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Mythmatch – taking on ancient Greek tech bros to rebuild a broken world
Published: September 1, 2025 09:00
Low-budget puzzle game is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachableOne of the most interesting trends in game design is the use of familiar mechanics and genres to explore real-world power…
Sky Glass Air review: a surprisingly good budget smart TV
Published: September 1, 2025 06:00
Slim, lightweight and with a bright 4K picture, Sky’s low-cost TV shines because of its software and serviceSky’s latest streaming TV aims to be a good, all-in-one budget option for your sitting room – and it achieves all those aims, leaving it standing…
Spy cameras: are you being watched? – podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/sep/01/spy-cameras-are-you-being-watched-podcast
Published: September 1, 2025 02:00
With tiny cameras disguised as everyday objects freely available, Anna Moore looks at the sinister ways they can be used – and the worrying rise in voyeurism cases in the UKWhen Heidi Murray moved into the home of a family friend, she was thrilled to find…
The Big Idea: why we should embrace AI doctors
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/31/the-big-idea-why-we-should-embrace-ai-doctors
Published: August 31, 2025 11:00
People are understandably wary of new technology, but human error is often more lethalWe expect our doctors to be demi-gods – flawless, tireless, always right. But they are only human. Increasingly, they are stretched thin, working long hours, under…
Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/30/doctors-ai-stethoscope-heart-disease-london
Published: August 30, 2025 09:15
Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythmsDoctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds.Invented in 1816,…
ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/chatgpt-suicide-openai-sam-altman-adam-raine
Published: August 29, 2025 20:45
Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problemsAdam Raine was just 16 when he started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. While his initial prompts to the AI chatbot were about subjects like…
Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games? | Dominik Diamond
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/aug/29/wheel-world-why-no-exciting-cycling-games
Published: August 29, 2025 11:00
I’ve been playing Wheel World. It’s silly hipster fun, but I’d rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash?I have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball…
The Séance of Blake Manor – a gothic horror that explores the creepier side of Irish mythology
Published: August 29, 2025 09:00
Developer Spooky Doorway is building a detective mystery full of Victorian spiritualism and pagan traditions, creating a lingering sense of dread that is hard to shakeThere are two types of horror – one that shocks you into more inventive ways to hide…
The best robot vacuums to keep your home clean and dust free, tested by our expert
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2024/nov/26/best-robot-vacuum-mop
Published: August 29, 2025 08:59
Our writer trialled the most powerful robot vacuums – some of which even mop your floors – and these are the ones he rates• The best window vacs for clearing condensation: seven expert picks for streak-free shineRobot vacuum cleaners take the drudge work…
Government faces questions after review of 11 major UK data breaches
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/28/uk-government-data-breach-guidance-politics
Published: August 28, 2025 19:43
MP asks why all recommendations have not yet been implemented and why the review itself was kept secret for almost two yearsThe government is facing calls to explain why it has yet to implement all the recommendations from a 2023 review into a spate of…
ChatGPT offered bomb recipes and hacking tips during safety tests
Published: August 28, 2025 19:04
OpenAI and Anthropic trials found chatbots willing to share instructions on explosives, bioweapons and cybercrimeA ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives…
Honor Magic V5 review: fantastic foldable phone that needs better Android software
Published: August 28, 2025 14:30
Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardwareHonor’s latest foldable phone-tablet attempts to usurp Samsung as the leader of the pack with a super-thin body, massive battery and a…
How Elon Musk’s billionaire Doge lieutenant took over the US’s biggest MDMA company
Published: August 28, 2025 12:00
Antonio Gracias is part of the growing movement among Silicon Valley’s right wing enamored with the therapeutic and commercial potential of drugs like MDMAMonths before Antonio Gracias took a leading role in the “department of government efficiency’s”…
Tesla sales in Europe slump 40% as BYD new car registrations more than triple
Published: August 28, 2025 10:57
Electric car business run by Elon Musk continues to lose ground to Chinese rival despite recent revamp of Model YBusiness live – latest updatesTesla sales slumped 40% across Europe in July compared with a year earlier as Elon Musk’s electric car company…
