tests where you are asked to spot traffic lights or type out wobbly letters may be a t…
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Palantir: concerns over data firm poised to be ‘operating system’ of NHS
Company co-founded by Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel has been criticised for US defence …
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Nreal Air review: new augmented reality specs put a big screen in your view
AR smart glasses with displays now widely available in UK but must be connected to a s…
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Rise of the sides: how Grindr finally recognized gay men who aren’t tops or bottoms
The dating app’s new category offers visibility to those who have long felt isolated w…
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Vin Murria’s bid for M&C Saatchi is her most daring yet
‘Fearless’ female tech tycoon is at war with Mad Men in a rollercoaster takeover battl…
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Forget sentience… the worry is that AI copies human bias | Kenan Malik
The fuss about a bot’s ‘consciousness’ obscures far more troubling concerns ‘I want ev…
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Crypto panic as digital assets follow share prices in a downward spiral
Last week bitcoin fell 31% and Celsius put a hold on withdrawals – and some fear the t…
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From Trump Nevermind babies to deep fakes: DALL-E and the ethics of AI art
A neural network that can transform a text phrase into an artwork is transforming our …
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‘Oh my God, buy it!’ China’s livestream shopping stars risk being censored
Online sales stars enjoy huge influence but can fall foul of the authorities and vanis…
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Is ‘fake data’ the real deal when training algorithms?
The use of synthetic data is a cost‑effective way to teach AI about human responses. B…
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Trillion-dollar crypto collapse sparks flurry of US lawsuits – who’s to blame?
Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather among those being sued, but prosecuting fraud in t…
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UK plan to scrap cookie consent boxes will make it ‘easier to spy’ on web users
Privacy campaign group warns against government’s proposals to move to an ‘opt-out’ mo…
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TikTok moves to ease fears amid report workers in China accessed US users’ data
The company has said that Oracle will store all private information and is limiting th…
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SpaceX employees fired after writing letter criticizing Elon Musk
Letter called for SpaceX to make its work culture more inclusive and ‘define and unifo…
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Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’
The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. B…
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‘This is another pandemic’: a female survivor of domestic abuse in China speaks out
Chinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists …
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Starfield dominates Xbox Bethesda showcase
Sunday’s Xbox showcase was light on news, but showed plenty of games due out in the ne…
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‘I put on 40 pounds of muscle. Holy mackerel!’ Pablo Schreiber on playing Halo’s ripped hero
The videogame has finally been adapted for TV – with the former Wire actor in the lead…
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Best podcasts of the week: Drag Race’s Jujubee helps fans win the dating game
In this week’s newsletter: The show fan favourite plays wing-woman for listeners seeki…
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Brett Blake: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The comedian shares his favourite online laughs, including an Instagram account dedica…
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Cryptocurrency ‘bloodbath’ threatens multibillion-dollar hedge fund
Three Arrows Capital founder takes to Twitter to assuage fears following 25% drop in t…
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Meta banned firearms sales. Why are they still available on Facebook and Instagram?
A tech watchdog group reveals users can purchase materials to build high-powered, auto…
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TechScape: why you shouldn’t worry about sentient AI … yet
A researcher says Google has created an AI being with smarts and soul, but my own att…
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US defence contractor in talks to take over NSO Group’s hacking technology
Deal – which would require approval from US and Israel – would give L3Harris control o…
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Human-like programs abuse our empathy – even Google engineers aren’t immune | Emily M Bender
It’s easy to be fooled by the mimicry, but consumers need transparency about how such …
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Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge
Company says decision to disable desktop app comes as web developers less likely to ma…
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Crypto exchanges Coinbase and BlockFi lay off hundreds of staff
Employees hit by cryptocurrency crash as bitcoin price has plummeted in recent weeks …
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Elon Musk to hold first meeting with Twitter staff since $44bn bid
World’s richest person to take questions from employees amid concerns over attempted t…
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The demise of the dating app? Why singles are swapping online matching for real life meetings
The desire to meet a new partner remains undimmed. But they might be more easily found…
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Dutch group targets hydrogen-fuelled commercial flight in 2028
Consortium plans to adapt turboprop aircraft with 40-80 seats to run on environmentall…
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Why is Starbucks’ union drive speeding ahead while Amazon’s founders?
More than 100 of the coffee shop’s locations have unionized, while just one Amazon war…
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John Oliver on big tech: ‘Ending a monopoly is almost always a good thing’
The Last Week Tonight host examined Google, Amazon and Apple and efforts to address ‘a…
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Leading a hybrid team: four tips to get the best out of your staff – wherever they are
A mix of remote and in-person work is the new normal for many of us. But as a manager,…
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Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
Blake Lemoine says system has perception of, and ability to express thoughts and feeli…
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Not-so dumb waiter: UK restaurant chain Bella Italia trials robot service
Hospitality businesses look to hi-tech gadgets amid staff shortages after Covid pandem…
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As energy prices soar, the bitcoin miners may have struck fool’s gold | John Naughton
The rising price of electricity and the plunging value of the cryptocurrency could bur…
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Best running gear: top gadgets to keep you motivated
From music on the go to GPS watches and apps such as Strava, tech to help you clock up…
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‘A gift from God’: Binley Mega Chippy owner basks in TikTok fame
Kamal Gandhi, 70, and his Coventry chip shop became a sensation after its name was tur…
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The demise of the dating app? Why singles are swapping online matching for real life meetings
The desire to meet a new partner remains undimmed. But they might be more easily found…
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A living room on a skateboard: how electric vehicles are redefining the car
Future EV designs offer drivers more space and leisure, with fewer parts making produc…
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Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes
Regulators to look with enhanced scrutiny after cars with driver-assistance function c…
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Mario, Morricone or Mandalorian: what is the greatest film, TV and game music of all time?
This year’s ABC Classic 100 theme is Music for the Screen: think less Rachmaninoff, mo…
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Horror classic The Last of Us remade for PlayStation 5 and PC
Modernised version of 2013’s landmark PlayStation game will be out in September The c…
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Please Fix the Road review – turn chaos to calm in this pleasing puzzle
PC; Ariel Jurkowski Stylish and minimalistic, this gentle, quietly demanding game offe…
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