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Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog
China shows off mechanical canine with an automatic rifle on its back at joint militar…
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A new AI service allows viewers to create TV shows. Are we doomed?
Showrunner will let users generate episodes with prompts, which could be an alarming n…
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He found the American Dream on China’s TikTok. The reality was more complicated
Videos on Douyin give people step-by-step instructions on how to get to the US – and t…
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I tried playing video games stoned for the first time in my 50s – and I have some thoughts | Dominik Diamond
Marijuana is legal where I live in Canada, so I decided to give it a try and see wheth…
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The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentre…
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‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe
A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the …
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UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media
Ellen Roome says firms should be required to hand over data in case it can help parent…
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Hauntii review – a ghost searches for understanding in the afterlife in this imaginative debut
Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, PC, Nintendo Switch; Moonloop Games/Firestoke Possess ladybirds…
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Ex-FTX executive gets over seven years for making illegal political donations
Ryan Salame is first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants to get jail time for his role …
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OpenAI forms safety council as it trains latest artificial intelligence model
US tech startup says committee will advise on ‘critical safety and security decisions’…
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TechScape: What we learned from the global AI summit in South Korea
One day and six (very long) agreements later, can we call the meeting to hammer out th…
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Sim-ply unfilmable? Inside The Sims movie that never was
In 2007, a big-screen version of the hit video game was announced, but it languished i…
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Trying to tame AI: Seoul summit flags hurdles to regulation
UK touts ‘Bletchley effect’ of safety institutes, but division remains over whether to…
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From IT worker to god of music: the unlikely story of Baldur’s Gate 3 composer Borislav Slavov
If you hear the words ‘down by the river’ and immediately start humming one of modern …
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Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?
One computer scientist says we should embrace human-machine relationships, but other e…
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Virtual reality games helping UK’s deaf children to understand speech
Scientists have found that immersing kids in computer games can train their brains to …
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If Scarlett Johansson can’t bring the AI firms to heel, what hope for the rest of us? | John Naughton
OpenAI’s unsubtle approximation of the actor’s voice for its new GPT-4o software was a…
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Jeff Dodds: the Formula E boss planning a move into pole position
Petrolheads are quick to scorn the idea of electric car racing, but the series’ chief …
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MPs urge under-16s UK smartphone ban and statutory ban in schools
Commons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents …
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Tesla boss Elon Musk criticises US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
Billionaire makes U-turn over levies, telling Paris tech conference they distort the m…
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Michael Schumacher’s family win case against publisher over fake AI interview
Die Aktuelle promoted 2023 piece that ‘sounds deceptively real’ Publisher had sacked…
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XDefiant review – Overwatch meets Call of Duty in an Ubisoft theme park
Ubisoft; PC, PS5, Xbox You may feel a touch of deja vu as you mow down rivals with you…
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UK not heeding warning over China threat, says ex-cybersecurity chief
Ciaran Martin says US warning that China is targeting key infrastructure should be tak…
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People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem
‘I am not a typo’ campaign is calling for technology companies to make autocorrect les…
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Sonos releases Ace headphones with cinema-sound party trick
Bluetooth and wifi noise-cancelling cans aim to dethrone Apple and Bose with ultimate …
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World is ill-prepared for breakthroughs in AI, say experts
Governments have made insufficient regulatory progress, ‘godfathers’ of the technology…
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New York reaches $2bn settlement with crypto lender Genesis over fraud claims
Letitia James announces victims fund for ‘defrauded investors’ in largest settlement t…
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Amazon Echo Hub review: Alexa’s affordable smart-home dashboard
Smart display is the control centre for Alexa-connected devices anyone in the home can…
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Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil an…
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AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers
All five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit har…
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iPad Air M2 review: cheaper iPad Pro for rest of us gets bigger
Apple’s mid-range tablet gets larger screen option and more power, being ‘pro’ enough …
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Australia doesn't have toolkit to detect AI-generated election misinformation, says AEC - video
The Australian Electoral Commission says Australia won't be 'immune' to AI…
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‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’: London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets
Science Museum’s Secret Life of the Home collection, including tea-making machines, ea…
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Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’
Tech experts hope new term for carelessly automated AI webpages and images can illumin…
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‘Personalising stuff that doesn’t matter’: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app
The wellness project claims to help users make ‘smarter food choices’ based on ‘world-…
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As the AI world gathers in Seoul, can an accelerating industry balance progress against safety?
