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'I’m Singaporean': TikTok CEO grilled by US Senator repeatedly about ties with China – video
US senator Tom Cotton repeatedly asked TikTok's Singaporean chief Shou Zi Chew abo…
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Microsoft’s Activision acquisition and bets on AI yield high quarterly revenue
Tech giant now second business in history to reach a stock market valuation of $3tn, o…
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Inside the Taylor Swift deepfake scandal: ‘It’s men telling a powerful woman to get back in her box’
AI-generated porn, fuelled by misogyny, is flooding the internet, with Taylor Swift th…
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Apple Vision Pro reviews roundup: stunning potential with big trade-offs
Early reviews of cutting-edge headset suggest it is packed with sci-fi tech and intere…
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Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution
With the region’s countries among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis, digital e…
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TechScape: ‘Hot garbage’ or core protection? Inside Apple’s ongoing beef with the EU
Of course the App Store owner’s fight with EU regulators is about money – but is it al…
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Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted first brain chip in a human
Billionaire’s startup will study functionality of interface, which it says lets those …
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Amazon drops $1.4bn deal to buy iRobot after EU veto reports
Roomba maker announces plans to axe 31% of workforce and exit of CEO after collapse of…
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I went to a cabin in the woods without my phone. Could I break its spell?
In week 5 of Rhik Samadder’s phone detox, a return to nature sparks a return to self, …
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Prime movers: the German circus exploring Amazon through acrobatics
Rimini Protokoll’s new show is part of a series of performances inspired by James Joyc…
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It was expensive and underpowered, but the Apple Macintosh still changed the world | John Naughton
After its hyperbolic, Ridley Scott-directed launch 40 years ago, Apple’s all-in-one co…
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions t…
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The joy of CeX: how to spend £10 in the secondhand gaming mega store
Entertainment (and thrill) seekers on a budget never know exactly what they’re going t…
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Taylor Swift deepfake pornography sparks renewed calls for US legislation
Fake but convincing explicit images of pop singer were viewed tens of millions of time…
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GM’s Cruise reveals dual US probes into grisly collision and company’s response
Company pledged to reform its culture and ‘failure of leadership’ after self-driving c…
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The experts: photographers on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to vastly improve your pictures
You don’t need an expensive camera – a smartphone can capture a great shot. Just move …
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UK parents worried about screens, but children say they now feel safer online
Internet Matters says survey shows rise in children’s ‘positive developmental, emotion…
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Tesla delivers underwhelming earnings despite Cybertruck launch and high vehicle deliveries
Electric vehicle manufacturer’s earnings in the fourth quarter of 2023 missed analyst …
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Amazon Ring says US police will now need warrant to access user footage
In an about-face, the company disables feature allowing law enforcement to request foo…
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‘Our contribution to a cleaner world’: How Kenya found an extraordinary power source beneath its feet
The 1970s oil crisis helped pave the way for Kenya to utilise its vast geothermal reso…
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review – happy yakuza holiday
PS5 (tested), PS4, PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One; Sega/Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Despite a …
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Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
Months after he endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory, the CEO of X went to the si…
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Computers are not as reliable as many of us believe | Letter
Data-corrupting flaws in hardware do exist – but most are quietly fixed without the pu…
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‘We’ve lost the art of city building’: can the planner behind a tech-funded metropolis win over the skeptics?
Gabriel Metcalf was hired to design a new California city backed by Silicon Valley eli…
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OpenAI bans bot impersonating US presidential candidate Dean Phillips
Company removes account of developer saying ChatGPT bot violated policies on political…
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Which is the best folding phone-tablet? Cutting-edge Androids face off
Samsung’s leading Galaxy Z Fold tested against challengers from Google Pixel, OnePlus …
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Skibidi Toilet: what is this bizarre viral YouTube series – and does it deserve the moral panic?