Esoteric Ebb: a Dungeons & Dragons-style campaign that lets you be as stupid as you like
Published: August 28, 2025 09:00
Become the world’s worst cleric, speak to the dead or pick a fight with sea birds in this Monty Python-esque magical mystery from Swedish developer Christoffer BodegårdDungeons & Dragons is a rich playground of fantastical tales where warriors, wizards and…
‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking? – podcast
Published: August 28, 2025 04:00
There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, dubbed ‘AI psychosis’, has raised concerns that features built into large language models may contribute to some users losing touch with…
Saddle up for Wheel World, a leisurely, Lycra-less feelgood hit
Published: August 27, 2025 14:01
When is a racing game not a racing game? When there’s more joy to be had in pootling around enjoying the viewHere’s an admission: I am 37 years old and have never learned to drive. I tried once, in the summer of 2021, and during my second lesson my…
Keeper is the ecological ‘fever dream’ where you play as – checks notes – a lighthouse
Published: August 27, 2025 09:00
Double Fine’s latest is a whimsical action-adventure that takes inspiration from real-life biology as much as cult fantasy movies from the 1980sKeeper is staking a bold claim to be the oddest game ever published by Microsoft. The setting is weird: an…
ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why | Imogen West-Knights
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/chatgpt-ai-planet-jobs-hate
Published: August 27, 2025 07:00
It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than thatIt’s one of those topics that comes up over drinks or dinner at the moment: whether or not you think AI is going to steal your job. So far,…
Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds
Published: August 27, 2025 05:00
The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployedHalf of adults in the UK are concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on their job, according to a poll, as union leaders call for a “step…
Starships are meant to fly: SpaceX’s rocket finally launches after setbacks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/spacex-starship-launch
Published: August 27, 2025 01:17
Test flight comes after explosive failures raised doubts over founder Elon Musk’s goals to reach Mars and moonThird time was the charm on Tuesday for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days.…
The best hair dryers for smooth, speedy styling at home – whatever your hair type
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/aug/26/best-hairdryers-uk
Published: August 26, 2025 15:12
Want every day to be a good hair day? We tested 18 hair dryers to find the best, from gentle diffusers to high-speed and travel-ready models• The best hot brushes, tried and tested by our expertIn my years of reviewing beauty tech, it was upgrading my hair…
Is the AI boom finally starting to slow down?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/25/artificial-intelligence-openai-tiktok
Published: August 26, 2025 13:19
Stocks of firms with big AI pushes tumbled this week, Meta announced an AI hiring freeze, and the first big test of an AI reality check loomsHello, and welcome to TechScape.Just beneath the breathless promotion of AI, cracks are beginning to appearAI…
Fancy a cuppa? My epic kettle showdown – and what I learned
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/aug/22/everything-i-learned-testing-kettles
Published: August 26, 2025 10:34
Getting steamy: how to liven up your sex life; the best kettles, tested; and ... the best office chairs• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here“Steamy windows!” belted out Tina Turner. I always thought she was singing about an erotic…
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater review – cold war chaos reborn with cinematic swagger
Published: August 26, 2025 09:00
PC, PS5, Xbox; KonamiKonami’s lavish remake of Hideo Kojima’s PS2 masterpiece swaps in slick controls and stunning visuals, but leaves the eccentric espionage drama as gloriously unhinged as everA wise fictional character once said that war never changes,…
A day with the Revenge Porn Helpline: ‘You can sense the callers’ desperation’
Published: August 26, 2025 09:00
Intimate image abuse is a crisis in the UK – with a fortyfold increase in calls to this service since it opened in 2015. Thankfully, there are effective ways to help those being victimisedBy midday, Jessica has dealt with five calls from highly distressed…
Trump threatens tariffs on countries that ‘discriminate’ against US tech
Published: August 26, 2025 07:11
President’s move could hit UK’s digital services tax and measures in EU states such as France, Italy and SpainBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs and export restrictions on countries whose taxes, legislation and…
AI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’
Published: August 26, 2025 04:00
Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes consciousCan AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our timesAfter a lengthy dialogue…
The secrets of lost luggage auctions: I bought four bags for £100. What would I find inside?
