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Technology

  • Illustration of the Llama logo displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background

    Artificial intelligence
    Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU

  • A woman scrolling on phone in bed

    Mental health
    Doomscrolling linked to existential anxiety, distrust, suspicion and despair, study finds

  • A man is looking at a porn internet site on a screen

    Artificial intelligence
    Portal needed for victims to report AI deepfakes, federal police union says

  • GMB union member outside the the Amazon warehouse in Coventry

    Amazon
    Amazon workers in UK lose union recognition ballot by handful of votes

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News

  • People waiting at an airport

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    Queues and blank screens at airports as Microsoft IT outage disrupts travel – video

  • SpaceX’s headquarters

    Elon Musk says X and SpaceX will move from California to Texas

  • the entrance to Walt Disney Studios and corporate headquarters in Burbank, California: a wide driveway is seen under an arch with lettering reading The Walt Disney Co and a symbol in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head and ears. A car is coming under the arch, which has trees to either side and in an avenue leading to buildings; it looks hot and sunny with a clear blue sky above.

    Hackers claim Disney data theft in protest against AI-generated artwork

  • The OpenAI logo on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model

    US financial watchdog urged to investigate NDAs at OpenAI

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Privacy

  • the logo for AT&T

    Hackers stole call and text message records on ‘nearly all’ AT&T customers, company says

  • a woman plays the guitar

    Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift ticket data to extort Ticketmaster

    • NHS confirms stolen data published online is from blood test provider

    • UK government weighs action against Russian hackers over NHS records theft

    • What does the London NHS hospitals data theft mean for patients?

    • Records on 300m patient interactions with NHS stolen in Russian hack

    • Eddie Redmayne says Warren Beatty offered to bail him out after email hack

    • Cyber-attack on London hospitals to take ‘many months’ to resolve

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Spotlight

  • A wall formed from electronic circuits in Taipei. Taiwan is one of the world's major producers and exporters of semiconductor chips.

    How Taiwan secured semiconductor supremacy – and why it won’t give it up

  • Esther Perel returns with The Arc of Love.

    Best podcasts of the week: Esther Perel’s love letter to romance

  • Portrait of relaxed young man with bluetooth headphones in forest

    Auramaxxing: will this make you more sexually attractive — or just a bit tired?

  • A yellow electric Renault 5

    Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

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Opinion & analysis

  • Josh Taylor

    Apple’s Vision Pro headset is impressive – but it’s hard to know its ultimate purpose

    Josh Taylor
  • human hand reaching for robotic hand

    Our attitudes towards AI reveal how we really feel about human intelligence

    Blaise Agüera y Arcas
  • Keir Starmer with Labour placard in background reading 'Change'

    Could the WhatsApp election hurt Labour at the polls?

  • Jensen Huang delivers a speech in Taipei, 2 June 2024: he is seen very small in the foreground in front of a black background with huge illustrated images of a robotic figure and moving mechanical joints behind him.

    Can AI boom drive Nvidia to a $4tn valuation despite investor doubt?

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Games

  • Été.

    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 director explains how it helps players to feel they are making the world more beautiful
  • ‘PlayStation Plus is confusing and expensive’.

    Video game subscription services are simply too complicated

  • Flock.

    Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss

  • ‘You’re really just trying to get that potato for your grandma’s soup’ … a screenshot from Sopa.

    A recipe for magical realism: Gabriel García Márquez and a video game about potatoes

  • Colorado’s Travis Hunter is one of the cover stars of the new EA Sports college football game.

    EA Sports College Football 25: could this be the US’s most anticipated sports video game ever?

  • Image of a games console control pad with pound symbols on the action buttons

    ‘Advergames’: how games platform Roblox became a corporate marketing playground

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Inside Silicon Valley

  • Ben Horowitz looking at the camera

    Co-founders of Silicon Valley venture capital firm back Trump’s presidential bid

  • Evgeny Morozov

    Silicon Valley wants unfettered control of the tech market. That’s why it’s cosying up to Trump

    Evgeny Morozov
  • A teenaged African girl poses for a photo clasping hands with a bald European man in a dark suit

    From Silicon Valley to Silicon Savannah: climate expert Patrick Verkooijen on why this is Africa’s century

  • A side-by-side image of Sam Bankman-Fried, a young white man with poofy brown hair, and the outside of a cream, Tudor-style building painted with pink trim.

    Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back

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Reviews

  • Uncanny Me.

    Uncanny Me review – exploration of cloning tech fraught with moral and ethical questions

  • Microsoft Surface Pro 11 review desktop shown on a wooden table.

    Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off

    • The best Apple iPhones in 2024 – tested, reviewed and ranked

    • Eternal You review – thought-provoking look at new AI product for the grieving

    • Eternal You review – death, download and digital afterlife in the age of the AI griefbot

    • Zenbook Duo review: are two laptop screens better than one?

    • Beats Solo Buds review: Apple’s budget earbuds rock

    • Her Name Was Moviola review – ode to editing machine a geekgasm for analogue fans

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Devices

  • A jumper displaying an electronic message

    Wearables
    Wearable tech: how the human body can help power the future of smart textiles

  • A woman scrolling on phone in bed

    Smartphones
    Doomscrolling linked to existential anxiety, distrust, suspicion and despair, study finds

  • Microsoft Surface Pro 11 review desktop shown on a wooden table.

    Tablets
    Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off

  • Emma Beddington

    Internet of things
    I am being terrorised by my robot vacuum cleaner

    Emma Beddington

In depth

  • A woman shelters from the rain using her book surrounded by people with umbrellas

    Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps

    • Cancer experts have warned that AI’s value and potential in healthcare has been overstated to a dangerous degree.

      TechScape: Can AI really help fix a healthcare system in crisis?

    • Professor Dali Kaafar, Professor and Executive Director of the Cyber Security Hub, School of Computing Future Communications Research Centre; Macquarie University. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Wednesday 3rd July 2024.

      Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

    • From left, Mark Graham, Callum Cant and James Muldoon

      James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’

    • A car speeding past a '40' mph highway code sign painted on the tarmac

      ‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI

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