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The best theatre to stream this month: Emilia Clarke in The Seagull, the RSC’s Tartuffe and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes a Big Night of Musicals, You Bury Me an…
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TikTok: why the app with 1bn users faces a fight for its existence
Chinese-owned firm caught in geopolitical standoff, with US lawmakers leading charge a…
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Amazon workers in Coventry announce six new strike dates
April dates come as GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages at five other sit…
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Trump loses, Paltrow wins: Twitter marks a historic afternoon for America
Social media highlights remarkable timing of verdicts in unusual cases that gripped a …
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E3 2023: video game industry’s biggest expo cancelled
The annual event, which faced years of Covid disruption, will not return in 2023 E3, …
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Bafta Games Awards: God of War wins six but Vampire Survivors is best game
The were gasps in the crowd as a cult indie shooter beat the blockbusters to the key a…
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‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics
• Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war • Private Moscow consultan…
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‘Why am I crying over this?’: how corecore TikTok videos caught the mood of Gen Z
Sad clips from films, TV shows and TikTok are being spliced together over melancholy m…
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Meta reportedly considering Europe political ads ban
Facebook owner weighing up move amid fears it could struggle to abide by new EU laws, …
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A US ban on TikTok could damage the idea of the global internet | Kenneth Rogoff
Push to block platform reflects rising distrust of China and limited understanding of …
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The hidden history of the American right’s anti-trans agenda
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine is back with a second series looking back at America’s rec…
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Elon Musk joins call for pause in creation of giant AI ‘digital minds’
Steve Wozniak and DeepMind, Meta, Miscrosoft, Google and Amazon engineers raise alert …
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Twitter to no longer only promote paid-for accounts after backlash
Elon Musk says he ‘forgot to mention’ other users would be visible on ‘for you’ timeli…
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WeWork mugs for $500: 10 of the strangest merch items from companies that crashed
FTX fortune cookies and Theranos gift cards offer souvenirs from recent business disas…
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Twitter to promote only paying users’ tweets, Elon Musk announces
From 15 April, ‘For you’ tab that curates popular posts will feature just Twitter Blue…
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‘Luigi has sweet notes of apple’: testing out Lush’s unlikely Super Mario soaps
Animal-friendly cosmetics brand Lush is releasing a range of Mario-themed products – s…
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TechScape: How the world is turning against social media
France has banned not only TikTok from government phones, but Facebook and Twitter, to…
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Norwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
Head of Norwegian manufacturer Nammo says plans to increase production at its largest …
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Sonos Era 100 review: the latest best-sounding smart speaker
Compact wifi hifi with big sound supports hundreds of music services, multiple voice a…
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‘Our universe was lost for ever’: what happens when a tech glitch erases your memories?
Photos, emails, playlists: our phones and computers have become hosts for our pasts. W…
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Terra Nil review – restore nature, and with it your hope for the future
PC, smartphones (via Netflix); Free Lives/ Devolver Digital The rewarding environment…
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Twitter takes legal action after source code leaked online
Elon Musk-owned platform demands that GitHub identifies who posted parts of its code …
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The Forest Cathedral review – an unnaturally intense ecological puzzle game
PC, Xbox; Whitethorn Games This brief, raw and unsettling reimagining of a celebrated…
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Nothing Ear 2 review: see-through earbuds with good sound
Bluetooth buds have standout design, noise cancelling and work with Android and iPhone…
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Caught in the FTX storm: how a crypto high-flyer fell to Earth
Mastercard has cuts its ties with the Maps payments app run by British-educated crypto…
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Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews? | Jay Rayner
Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT is becoming more sophisticated and polished than eve…
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The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology
Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions …
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TikTok banned on London City Hall devices over security concerns
Move by Greater London authority comes after Chinese-owned app was blocked on UK parli…
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Can an AI program really write a good movie? Here’s a test
The increasing sophistication of programs like ChatGPT has led to unease over the futu…
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Key takeaways from TikTok hearing in Congress – and the uncertain road ahead
Lawmakers grilled the social media app’s CEO over its relationship with China and prot…
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From Facebook intern to the crosshairs of Congress: TikTok chief’s stellar rise
Shou Zi Chew, who joined ByteDance, the parent company in 2021, won’t let his children…
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Robot lips invented for long-distance kissing – video
A Chinese start-up has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users’ …
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Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’
The godfather of virtual reality has worked beside the web’s visionaries and power-bro…
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Best podcasts of the week: Inside the scandal of Britain’s ‘ghost’ children slipping through the cracks
In this week’s newsletter: Journalist Terri White investigates the case of Arthur Labi…
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Congress to grill TikTok CEO over data privacy concerns and safety of users
The extremely popular app has provoked the ire of two presidential administrations and…
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‘Of course it’s disturbing’: will AI change Hollywood forever?