More than 38 million people have subscribed to the series about terrifying animated he…
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Clumsy kittens, pigs in costumes and glittery unicorns: how the cult of cute took hold
From chubby puppies to loveable robots, ‘cuteness’ has us all melting in its sticky li…
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British inventor seeks to take $18bn bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
Patrick Racz is in a long-running patent fight with the tech company over claims it st…
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‘We need to come together’: British artists team up to fight AI image-generating software
US lawyers approached about class action against Midjourney and other AI firms accused…
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Big tech boom or bust? Experts see signs of strength after wave of layoffs
Even as more job cuts await, some analysts see the beginnings of a bull market in the …
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On my radar: Margo Price’s cultural highlights
The US country star on learning a new instrument at 40, her favourite place to eat in …
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‘I dreamed of blocky pixels’: the strange, sweaty, sociable early days of gaming – in pictures
Back in the early 2000s, multiplayer gaming meant lugging huge PCs to friends’ houses …
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TikTok’s nine-month cruise: what is it and and why can’t I stop watching?
A cruise trip advertised as the longest in the world has become its own reality show, …
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Lashings of fun? Microsoft reveals new Indiana Jones game
Can MachineGames’s new first-person adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle live …
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‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts
Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with huma…
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Cryptocurrency like Beanie Babies, says Coinbase in US regulator’s lawsuit
The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged the crypto exchange is flouting rul…
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Best podcasts of the week: The loves and lives ruined by the Ashley Madison dating site hack
In this week’s newsletter: Find out how the ‘no strings attached’ site hack forever al…
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The Last of Us Part II Remastered review – unmissable repacking of modern classic
Sony, PS5 Visual and haptical enhancements along with bonus content including new mode…
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Sheryl Sandberg to leave board of Facebook parent Meta
Former chief operating officer was lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-dr…
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Tech billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. Voters may get a say on it
California Forever, which bought 60,000 acres, has received fierce opposition from loc…
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Beer, vaping and scrolling: my bad habits make me feel good. What do I do?
Is there a gentler way of thinking about vices – one that doesn’t make us feel like vi…
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The revenge of the video game manual
Instruction manuals died out as video games introduced tutorials instead. But now game…
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What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts schoo…
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Elon Musk seeks greater share of Tesla before pushing AI ambitions
Musk says he is not comfortable with Tesla becoming market leader in AI and robotics w…
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TechScape: Why big tech could learn big lessons from the Post Office Horizon scandal
In this week’s newsletter: To see where an IT flaw became a crisis, you have to look p…
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‘The tide has turned’: why parents are suing US social media firms after their children’s death
Social media firms have faced scrutiny from Congress over their impact on young users,…
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Pokémon pandemonium: did the Van Gogh Museum play its cards right?
A limited-edition ‘Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat’ trading card drew in a new, younger aud…
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Indian teen invents gadget that may transform dementia care
YouTube robotics tutorials helped 17-year turn his concern for his grandmother into a …
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Through heartbreak, joy and Covid, a 2,450-day Snapchat streak sustained our friendship across the globe
For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and U…
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British Library begins restoring digital services after cyber-attack
UK’s national library apologises to researchers, saying full recovery could take until…
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Egg timer, Coke bottle and a skull cast: VR puts Burns memorabilia in reach
Glasgow University has set up virtual trips showing stories behind the poems and explo…
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Horrified by Horizon? Then get ready to be totally appalled by AI
As the Post Office debacle has amply demonstrated, putting blind faith into a new form…
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‘A tragedy is not far away’: 25-year-old Post Office memo predicted scandal
A 1999 note highlighted concerns of subpostmasters about the Horizon system and herald…
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The hard truth about AI? It might produce some better software | John Naughton
If there’s one area in which artificial intelligence could actually be useful, it’s in…
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Microsoft beats Apple as most valuable company for first time in two years
With market capitalizations neck-and-neck at $2.887tn and $2.875tn, Microsoft pulls ah…
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What is going on with ChatGPT? | Arwa Mahdawi
Over the last month or so, there’s been an uptick in people complaining that the chatb…
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Google lays off hundreds in hardware, augmented reality and Assistant divisions
Tech giant among others – including Amazon and Meta – to cut workforce as business pre…
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The 15 greatest Sega arcade games – ranked
From the 80s driving experience of Outrun and After Burner’s dogfighting F-14 to Golde…
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The inside story on the Met Police’s biggest crime busts in history
Mobeen Azhar explores ‘jawdropping’ cases from the criminal underworld in Catching the…
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Art that can be easily copied by AI is ‘meaningless’, says Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist responds to debate about data-scraping as he prepares for new collabora…
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AI-driven misinformation ‘biggest short-term threat to global economy’
World Economic Forum highlights risk of election interference in year UK and US go to …
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How the Post Office’s Horizon system failed: a technical breakdown
From bugs to unqualified staff, the Post Office’s point-of-sale system was inadequate …
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Kaitlyn Dever to star as Abby in HBO’s The Last of Us season two
Booksmart actor cast in apocalyptic drama as vengeful soldier Abby, as TV series creat…
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TechScape: Is the Consumer Electronics Show still relevant?
