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It’s useful that the latest AI can ‘think’, but we need to know its reasoning | John Naughton
OpenAI o1, AKA Strawberry, appears to be a significant advance, but its ‘chain of thou…
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Apple AirPods 4 review: better sound, now with noise cancelling
Revamped open-fit earbuds improve popular formula with advanced features and smaller c…
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the qual…
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Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes
Mark Zuckerberg’s new revamp is a far cry from the zip-up hoodies and suits emblematic…
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Hail Zuckus Maximus! The master of the metaverse is finally sorry … for ever being sorry | Marina Hyde
Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for petty grip…
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Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out
Even if you haven’t knowingly opted in, companies are still scraping your personal inf…
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Elon Musk hits back at UK government after he is not invited to tech summit
X owner responds by saying people should avoid UK when ‘they’re releasing convicted pe…
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Will the ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ message protect users’ posts from being used to train AI?
Though the message has been shared by many users, including celebrities, it offers no …
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TikTok videos spread misinformation to new migrant community in New York City
False information spurred these migrants to come to the US. Now they receive even more…
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OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports
Reported move follows recent departure of senior figures from ChatGPT developer OpenA…
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EA Sports FC 25 review – taking graceful advantage of open gaming goal
PC, PS4/5 (version tested), Switch and Xbox One/Series X While there are no spectacul…
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom review – a lot to learn
Nintendo Switch; Grezzo/Nintendo It’s great to finally get to play as Zelda, but work…
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CrowdStrike apologizes for global IT outage in congressional testimony
Faulty update from cybersecurity company grounded hospitals, airports and payment syst…
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Echo Spot review: Amazon’s Alexa takes aim at the bedroom
Smart alarm clock ticks most boxes with distraction-free screen and room-filling sound…
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‘Some men tend to jump straight to innuendoes’: Dating app users on why they quit
As research shows many have a poor online dating experience, those who have deleted th…
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Telegram’s Pavel Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content after arrest
Platform with millions of subscribers discloses a more proactive approach to reporting…
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Meet the scrappy tech company taking on Slack
As Disney ditches the productivity platform following a data breach, the Uk-based open…
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Social media owners top global survey of misinformation concerns
Co-founder of expert group says ‘unchecked power of these entities poses grave risk’ t…
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Heaven 17 v Rockstar: are games being fair to music artists?
The band’s Martyn Ware has hit out at the fee offered for Temptation in the Grand Thef…
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Only 3% of UK 12-year-olds don’t have a smartphone. Here is how four of them feel about it
There has been a huge wave of parental concern about smartphones this year. So do kids…
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NHS pilot uses virtual reality to tackle racism and discrimination among staff
Immersive training scenarios highlight experiences of minority ethnic colleagues in he…
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Garmin Fenix 8 review: best adventure watch becomes smarter
Bright OLED screen, voice control and a torch only add to go anywhere, track anything …
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Drones carrying fireworks: why the world’s most famous gunpowder artist is collaborating with AI
For his explosion event in Los Angeles, Cai Guo-Qiang built his own version of ChatGPT…
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‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?
Tesla and others are trying to infuse robots with artificial intelligence, yet their d…
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Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes …
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Thanks to Donald Trump, Apple’s new AirPods will make America hear again | John Naughton
The tech firm’s federal approval to turn its earbuds into hearing aids is one in the e…
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Live episode: will AI make a good companion? – podcast
In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay a…
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How a digital detox day could help people take control of downtime
Offline Club’s first global event on Sunday will begin with tips on how to be phone-fr…
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I tried the £299 full-body scan that checks health risks in minutes
Neko Body Scan, futuristic brainchild of Spotify co-founder Daniel Elk, is hoped to re…
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Labelling Trump’s lies as ‘disputed’ on X makes supporters believe them more, study finds
Study says tagging posts with false claims on election fraud may make Trump voters mor…
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Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user info…
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Best podcasts of the week: Lupita Nyong’o and friends tell tales of the African diaspora
In this week’s newsletter: The Oscar-winning actress goes back to her roots in Mind Yo…
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Pushing Buttons: UFO 50 is an anthology of pure nostalgia – and the games are good, too
In this week’s newsletter: From platformers to side-scrolling space adventures and top…
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Google Pixel 9 review: a good phone overshadowed by great ones
Android cuts telephoto camera and high-end AI features for lower price, but ends up a …
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Lionsgate partners with AI firm to train generative model on film and TV library
Major entertainment company gives Runway access to vast portfolio to help film-makers …
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Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’
Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars so…
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Dear Airbnb: who is ‘Rachel’, and how has she taken over my booking?
When I got a confirmation email addressed to the wrong name. I suspected an error and …
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Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception
A visual neuroscientist realized he saw green and blue differently to his wife. He des…
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Threatened US ban against TikTok ‘unconstitutional’, platform to argue
TikTok to assert the law targeting it is a breach of the first amendment protecting fr…
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iOS 18 release: everything you need to know about Apple’s big updates
iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 11, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, adding new features …
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Hunched over my smartphone while my family slept, I knew I had to break my addiction. But how? | Will Clempner
The modern world just isn’t set up for non-smartphone users, but after a few faltering…
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Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 …
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Musk says humans can be on Mars in four years. Many laugh, but some see purpose
The SpaceX boss has envisioned people staying on the red planet in a self-sustaining c…
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What’s so funny about getting an AI app to give you a roasting?
Roasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get …
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A day in Elon Musk’s mind: 145 tweets with election conspiracies and emojis
A controversial tweet may make it to the news, but reading every post from the world’s…
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Fresh starch: how TikTok helped spark a baked potato revival in the UK
Customers are coming to Preston’s Spud Bros from as far away as Australia thanks to a …
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‘Opaque and complicated’ card surcharges are costing Australians billions. Is an overhaul needed?
Consumers are the big losers in a world where top retailers get ‘sweetheart deals’ whi…
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What the Car? A racing game with a ‘complete disregard for actual vehicles’
If you are expecting an authentic driving experience along the lines of Forza or Gran …
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Parents ‘don’t use’ parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, says Nick Clegg
Meta’s global affairs chief points to ‘behavioural issue’ around child safety tools on…
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AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds
Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to cha…
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Technology helping solar farms counter growing hailstone threat
With storms becoming more frequent due to the climate crisis, insurers are forcing ope…
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Sony’s big-budget hero shooter Concord failed spectacularly – here’s where it went wrong
In this week’s newsletter: Eight years and many millions of dollars in the making, the…
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X’s AI chatbot spread voter misinformation – and election officials fought back
When the Grok tool gave false information, a collection of election officials sprang i…
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Best podcasts of the week: How Joni Mitchell changed music – and America
In this week’s newsletter: Radio host Carmel Holt explores the singer’s cross-generati…
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Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: the ideal foldable phone design
Book-style foldable is just like a regular phone when closed but opens to reveal large…
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Sony reveals £700 PlayStation 5 Pro console
Extra £300 on a Digital Edition PS5 buys an upgraded graphics processing unit and an 8…
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‘My uniform’s more valuable than I am’: a security guard’s take on bodyworn cameras
Public-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help fight …
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Does the Minecraft movie really look that bad? Only a 10-year-old can tell us
Reactions to the trailer have ranged from ‘awful’ to ‘horrendous’. But what does its t…
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Google’s second antitrust suit brought by US begins, over online ads
DoJ accused tech giant of more monopolistic behavior a month after judge found it ille…
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What the Car? A racing game with a ‘complete disregard for actual vehicles’
If you are expecting an authentic driving experience along the lines of Forza or Gran …
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‘Throuples’ dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5m
Platform run from industrial estate in Cumbria and catering to alternative relationshi…
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‘Going back in time’: the schools across Europe banning mobile phones
Calvijn College was one of the first schools in the Netherlands to ban mobile phones. …
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Don’t break the streak! How a daily ritual can enrich your life – or become an unhealthy obsession
Paulomi Debnath has shared a kiss with her husband every morning for 18 years. Ron Hil…
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‘Can’t live without it’: alarm at Musk’s Starlink dominance in Brazil’s Amazon
Satellite internet service’s antennas are everywhere, from illegal mining sites to iso…
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Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks?
Millions are rejecting the culture-war hotspots of the major social media sites in fav…
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‘Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!’ – Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20
Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories…
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‘Worrying lack of moderation’: how eating disorder posts proliferate on X
Users say harmful content from accounts they do not follow appears even after requests…
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‘If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes’: confessions of a chatbot helper
Journalists and other writers are employed to improve the quality of chatbot replies. …
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Telegram chief’s arrest sends a clear message: tech titans are not above the law
The detainment of the murky messaging service’s founder in France shows online moguls …
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‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman?
In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some …
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Pavel Durov: Telegram founder says France arrest is ‘misguided’
Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradis…
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Billionaires are endorsing Trump – but is that a bad bargain for them?
Experts are issuing stern warnings about business support for Trump – it could backfir…
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Oura Gen 3 review: can smart ring worn by celebs and athletes work for you?
Comprehensive sleep, recovery and health tracking without a smartwatch appeals, but co…
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How Black Myth: Wukong put China’s games industry under the microscope
In this week’s newsletter: Fuelled by a backdrop of sexist culture, alarming censorshi…
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YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness
Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, …
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Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for altern…
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Meta’s moderation board backs decision to allow ‘from the river to the sea’ in posts
Meta rules that blanket ban on pro-Palestine slogan would hinder free speech Meta’s c…
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Amazon announces near 10% pay rise for tens of thousands of UK workers
Increase will lift minimum rates by 9.8% and comes after online retailer defeated GMB …
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: omni-movement is a literal game changer
This seemingly minor addition allows players to sprint and dive in every direction so …
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UFO 50: A low-res, high-concept anthology of imaginary retro games
The collection comes from a mysterious (and fictional) 80s video game company and incl…
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PlayStation 5 shooter Concord taken offline just two weeks after release
Following extraordinarily low sales and player counts, Sony has removed its latest sho…
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TechScape: From TikTok controversy to folding phones, your burning tech questions answered
For my final email, I open the TechScape mailbag for throwbacks, highlights and predic…
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How to level up your gaming setup this autumn
Autumn and winter are the best time for gamers, and if your set-up is looking a little…
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‘Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!’ – Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20
Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories…
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Cygni: All Guns Blazing review – a thrilling new space frontier
(KeelWorks; Konami; PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox) The Scottish studio’s debut game is a fie…
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