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Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ
It mistakenly entered all my business details in the search results for ‘How to contac…
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The Xbox 360’s pioneering online store has gone offline – and it marks the end of a gaming era
In this week’s newsletter: We’ve become so used to digitally downloading games now tha…
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Thank Goodness You’re Here! review – sheer vivacity and dark charm
PC, PS4/5, Switch; Coal Supper/Panic In this brilliantly surreal, slapstick cartoon pu…
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New online therapies could help at least twice number of people recover from anxiety
Exclusive: Four internet treatments developed by University of Oxford will be rolled o…
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UK regulator looks at Google’s partnership with Anthropic
CMA to consider whether deal with AI startup is a potential merger, which could prompt…
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TechScape: Will OpenAI’s $5bn gamble on chatbots pay off? Only if you use them
The ChatGPT maker is betting big, while Google hopes its AI tools won’t replace worker…
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Dreamsettler, a time capsule of the pre-Facebook internet
Hypnospace Outlaw’s creative director Jay Tholen returns with a sequel that promises m…
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Elon Musk accused of spreading ‘lies’ over doctored Kamala Harris video
Doctored campaign video featuring US vice-president reposted by Tesla chief executive …
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‘Enough is enough’: Hollywood’s video game actors go on strike
Voice actors and motion capture performers to strike over AI protections after nearly …
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CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away
Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t…
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‘Hold on to your seats’: how much will AI affect the art of film-making?
The future is here, whether some like it or not, and artificial intelligence is alread…
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TikTok’s appeal should be thrown out, US justice department tells court
Officials insist China-based owner ByteDance must separate from its short video app in…
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‘A huge opportunity’: Quantum leap for UK as tech industry receives £100m boost
Science secretary backs five quantum technology hubs in push for UK to transform healt…
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North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military
National Cyber Security Centre warns of global hacking effort to obtain nuclear and de…
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Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests
Officials seized documents from NSO Group to try to stop handover of information about…
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‘It’s the perfect setting’: TikTok goes wild for backstage Olympics videos
Lesser known sports stars are showing off Olympic Village life and captivating people …
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Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure review – shifting expectations
This cutesy and surprisingly intuitive brain teaser pushes the idea of the sliding-blo…
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Black Myth: Wukong – the summer’s most exciting, and most controversial, video game
This beautiful-looking action game is based on Journey to the West, the great Chinese …
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The Rock ’n Roll birder wants you to take a walk – and look up
Hipster ornithologist Matt Spracklen makes birds cool, while Elizabeth Day introduces …
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CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn
Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according…
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‘I’m not sure if it will sell, but it should exist’: Horses, a surreal Lynchian horror game
Creative director Andrea Lucco Borlera explains how this fever dream of a game came to…
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Elon Musk denies report he will donate $45m a month to Trump Super Pac
Musk said it was ‘not true’ that he was planning large monthly donations but said he h…
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Google parent company’s second-quarter earnings outpace expectations
Alphabet reports $84.7bn in revenue, on back of Search and Cloud, up from the same per…
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Why CrowdStrike-style chaos is here to stay
Countless theories for the cybersecurity firm’s outage are flying around, but whatever…
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Cybersecurity firm Wiz rejects $23bn bid from Google parent Alphabet
Israeli company aims for stock market flotation after spurning biggest deal in tech gr…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 review: faster, longer-lasting flip phone
Sixth-generation folder adds bigger battery, better camera, brighter screen and more f…
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Glasgow’s independent game festival: an anarchic showcase of Scotland’s thriving virtual world
A Tamagotchi seance, macabre cartoon horror and an arty shmup: this new festival spotl…
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The Dark Souls of climbing games: Cairn leans into the challenge of mountaineering
A deceptively simple control system underpins this alpinist adventure set on a single …
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UK watchdog accuses Apple of failing to report sexual images of children
Exclusive: NSPCC finds Apple implicated in more cases of predators sharing child abuse…
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The world is not quite ready for ‘digital workers’
CEO Sarah Franklin got such intense pushback on her company’s plans that she suspended…
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GPs use AI to boost cancer detection rates in England by 8%
‘C the Signs’ artificial intelligence program scans medical records to increase likeli…
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A £53m gamble: billionaire’s firm claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth ‘nil’
Internet betting tycoon Teddy Sagi’s multimillion-pound acquisition of a gaming firm n…
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What is ‘mogul style’? Why billionaire bland has had its day
It’s not that the outfits are necessarily bad, although many of them are. Have we lost…
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Liberating and a huge pain: my week with a Nokia ‘dumbphone’
Using the reissued 3210 model left our reporter very frustrated – but less mobile-obse…
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Microsoft IT outage linked to cyber security firm Crowdstrike hits airlines, railways and media outlets globally – live news
Banks, airlines, railways, telecoms companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermar…
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AI is overpowering efforts to catch child predators, experts warn
Safety groups say images are so lifelike that it can be hard to see if real children w…
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How Taiwan secured semiconductor supremacy – and why it won’t give it up
Trump has accused Taiwan of ‘taking’ the US chip sector, but Taipei has been at the fo…
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Été, the Amélie-inspired game where you paint Montreal into life
The forthcoming game is a nostalgic exploration of a city in summer. Its creative dire…
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Best podcasts of the week: Esther Perel’s love letter to romance
In this week’s newsletter: The audio superstar is back with a ‘beach read’ of a podcas…
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Amazon workers in Coventry lose union recognition ballot by handful of votes
TUC insists fight will go on after GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s s…
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Video game subscription services are simply too complicated
In this week’s newsletter: From Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation Plus, the new mainstream…
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Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss
PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PC; Hollow Ponds/Annapurna Interactive Filling a field guide is…
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Galaxy Book 4 Edge review: Samsung laptop delivers power but not battery life
Latest Copilot+ PC is thin, light and speedy with a stunning screen, but can’t live up…
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A recipe for magical realism: Gabriel García Márquez and a video game about potatoes
The designer of Sopa: The Tale of the Stolen Potato explains how his Colombian backgro…
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TechScape: Want to know how AI will affect government and politics? The bots have the answers
Tony Blair’s powerful thinktank asked ChatGPT how AI might affect public sector jobs. …
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College Football 25: could this be the US’s most anticipated sports video game ever?