The world’s largest tech event has cutting-edge TVs and even a VW with ChatGPT – but c…
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A new kind of history lesson: Mexico, 1921: A Deep Slumber makes you a journalist during a revolution
Focusing on power and politics, this Mácula Interactive docu-game draws on muralists, …
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In the race for AI supremacy, China and the US are travelling on entirely different tracks | Manya Koetse
Beijing set the goal of being the global AI leader by 2030, but that was before the em…
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The Vinted phenomenon: how one woman sold her clothes – and created a billion-dollar company
In 2008, Milda Mitkute and a friend set up a website to clear out her closet. It soon …
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HyperVerse crypto promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ arrested and charged in US
Internal Revenue Service alleges Rodney Burton was part of a network that made ‘fraudu…
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Twitter changed my life for good. But the platform I loved no longer exists | Helene von Bismarck
It gave me friends, fun and new horizons – but the dark side of social media was a thr…
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‘Constantly monitored’: the pushback against AI surveillance at work
Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards – bu…
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Publish Nazi newsletters on your platform, Substack, and you will rightly be damned | John Naughton
The online publishing service has been criticised for the way it has allowed extremist…
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‘I hope it makes everyone want to jump!’: Michelle Z Simmons’ best phone picture
The photographer on bringing a fresh perspective to snapping dancers Michelle Z Simmo…
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‘It can only be good’: Elvis tribute acts embrace the hologram Presley
Acts gathering in Birmingham for Elvis championships welcome forthcoming hi-tech conce…
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‘I am so tired’: YouTuber Tom Scott ends Things You Might Not Know
British influencer posted a weekly video for 10 years, about everything from pegasus c…
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‘I feel I’m addicted’: readers on their relationships with their phones
Many feel unhappy with their dependence on their cellphone, a wide-ranging Guardian pr…
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YouTube’s video games are almost impossible to find – but once you do, you’ll wish you never looked | Dominik Diamond
After a labyrinth of menus as intuitive as dadaist poetry, players are rewarded with k…
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Super Pocket review – an affordable mini console that’s simply a joy to play
Two licensed handhelds from Taito and Capcom come with a host of old favourites from t…
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Substack faces user revolt over anti-censorship stance on neo-Nazis
Newsletter writers with thousands of subscribers threaten to leave platform, which say…
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AI Elvis not the first hologram star to shake his moves on stage
From Abba to Tupac Shakur, more and more deceased or ageing stars are being brought ba…
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Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing?
There is no standard diagnosis for ‘phone addiction’, and a debate rages about whether…
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Beware the ‘botshit’: why generative AI is such a real and imminent threat to the way we live | André Spicer
Unless checks are put in place, citizens and voters may soon face AI-generated content…
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Cybercrime, AI supremacy and the metaverse: the tech stories that will dominate 2024
From the future of X to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, we make a call on the deals, produ…
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‘Pure joy and fun’: readers’ favourite video games of 2023
From non-stop action in Final Fantasy XVI to a rare find in Starfield, readers share t…
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I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong
In an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie ex…
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