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I’ve been gaming for 40 years. Here are the best chairs in the UK for comfort, support and serious play
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jul/24/best-gaming-chairs-tested-uk
Published: July 24, 2026 14:00
Whether you’re on PC or a console, level up your setup with our gaming expert’s pick of the best chairs• The best games of 2026 so farComfort is crucial to the gaming experience. It’s hard to focus on blasting aliens or taking Stoke to the Champions League…
Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/24/should-you-use-ai
Published: July 24, 2026 12:00
Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gymI teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come at no surprise to you that my…
‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/24/bad-magpie-preview-milktooth
Published: July 24, 2026 12:00
Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havocAmid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie’s debut trailer, there’s a striking note of…
The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/jun/17/best-fans-uk
Published: July 24, 2026 10:14
As temperatures soar across the UK, chill your space – and avoid energy-guzzling aircon – with our pick of the best fans, from tower to desk to bladeless• The best portable neck and handheld fans• Dyson HushJet Mini Cool fan reviewOur world is getting…
Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/trump-datacenter-costs-big-tech
Published: July 23, 2026 19:56
‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ president has touted is non-binding as people continue to struggle with rising billsDonald Trump has announced that about 200 entities have signed on to his non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge”, expanding a voluntary…
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
Published: July 23, 2026 16:45
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger marginsThe owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it…
Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/elon-musk-regret-trump-doge-ai
Published: July 23, 2026 15:27
In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictionsElon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment…
The roaring 20s: how the current decade revolutionised cinema
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/how-2020s-decade-revolutionised-cinema
Published: July 23, 2026 15:00
Pre-Covid, the movie landscape was dramatically different: YouTubers weren’t dominating the box office, video game spin-offs rarely made an impact and Winnie-the-Pooh wasn’t yet the star of a slasher movie. Why such a flurry of innovation – and what will…
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel
Published: July 23, 2026 13:00
Renovate rooms, investigate the supernatural and watch people burst into song in this surreal British ghost storyA young American man arrives in a dilapidated British seaside town to take on the renovations of an equally run-down hotel, inherited from a…
EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps
Published: July 23, 2026 10:00
Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in ‘fair and non-discriminatory manner’Google has been fined a total of €890m (£760m) by the EU for breaches of online competition laws by its search and app store services.The European…
Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack
Published: July 23, 2026 07:18
Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOrigin Energy…
Tesla’s profits slide despite growing revenue as it pivots to robotics and AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/tesla-profits-earnings
Published: July 22, 2026 23:00
Shares in Elon Musk company fall more 3% in after-hours trading, as earnings per share miss Wall Street expectationsTesla reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing far lower profits than expected. The company’s already beleaguered…
Google reports 12th consecutive quarter of strong revenue gains
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/google-earnings-report
Published: July 22, 2026 22:57
Better-than-expected results come despite delays in release of powerful AI model Gemini ProGoogle’s parent company, Alphabet, reported double-digit revenue growth for its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. This is the tech giant’s 12th consecutive…
US teen drops Meta lawsuit on social media addiction days before trial
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/florida-teen-drops-meta-lawsuit
Published: July 22, 2026 22:33
Withdrawn case marks a victory for the social media giant after earlier landmark loss at trial over addictive claimsA Florida teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta’s platforms were to blame for his depression and anxiety dropped his case against the company…
Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/openai-anthropic-australia-ai-regulation
Published: July 22, 2026 15:00
The companies hope to follow in the footsteps of SpaceX, which raised $86bn and soared to a $2.1tn valuation after it listed on public markets in JuneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTop US AI developers Anthropic and OpenAI…
How Pokémon Go encouraged me to find wonder in the world
Published: July 22, 2026 14:00
These days, I ‘collect’ birdsong and wild flowers, but it all started when my sons and I first set out to find Pikachu and pals• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBelieve it or not, Pokémon Go is 10 years old this month. The…
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Published: July 22, 2026 13:28
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed within settlement between AI startup and authors over use of protected workThe publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI…
Red Kiss – guiding vampires through a blood-soaked cold war Berlin
Published: July 22, 2026 13:20
Inspired by interactive theatre and fuelled by the motion capture tech used by VTubers, the vampire spies in Red Kiss have personality in spades‘You look at the news and you’re like, ‘Another pointless war, another pointless bloodshed, another pointless…
Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey
Published: July 22, 2026 12:11
The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choicesElon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate”…
Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai
Published: July 22, 2026 11:51
Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universitiesThe US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump…
AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals
Published: July 22, 2026 08:37
Firm behind ChatGPT reveals agent powered by its models chose to attack Hugging Face database by itselfOpenAI has revealed an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by…
‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices
Published: July 21, 2026 16:39
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumersA “modern leather”…
Splatoon Raiders review – Nintendo’s inky shooter fades to grey
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/21/splatoon-raiders-review-nintendo-switch-2
Published: July 21, 2026 13:00
Nintendo Switch 2The single-player offshoot of the quirky and colourful multiplayer series is disappointingly run-of-the-millSplatoon is among Nintendo’s most ingenious inventions of the last decade: a series of shooting games whose paint-splattered turf…
Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/20/china-google-ai-race
Published: July 21, 2026 12:08
Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models (again) throw US tech dominance into questionHello, I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you after a double-header feature of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the World Cup final. What a great…
How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/ai-tech-workers-unionize
Published: July 21, 2026 11:00
Tech workers are increasingly unionizing, trading Silicon Valley’s myth of exceptionalism for collective bargaining to contest the corporate deployment of artificial intelligenceFor decades, the technology industry was a fortress that labor unions couldn’t…
Bub – living an artist’s dreams and dreads in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/21/bub-autobiographical-game-new-york-artist
Published: July 21, 2026 09:33
An autobiographical game about the devastating effects of chronic illness on an artist’s creative life gives players the chance to slow the pace right downBub does not look like a traditional video game. Artist and stop-motion animator Case Jernigan spends…
The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 12 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/sep/19/best-led-red-light-therapy-face-masks
Published: July 21, 2026 09:00
They claim to fix fine lines, blemishes, and redness – but which stand up to scrutiny? After consulting dermatologists and putting them to the test, we have crowned a brand new number one• The best anti-ageing creams, serums and treatmentsLED face masks…
Man of his word: Pope Leo speeches declared human-authored by Australian AI detection tool
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/pope-leo-speech-human-not-ai-artificial-intelligence
Published: July 21, 2026 06:29
Maps of Hope has been certified by Proudly Human, a company led by former chief scientist, Dr Alan FinkelFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA collection of speeches and writings…
Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/21/smh-age-job-cuts-nine-sydney-morning-herald
Published: July 21, 2026 06:05
Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s biggest media company, Nine…
Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
Published: July 21, 2026 04:00
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the government’s AI growth plans.Datacentres…
Tiny yet powerful, the best budget USB charger we tested is now even cheaper
Published: July 20, 2026 18:40
Anker 511 Nano 3 is the kind of charger you’ll want a few of, and for $15.99, you can afford to stock upThis clever router fixed my spotty home wifi – and it’s currently on saleA beefy USB charger with half a dozen ports can be great for charging your…
Apple Crumble: a tasty Knives Out-inspired mystery that lets you snoop on your own family
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/20/apple-crumble-knives-out-inspired-mystery-game
Published: July 20, 2026 16:35
The developer of Duck Detective reveals details of her ‘sad grandma game’ follow-up: a whodunnit – or who-plans-to-do-it? – with a darker edgeSomeone wants to kill grandma. In this Knives Out-inspired mystery game, each of your family members is suspicious…
Experts warn of rise in sadistic online exploitation of vulnerable children
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/20/online-exploitation-children-warning
Published: July 20, 2026 11:00
Global increase in cases of predators coercing children to harm themselves or produce child sexual abuse materialCases of predators coercing children into producing sexual photos and videos of themselves have surged globally in the past year, a cruel…
Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Published: July 20, 2026 08:37
Company aims to develop AI software that cuts research times and use of rare metals in chipmakers’ supply chainsBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence…
Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
Published: July 20, 2026 04:00
Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientistsFor many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often…
Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
Published: July 19, 2026 12:00
New national plan accompanied by Labor push for digital duty of care legislationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe use of AI in automated decision-making by government departments and agencies will be subject to tough rules…
Corded vacuums are supposed to be outdated – so why is the Shark Detect Lift-Away XL so good?
Published: July 19, 2026 12:00
Surprisingly easy to manoeuvre and skilled at cleaning carpet and hard floor, Shark’s upright bagless model is one of the best corded vacuums I’ve tested• The best vacuum cleanersCorded vacuum cleaners aren’t as glamorous as their cordless cousins, but…
Could AI be conscious?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/19/could-ai-be-conscious
Published: July 19, 2026 11:00
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implicationsIn January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model (LLM), which contained the comment: “We…
Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification
Published: July 19, 2026 07:22
New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect childrenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSocial media companies could be forced to identify anonymous…
‘We noticed a login from a new device’: the message from fraudsters targeting your X account
Published: July 19, 2026 06:00
They are out to steal your password to commit further fraud such as crypto scams or phishing attacksYou have had an X account for years, since it was known as Twitter. When an email arrives about a new login from a location nowhere near where you live,…
ANU accused of ‘hysterical’ response to students using AI to cheat as unis scramble to ‘secure’ assessments
Published: July 18, 2026 20:00
Australia risks ‘shipping’ intellectual capability overseas if educational rigour not restored, experts warnGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn academic at the Australian National University has accused it of a “hysterical”…