With the rise of AI-led services to write, voice and provide effects, industry experts…
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Bard: how Google’s chatbot gave me a comedy of errors
It may be connected to the internet, but this AI tool seems trained to give the least …
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Pushing Buttons: The event game designers can’t afford to attend – but can’t afford to miss
The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been a career-making event for dec…
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‘My name is cleared’: the US workers fighting back against union busting
Organizers say an increased unionizing drive has been met with threats and retaliation…
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Google’s Bard chatbot launches in US and UK
From Tuesday users can join waiting list for access to technology that firm hopes will…
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TikTok’s CEO eluded the spotlight. Now, a looming ban means he can’t avoid it
The typically low-key Shou Zi Chew faces his biggest test yet as he testifies before C…
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Six urgent questions TikTok’s CEO needs to answer for US lawmakers
Stakes are high for the app’s US future with the administration pushing for Chinese ow…
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A weekend with Diablo 4: bleak, brutal, and potentially brilliant
The newest instalment of the action-RPG is an enticing blend of old and new ideas offe…
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TechScape: The AI tools that will write our emails, attend our meetings – and change our lives
From Gmail to Office 365, AI is about to become deeply integrated into the apps we use…
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State-sponsored matchmaking app launched in China
Service in Jiangxi uses data on single residents to build platform amid drive to boost…
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Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs in new round of layoffs
Redundancies to take place mostly in cloud services, advertising and Twitch livestream…
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Pushing Buttons: Why the Resident Evil 4 remake works
This remake of the classic horror is like a crime novel, each chapter ending on a clif…
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The Last of Us finale recap – what a brutal, sadistic triumph of television
In an absolute gut-punch denouement, Joel and Ellie reached their destination – then m…
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Cybersecurity funds should go towards beefing up Centrelink voice authentication, Greens say
David Shoebridge says some of the $10bn allocated to Redspice program should counter m…
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Apple HomePod review: a Siri speaker with a bass problem
Smart speaker can sound great depending on the room but is only for those all-in on Ap…
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Elizabeth Holmes owes more than $25m to Theranos, lawsuit claims
Disgraced founder who was sentenced last November to 11 years in prison for defrauding…
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Three things with Caitlin Stasey: ‘Keep this interview far away from my girlfriend’
In our weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us the drastic way she curbs he…
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‘I learned to love the bot’: meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend
Thousands of people enjoy relationships of all kinds – from companionship to romance a…
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‘ChatGPT said I did not exist’: how artists and writers are fighting back against AI
From lawsuits to IT hacks, the creative industries are deploying a range of tactics to…
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Why is TikTok banned from government phones – and should the rest of us be worried?
