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How problematic is mineral mining for electric cars?
In part two of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up the issues of r…
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New Yorkers feel betrayed as police radio dispatches end: ‘You’d hear about nine shootings a day’
The NYPD has communicated via public channels for nearly a century. Now the system is …
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Lawn and order: the evergreen appeal of grass-cutting in video games
Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying – but where di…
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Best podcasts of the week: Marina Hyde and Richard Osman take on pop culture
In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unit…
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Google to pay Canada news publishers $73m a year to keep news in search
Deal resolves tech giant’s concerns over Online News Act, which makes big companies sh…
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Pushing Buttons: The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ushered in an era of technical brilliance – but creative timidity
The ‘next gen’ consoles of 2013 invented high-definition gaming and cleared the way fo…
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Elliot Ulm: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The graphic designer and comedian (AKA elliotisacoolguy) lives online. His list includ…
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SteamWorld Build review – tinker with a tiny township full of robots in hats
Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; The Station/Thunderful Games Westworld mee…
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Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to see ‘extent of destruction’ by Israeli strikes
Invitation comes after tech billionaire accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to inspect Isra…
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Tesla sues Sweden’s transport agency in escalation of strike row
US carmaker claims ‘discriminatory attack’ after industrial action stops new cars rece…
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UK school pupils ‘using AI to create indecent imagery of other children’
Protection groups call for urgent action to help pupils understand risks of making ima…
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The Guardian view on OpenAI’s board shake-up: changes deliver more for shareholders than for humanity | Editorial
The development of supersmart AI needs careful handling – and that probably won’t be m…
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Dr Chelsea Polis: ‘The scientific world recognises when you stick your neck out and do the right thing’
The US reproductive health expert on being sued for $1m, and winning a top prize for h…
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Robot dogs have unnerved and angered the public. So why is this artist teaching them to paint?
Agnieszka Pilat calls herself a ‘propaganda artist’ for robots. But when those machine…
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AI doesn’t cause harm by itself. We should worry about the people who control it | Kenan Malik
The chaos at OpenAI reveals contradictions in the way we think about the technology At…
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Sacking, revolt, return: how crisis at OpenAI over Sam Altman unfolded
Firing of the CEO behind ChatGPT company sent shock waves through Silicon Valley – onl…
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‘We will coup whoever we want!’: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros
Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behaviour of …
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Rhysida, the new ransomware gang behind British Library cyber-attack
Gang thought to be from Russia or CIS has attacked companies and institutions in sever…
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Tetris puts me in a state of zen. If only it did the same for my family
I hoped the cat-herding for a family gaming night would be worth it to enjoy one of th…
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OpenAI’s directors have been anything but open. What the hell happened?
In the top company in the world’s most explosive industry, the boss was fired and rehi…
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‘Huge egos are in play’: behind the firing and rehiring of OpenAI’s Sam Altman
The surprise sacking of the AI venture’s CEO was followed by a near mutiny at the comp…
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Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection review – a great way to relive a lost world of gaming
Limited Run Games; PC, PS4/5, Switch, Xbox The cult retro label has curated and update…
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Pushing Buttons: I went to Japan’s Nintendo theme park – and it was a childhood dream come true
Hidden Pikmin, secret Mario logos and mad merch … the world of Mario has been brillian…
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Linda Marigliano: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
Sharing videos is a love language for the presenter and author. Here, she shows us a d…
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The OpenAI meltdown will only accelerate the artificial intelligence race | Sarah Kreps
Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who…
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Sam Altman set to return as CEO of OpenAI
New board announces ‘agreement in principle’ for return of former CEO after campaign b…
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Dyson tells libel trial Daily Mirror article was a distressing ‘personal attack’
Inventor is suing publisher over ‘rogues’ gallery’ article that stated he championed V…
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‘Our goal is to keep Pokémon alive for hundreds of years’: Pokémon’s chief’s plans for Pikachu and pals
Not content with a billion fans, The Pokémon Company’s COO Takato Utsunomiya talks abo…
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‘I played video games with a voracious appetite’: writer Carmen Maria Machado on being a lifelong gamer
The award-winning author on smuggling games past her strict parents, finding comfort i…
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X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts
Companies such as IBM and Comcast pulled ads from the firm after the non-profits’s rep…
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Young Americans are picking up the Qur’an ‘to understand the resilience of Muslim Palestinians’
Readers find themes that align with their values as they seek to ‘grow empathy’ for a …
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Sonos Move 2 review: serious quality sound with twice the battery life
Full-size portable speaker gets stereo and bass upgrade, plus better wifi, Bluetooth a…
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Do electric cars pose a greater fire risk than petrol or diesel vehicles?
