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‘Completely horrible’: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews
People describe awkward and unnatural process as survey finds nearly half of job seeke…
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‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light
Hitman developer IO Interactive’s pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his f…
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Forbidden Solitaire review – cards flip into delirious trip back to 90s horror
PC; Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment An innocent-looking charity shop fin…
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Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’
PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinnin…
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What makes good ‘game feel’? These three titles have pinned it down perfectly
Pragmata, Saros and Vampire Crawler bring together aesthetics, responsiveness and crea…
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In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants | Rafael Behr
Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of an…
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Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms
Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Fa…
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Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’
To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models int…
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‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy
The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses sa…
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MacBook Pro M5 review: serious power, still long battery life
Apple laptop sets new performance bar with more storage, new chips and plenty of optio…
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The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books
After Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over …
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Inside China’s robotics revolution – podcast
How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 comp…
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Cannes AI film festival raises eyebrows – and questions about future
While emerging technology is banned from the Palme d’Or, an upstart movement is gainin…
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‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?
A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is kno…
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‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech
Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, D…
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Microsoft and Meta announce large staff reductions as they spend big on AI
Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retire…
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Saros review – you’ll strafe until your thumbs hurt in this primal alien shooter
PlayStation 5; Housemarque/Sony As a fast-firing spaceman, one minute you’re invincibl…
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Tesla reports mixed financial results as Musk pivots automaker to AI and robots
Figures fail to significantly buoy stock as firm admits ‘significant effort and hard w…
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Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds
2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate …
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Mythos: are fears over new AI model panic or PR? – podcast
Earlier this month the AI company Anthropic said it had created a model so powerful th…
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‘I don’t want to waste the gas’: Uber and Lyft drivers reeling as fuel prices soar
Drivers face dilemma of driving more or cutting back – and support from ride-share gia…
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Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract
Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private sc…
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Sonos Play review: a great jack-of-all-trades portable speaker for home or away
Quality wifi bookshelf speaker can go mobile with Bluetooth, long battery life and wat…
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Screenmaxxing: why Hollywood is supersizing the big screen experience
With Imax more popular than ever, a new way to watch movies – HDR by Barco – has been …
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Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds
Elisabeth Zetland, a senior researcher at MyHeritage, found that the actual Luigi has …
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Clair Obscur and Dispatch share top honours at Bafta games awards
Role-playing adventure and superhero comedy among big winners on a varied night in Lon…
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Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own
PC, Xbox; Sad Cat Studios This pulpy sci-fi thriller is a beautiful, if deferential, h…
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Australian federal court warns lawyers over ‘unacceptable’ use of AI
New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for …
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Roblox to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlement
Popular gaming platform will require age verification, restrict nighttime notification…
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NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis
Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from i…
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MacBook Air M5 review: Apple’s best consumer laptop speeds up
Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the …
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Is the new Super Mario Galaxy movie really that bad?
A shallow plot and advert-adjacent cameos justify the critics’ condemnation of Nintend…
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Texas man accused of throwing molotov cocktail at Sam Altman home charged
FBI alleges Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, was captured on video throwing explosive device ou…
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Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait
Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flood…
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Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data
Undisclosed number of names and contact and reservation details accessed in latest cyb…
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Rolls-Royce secures nearly £600m in UK government cash to develop small reactors
Engine-maker CEO hails ‘critical milestone’ for company in race to deliver SMR technol…
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Meta‘s AI glasses and the dawn of wearable tech - podcast
Elle Hunt on her month wearing Meta’s smart glasses and the privacy concerns around th…
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AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?
The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show inc…
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‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war
The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this w…
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‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam
Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into…
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Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’
The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul…
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‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify
Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say ge…
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US summoned bank bosses to discuss cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model
Reports say Fed chair Jerome Powell among attenders at meeting in Washington The US T…
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Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds
Thinktank says algorithms are fuelling isolation and division after analysing posts sh…
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British computer scientist denies he is bitcoin developer Satoshi Nakamoto
New York Times report claims London-born Adam Back is creator of the cryptocurrency af…
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The best water flossers in the UK, tested for that dentist-clean feeling
Floss without the faff with our expert-tested water flossers, from travel-size models …
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The best carry-on luggage in the UK, tested on an assault course
Our seasoned traveller braved obstacles and mud to put the best cabin bags to the test…
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How games capture the awe and terror of cosmic isolation
As real astronauts vanish behind the moon, games have long tried to evoke the fragile …
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Britons warned about Russian hackers targeting internet routers for espionage
Expert stresses importance of staying alert for unusual activity, as hackers could ‘ta…
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‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many A…
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Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere
Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on so…
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Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed
AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model o…
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Private jets, deserted shores and an unbuilt resort: alleged links to sanctioned ‘scam’ empire revealed in Timor-Leste
Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusu…
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‘It started with a tipoff’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram
Meta has just lost a multimillion-dollar legal battle over its failure to prevent chil…
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Is the UK falling out of love with social media?
Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about men…
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‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia
Use of unmanned ground vehicles has grown exponentially since 2024 turning the war int…
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The best USB chargers in the US for phones, laptops, travel and more
These are the best USB chargers in the US to keep devices juiced up quickly and safely…
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Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects r…
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An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night
After forgetting the nibbles, refusing my costume requests and emailing GCHQ, ‘Gaskell…
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UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes
Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money…
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‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed
From a subtle Princess Peach lip jelly to a Yoshi egg that’s been traumatising childre…
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‘System malfunction’ causes robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China
Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents of…
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Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point
Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree Hello, and welcome to …
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