UK has removed app over concerns data can be monitored by Chinese state, but public re…
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‘We are a little bit scared’: OpenAI CEO warns of risks of artificial intelligence
Sam Altman stresses need to guard against negative consequences of technology, as comp…
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GPT-4 has brought a storm of hype and fright – is it marketing froth, or is this a revolution? | Charlie Beckett
I have seen enough to know that it’s going to alter our lives. Just think what AI tool…
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Resident Evil 4 Remake review – beautiful, tense, camp, gory: all that’s best about the series
Capcom; PC, PS4/5, Xbox Series S/X This reimagining includes all the design knowledge …
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Chinese ChatGPT rival from search engine firm Baidu fails to impress
Shares plummet after Ernie Bot AI chatbot software falls short of expectations at unve…
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UK bans TikTok from government mobile phones
Move brings Britain in line with US and Europe and reflects worsening relations with C…
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‘More meaningful connections’: will Spotify’s updates mean a proper payday for artists?
The biggest ever update to Spotify’s app is set to bring artists and fans closer toget…
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Best podcasts of the week: The man who robbed 12 banks to pay for IVF, in his own words
In this week’s newsletter: Hear the whole story of how a British man turned bank robbe…
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Contest launched to decipher Herculaneum scrolls using 3D X-ray software
Global research teams who can improve AI and accelerate decoding could win $250,000 in…
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Russia disinformation looks to US far right to weaken Ukraine support
The Kremlin is deploying new tactics by drawing on favorite themes and conspiracy theo…
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The stupidity of AI
Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of…
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UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones
Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position Br…
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‘Lungs of the startup world’: bank fall upends most Silicon Valley industries
Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ec…
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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon review – wicked witch cleans up her act
Nintendo Switch, Platinum Games/Nintendo This cutesy origin tale replaces the guns and…
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Innovative heat tech could save England’s swimming pools from closure
Twenty pools may be upgraded this year after startup uses energy from small data centr…
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TechScape: How Silicon Valley Bank UK was saved
In this week’s newsletter: While its quick slip into financial hardship has left Ameri…
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Demand for deepfake pornography is exploding. We aren’t ready | Moira Donegan
With cheap apps proliferating, how long til our likeness appears in a nonconsensual de…
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TikTok would be ‘disappointed’ if UK banned app on official devices
Firm says moves in west to block video app on government phones have been ‘based on mi…
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Teach UK schoolchildren about harms of online misogyny, says police chief
Boys in particular need to look at behaviour inspired by likes of Andrew Tate, says le…
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Silicon Valley Bank: why did it collapse and is this the start of a banking crisis?
Until last Friday Silicon Valley Bank was the 16th largest bank in the US, worth more …
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My passion for the seven small objects at the heart of everything we build
From a ball point pen to a skyscraper, everything we make needs one or more of these d…
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Has the 3D printing revolution finally arrived?
Car engines, bespoke medicines, organs for transplant, food, fashion and now even a wh…
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Streams are made of this: will digital platforms change our musical memories?
So many of our most precious memories are anchored in particular songs. But does the e…
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In WhatsApp world, everyone can hear you scream | Andrew Anthony
End-to-end encryption does not prevent wall-to-wall media coverage, as many prominent …
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‘Not going to beg’: why entrepreneurs of color are increasingly self-funding
Raising funds from investors is unfavorable for marginalized founders, who face racial…
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USD Coin value falls after revealing $3.3bn held at Silicon Valley Bank
The stablecoin fell as low as $0.87 as Circle broke the news that its reserves were at…
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Will UK’s online safety bill protect children from adult material?
Legislation puts duty of care on tech firms to protect under-18s but does not mandate …
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‘It stole my soul’: readers on how watching porn at a young age affected their life
Intense shock, addiction and losing interest in other activities are some of readers’ …
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What is Sons of the Forest, the cannibal survival game that sold 2m copies in a day?
Endnight Games’ sequel sold vast numbers on Steam. What’s behind its remarkable succes…
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‘It was traumatic’: Uber, Lyft drivers decry low pay and unfair deactivations
Drivers call for regulation of rideshare companies they say collect up to 50% of fares…
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Crypto bank Silvergate announces liquidation amid sector turmoil
Wind-down and liquidation plan follows mass withdrawal of deposits after collapse of F…
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WhatsApp would not remove end-to-end encryption for UK law, says chief
Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in onli…
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