The first in a series exploring the myths and realities surrounding EVs When a fire r…
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If you think ‘bossware’ surveillance culture in the workplace is new, think again | John Naughton
The rise of intrusive software that lets employers monitor workers’ every move is part…
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Rows and rockets blow up as Elon Musk’s firms endure turbulent weekend
Another space launch failed, but it’s the loss of major advertisers on X that has enra…
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Among the ‘memory athletes’, 1971
Could a computer ever rival their astonishing feats? The idea seemed preposterous ‘Yo…
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‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks
Six Group, which operates the Swiss and Spanish bourses, is a target for cyberwarfare …
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Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X
Social media firm boss says he will sue media watchdog that said ads were being placed…
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OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board
AI firm’s board said Altman was ‘not consistently candid in his communications with th…
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Atari 2600+ review – a perfect 1970s pop cultural relic
This painstaking reproduction of one of the earliest and most beloved games consoles i…
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Experience: I invented the lickable TV
My creation was well received – the BBC described it as ‘netlicks’ During the pandemi…
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Apple agrees to improve texting between iPhones and Androids
After years of reluctance, company announces iPhones will support RCS messaging standa…
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John Legend and Sia among singers to trial AI versions of voices with YouTube
Google-owned video platform opens up Dream Track experiment to produce 30-second sound…
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Best podcasts of the week: From Spice Girls to Sugababes, how Britain’s girlbands conquered the world
In this week’s newsletter: The Saturdays’ Mollie King explores the history of Britain’…
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Meta deflects child harm inquiry by pointing to Apple and Google app stores
As US Senate began looking at the firm’s failures to shield children, it called for la…
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Rishi Sunak’s AI plan has no teeth – and once again, big tech is ready to exploit that | Georg Riekeles and Max von Thun
Tech companies are pushing the idea that the only way to make AI safe is to leave them…
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From Sensible Soccer to Sociable Soccer: Jon Hare is back with a new football game
Hare’s new opus Sociable Soccer 24 aims to bring the joys of arcade-style football gam…
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Goodbye Omegle: how the anonymous chatroom traumatized our teen years
My generation became a target for abuse on the video-chat site – and our parents had n…
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‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’: why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure
Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III review – exhilarating game engineering rescues a tired format
PlayStation, Xbox, PC; Sledgehammer Games/Activision Call of Duty’s developers are cle…
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Techscape: NFTs were meant to change everything – what happened?
In this week’s newsletter: in early 2022 ‘non-fungible tokens’ were a supposedly revol…
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‘They rile me’: views on the pros and cons of UK supermarket self-checkouts
As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying …
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Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies
Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance …
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White faces generated by AI are more convincing than photos, finds survey
Photographs were seen as less realistic than computer images but there was no differen…
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Bose QC Ultra earbuds review: top-class noise cancelling with audio upgrade
New immersive sound and better Bluetooth update for comfortable and popular earbuds B…
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Stock of British electric moped brand Zapp hits skids months after US listing
The company has lost much of its value after market scepticism about startups’ prospec…
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How digital twins may enable personalised health treatment
Research is growing into computational models that will move medicine beyond what work…
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How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank
Cameras made by Hikvision, which is blacklisted in US, blanket the occupied West Bank,…
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‘It is a beast that needs to be tamed’: leading novelists on how AI could rewrite the future
Novelists and poets, Bernardine Evaristo, Jeanette Winterson, Stephen Marche and other…
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Peter Thiel won’t fund any 2024 races after backing Trump in 2016: ‘It was crazier than I thought’
Thiel says in an interview that Trump had called him earlier this year to solicit $10m…
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Ransomware attack on China’s biggest bank disrupts US Treasury market
American arm of ICBC is latest victim of hackers and is investigating The Industrial …
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalized for stroke in Mexico City
The 73-year-old had been slated to speak at a business conference when he suffered a ‘…
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Heat pumps tempt Twickenham residents – if the house is ready for one
In one well-to-do London street, eagerness to make the shift from boilers is dampened …
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Best podcasts of the week: Tales of transition, queer joy and more to mark Transgender Awareness Week
In this week’s newsletter: Figures from Charlie Craggs to Mika Onyx celebrate the full…
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Cruise recalls all self-driving cars after grisly accident and California ban
All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for…
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Grand Theft Auto 6 to be revealed in early December
A Bloomberg report gets out in front of the biggest video game announcement of the yea…
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The Legend of Zelda: live-action movie in the works, Nintendo announces
Maze Runner director Wes Ball will direct film of beloved game franchise, which follow…
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Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021
Australian IT company says ‘configuration issue’ may have been behind nationwide outag…
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The problem with tech bro philanthropy | Zoe Williams
Billionaires say they are desperate to give away their money – but their interests are…
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Power up: will Chinese financing be the saviour of the Japanese video game industry?
Japan is seen as the home of games, but the sector is struggling – and China is poachi…
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85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds
UN announces plan to tackle phenomenon as survey finds people worry particularly about…
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: still unique but should be better
Big chip and graphics upgrades come at great cost to wallet and battery life for diffi…
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Cloud service firms lock customers in while nickel-and-diming them
It’s a company’s dream business model – the services are too difficult to switch, and …
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Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson thank Elon Musk for reinstating them on X
Former Daily Mail columnist and far-right agitator show their gratitude after rejoinin…
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How Chinese influencers use AI digital clones of themselves to pump out content
Questions over honesty and legality as livestreamers, particularly in online shopping,…
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British biotech races US’s ‘buff billionaires’ for secret of eternal youth
The UK excels at ‘longevity research’. Could it become part of an industry that fascin…
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Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?
They have higher emissions, hog roadspace and are more dangerous for other road users.…
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Is AI regulation really possible? | Fiona Katauskas
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Miaows, purrs, whisker twitches: AI could finally help us understand cat ‘language’
Artificial intelligence being used to unpick meanings behind vocal and physical cues o…
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No utopia: experts question Elon Musk’s vision of world without work
Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it al…
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