Riding a wave of nostalgia, the return of EA’s beloved franchise has whet the appetite…
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Elon Musk reportedly plans to give $45m a month to pro-Trump Super Pac
Tech billionaire to donate extraordinary monthly sum to group focused on helping Trump…
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Riven review – ponderous yet powerful remake of the 90s island classic
Cyan Worlds Inc; PC, Mac, PlayStation This satisfying reboot of the sun-baked puzzle …
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Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution
Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National…
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AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield
The military use of AI-enabled weapons is growing, and the industry that provides them…
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‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remo…
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Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?
The concept of a guaranteed income is gaining traction as a solution to the impact of …
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‘Let’s make history!’: Amazon staff at UK warehouse vote on union recognition
In Coventry, the GMB has been canvassing hard to represent workers officially – and th…
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Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps
From long-range forecasts to ‘real feel’ temperatures, a good app can prepare you for …
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Apple’s Vision Pro headset is impressive – but it’s hard to know its ultimate purpose | Josh Taylor
The most obvious function is for watching 3D movies or TV shows, but it may wind up be…
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EU warns X it may face fines for ‘deceptive’ blue-tick system
Preliminary findings suggest platform breached Digital Services Act and could be fined…
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The Last of Us has three main characters: Ellie, Joel and Gustavo Santaolalla’s music
The haunting songs of the video game and TV series get to the heart of Joel and Ellie’…
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Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces
As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get …
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‘I am happy to see how my baby is bouncing’: the AI transforming pregnancy scans in Africa
While ultrasound services are normal practice in many countries, software being tested…
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A child’s-eye view of the universe: Curiosmos makes space simulation fun
In this primordial take on the life simulator, you bring about the creation of an enti…
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Dartford Crossing charge firm told me not to pay, but still fined me £2,230
Despite being told there was ‘no crossing to be paid’, a driver received 23 penalty no…
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UK tech startup raises £5m to prevent dangerous mould in social housing
Switchee aims to protect health and cut bills by installing its technology in 1m homes…
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Zenless Zone Zero review – stylish, enchanting and seductive
In this free-to-play gacha game, Earth’s survivors balance dystopian battles with cute…
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Meta expands hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists'
Meta says it would remove content ‘attacking “Zionists” when it is not explicitly abou…
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Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China
US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegro…
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Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off
Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and …
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A hacked Game Boy, compliment battles, video games and Mr Blobby: the rise of UK nerdcore
The geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a …
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Tesla won’t free up use of its batteries, leaving owners unable to reap full benefits
Exclusive : Experts say Tesla should be excluded from rebates for disabling function o…
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Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers
New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting…
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James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’
The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the …
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‘The collie was trying to herd the lamb – but failing’: Mark Aitken’s best phone picture
The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when…
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#KHive: Kamala Harris memes abound after Joe Biden’s debate disaster
Progressive snark over vice-president gives way to endless viral quotes and emojis, bl…
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FarmVille at 15: how a cutesy Facebook game shaped the modern internet
On its 15th anniversary, the creators of FarmVille reflect on the compulsive cartoon f…
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‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI
All new cars must have the devices from 7 July, adding fuel economy as well as safety.…
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My secret to making time for video games
In this week’s newsletter: Work, life and parenting mean I can’t dive into massive gam…
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Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years
The makers of Italian action game have endured the longest development journey in hist…
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Tennis ace Venus Williams serves up a show all about art
The seven-time grand slam winner and patron of the arts hosts a new series, Widening t…
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