Companies such as OpenAI and Meta push ahead, but it is clear that biggest changes are…
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How China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propaganda
News avatars are proliferating on social media and experts say they will spread as the…
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Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint | Koren Helbig
The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling…
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‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my surreal, soul-sucking day at Palantir’s first AI warfare conference
America’s military industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Compet…
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UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam
Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video call…
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Pushing Buttons: Big studios are making big cuts – but indie gems like Animal Well are still out there
A wave of innovative indie games bring a sense of optimism to an industry in urgent ne…
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The artist behind the short-lived portal linking New York and Dublin: ‘People got carried away’
Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhi…
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Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram
Exclusive: Paul Raffile held webinar where he said app failed to protect children, and…
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes review – eerie visuals and a thrilling story
Annapurna Interactive; PC, Switch This compulsive atavistic mystery is told through be…
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YouTube blocks videos set to Hong Kong protest anthem
Court order compels Google subsidiary to block local access to 32 videos of Glory to H…
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Google rolls out AI-generated, summarized search results in US
Tech giant also reveals AI assistant in progress, currently called Project Astra, and …
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OpenAI’s new GPT-4o model offers promise of improved smartphone assistants
System can operate directly in speech, speeding up responses and noticing voice quirks…
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iPad Pro M4 review: ludicrously good hardware that’s total overkill for most
Apple sets new standard in screen and power but Pro model verges away from consumer ta…
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The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township
Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars off…
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‘I don’t see the point of me without the politics’: video game writer Meghna Jayanth on the benefits of staying indie
After a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, fr…
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The new law that could protect UK children online – as long as it works
Thanks to a new act that could reshape the internet, TikTok, Instagram and other platf…
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Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’
A new Netflix docuseries explores how the site that enabled married people to have aff…
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New GPT-4o AI model is faster and free for all users, OpenAI announces
Tech company reveals new flagship model that ‘is the future of interaction between our…
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Pushing Buttons: With creative developers shutting everywhere, the future of games looks bleaker and more boring
UK indie outfit Roll7 is reportedly facing closure, along with Bethesda’s Tango Gamewo…
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Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing
Federal court refuses to extend ban on 65 posts on Elon Musk’s platform showing last m…
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The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?
After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went vi…
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With its new iPad Pro ad, Apple is offering us the thin end of the wedge | Alex Clark
Maybe it’s my age, but the company’s brash new vision of digital minimalism looks like…
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ChatGPT and the like will co-pilot coders to new heights of creativity | John Naughton
Far from making programmers an endangered species, AI will release them from the grunt…
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Making deepfake images is increasingly easy – controlling their use is proving all but impossible
New Australian laws will make it a crime to distribute non-consensual deepfake pornogr…
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‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothes
A venture that uses methods applied to plastic bottles for old textiles aims to tackle…
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She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all
The moral panic following Raffaella Spone’s ‘deepfake’ video spread around the world. …
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UK public warned after huge rise in fires caused by binned batteries
Fire chief says incorrect disposal of devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are ‘di…
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The 15 (ish) greatest UK video game magazines of all time
Part newspapers, part fanzines, these titles were a lifeline to information-starved ga…
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CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam
Fraudsters impersonated WPP’s CEO using a fake Whatsapp account, a voice clone and You…
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‘Destruction of the human experience’: Apple iPad ad prompts online backlash
Advert featuring huge hydraulic press crushing cultural objects strikes wrong note wit…
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OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography
Critics say ChatGPT creator’s proposal to allow erotica, slurs and other adult content…
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TikTok to auto-flag AI videos – even if created on other platforms
Industry’s digital watermarking scheme will add to existing safeguards on TikTok’s own…
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Best podcasts of the week: Gemma Collins joyfully jumps into her specialist subject – herself
In this week’s newsletter: Celebrity anthology show Everything I Know About Me returns…
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‘That open tweet is the canvas’: behind the highs, lows and memes of Black Twitter
A new docuseries, from Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny, explores how a section of T…
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Tech firms must ‘tame’ algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules
Regulator calls on social media firms to use robust age checks to keep harmful content…
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No refund after I was sold a stolen £3,300 bike on eBay
I phoned the police and the bike was seized, but eBay and my bank won’t help over reim…
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What is Manor Lords? The medieval city-building game that sold a million copies in a single day
Developer Slavic Magic’s feudal simulator is Steam’s latest early access sensation, bu…
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How Snapchat is saving itself – and keeping up with Silicon Valley giants
The messaging service pegs itself as the ‘happiest place’ online, but Snap’s Ronan Har…
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UK armed forces’ personal data hacked in MoD breach
Defence secretary to address MPs after names and bank details of armed forces members …
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Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities
Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also m…
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Another Crab’s Treasure: this indie hit has clawed its way into my subconscious
Australian studio Aggro Crab has a hit on its hands – and behind all its jokes and exc…
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Stop trying to turn Dungeons & Dragons into a Marvel-esque cash cow – it won’t work
The way that Wizards of the Coast is treating this venerable game is totally at odds w…
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‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’: TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US
I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and se…
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Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultation
The UK regulator has been criticised by grieving families and internet abuse survivors…
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On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights
The novelist on a comedic TikTok sensation, the importance of a good suit and his favo…
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‘A lot of effort to get one date’: Bumble app makes women’s first move easier
‘Intentions’ badges also launched, as dating app sector sees drops in share prices and…
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