Published: August 26, 2025 04:00
Unclaimed suitcases were once destined for landfill. Now people are ‘suitcase gambling’ – bidding for bags and their unknown contents, and diving deep into strangers’ livesA yellow suitcase draws me in like a beacon. It is stacked on a dark shelf at the…
Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/25/tor-network-child-sexual-abuse
Published: August 25, 2025 15:07
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse materialMillions of child predators are forming sprawling online communities on the dark web using the Tor network, where criminal behavior escalates…
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Published: August 23, 2025 16:00
Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam AltmanThe boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the UK technology secretary discussed a multibillion-pound deal to give the entire country…
Is the AI bubble about to burst – and send the stock market into freefall? | Phillip Inman
Published: August 23, 2025 15:00
Shares in US tech stocks are falling but it would probably be unwise for fund managers to pull out There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric headlines about the wonders of…
Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use
Published: August 23, 2025 06:00
Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age biasThe Metropolitan police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to…
‘What do you earn?’ How Instagram and TikTok influencers sent a taboo question viral
Published: August 23, 2025 06:00
New wave of content creators say they hope to increase pay transparency by questioning people in the streetWould you be prepared to tell a stranger how much you earn and let them broadcast it all over the internet?For better or worse, it used to be the…
‘At Meta I found myself wrestling my deputy in an MMA gym’: Nick Clegg on the culture shock of Silicon Valley
Published: August 23, 2025 05:00
In an exclusive extract from his new book, the former Meta number two recalls the mindset, the mantras and the man at the top• Read an interview with Nick Clegg hereI’m not a creature of Silicon Valley. I didn’t study computer science. I’ve never written a…
‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures
Published: August 23, 2025 05:00
When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?• Read an exclusive extract from Nick Clegg’s new book hereThe…
Elon Musk and X reach tentative settlement with laid-off Twitter employees
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/22/elon-musk-x-settlement-twitter-employees
Published: August 22, 2025 16:29
Ex-workers said Musk failed to honor severance plan when he fired them after acquiring social media platform in 2022Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, reached a tentative settlement on Wednesday with former Twitter employees after a years-long…
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/22/ai-chatgpt-new-model-grief
Published: August 22, 2025 16:00
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely onLinn Vailt, a software developer based in Sweden, knows her ChatGPT companion is not a living, breathing, sentient creature. She…
A-levels and GCSEs need overhaul to keep pace with generative AI, experts say
Published: August 22, 2025 14:03
Oral assessments, tightened security and faster marking could result as use of AI itself becomes core digital skillOral assessments, more security checks and speedier marking are all on the cards as generative artificial intelligence (AI) could transform…
Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules
Published: August 22, 2025 12:40
Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media appTikTok has put hundreds of UK content moderators’ jobs at risk, even as tighter rules come into effect to stop the spread of harmful material online.The viral…
Discounty review – cozy shop life simulator takes satisfying approach
Published: August 22, 2025 12:00
PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox; Crinkle Cut Games/PQubeDon’t be fooled by the graphics, there is no twee, relaxing vibe in this intense and work-heavy game where you are taken in by your aunt and put to work in her supermarketWe are thick in an era of retail…
‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/aug/22/metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater-delta
Published: August 22, 2025 08:00
Two decades after its release and with a remake about to land, the cast of Hideo Kojima’s stealth blockbuster reflect on what made this cold war caper a gaming classicYou never forget your first Metal Gear – yet there’s one title in Konami’s legendary…
Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated ‘freelancer’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/ai-author-articles-wired-business-insider
Published: August 21, 2025 21:57
At least six publications have taken down articles under the name Margaux Blanchard that were AI-generatedMultiple news organisations have taken down articles written by an alleged freelance journalist that now appear to have been generated by AI.On…
Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/21/russia-max-app-phones
Published: August 21, 2025 17:38
Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying appA Russian state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed…
There’s an app for that: finding a sunny cafe in Paris, the city of light
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/21/sunniest-cafe-paris-app-jveuxdusoleil
Published: August 21, 2025 09:00
Jveuxdusoleil (I want sun) taps into a key part of Parisian culture: drinks on the terrasse, as many fear the extinction of the bistrotIn August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents scatter to the country’s beaches and coasts for a…
All Will Rise, the game empowering players to tackle real-world problems
Published: August 21, 2025 08:00
With its rousing card game about activism, indie studio Speculative Agency hopes to inspire players to engage with issues such as pollution and the climate crisisThe demo of All Will Rise begins with a win for lawyer Kuyili. She has just successfully…
Google Gemini upgrades add more autonomous AI to phones and watches
Published: August 20, 2025 16:00
From anticipating useful data from your digital life to improving your photography, chatbot makes advancesGoogle’s latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you…
Call of Duty, Lego Batman, and unsettlingly-realistic tigers: the news from Gamescom 2025
Published: August 20, 2025 14:00
Big hitters get their grand unveiling alongside some surprise announcements as gaming’s biggest event arrives in GermanyIf you are in Cologne this week, you will find the place overtaken by cheerful nerds, as Gamescom, the world’s biggest gaming event,…
Is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 just another ‘lazy’ addition to the franchise?
Published: August 20, 2025 12:00
The 20-year-old series has been getting industry flak, with accusations of predatory monetisation and in-game bugs. But the latest instalment offers obvious bang for your buckIn early August, just days before a major Black Ops 7 preview event in Los…
Consume Me, the highly personal game about feeling ‘stupid, fat and ugly’ in high school
Published: August 20, 2025 09:00
Jenny Jiao Hsia’s award-winning coming-of-age tale is a charming look at a teen trying her best to stay on top of thingsIf you visited the V&A’s Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition in 2018, you may have played an interesting minigame collection, in which you…
Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/19/microsoft-workers-protest-washington-israel
Published: August 20, 2025 02:03
Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on PalestiniansDozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its…
White House launches official TikTok account after Trump vowed ban in 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/white-house-tiktok-account-trump
Published: August 20, 2025 00:20
US president was concerned over app’s Chinese ownership, but has softened after believing it won him 2024 electionThe White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in…