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Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Published: January 7, 2026 15:50
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and childrenUK politics live ā latest updatesThe influential Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media siteāsā¦
From final boss battles to the dangers of open-world bloat, TV and film can learn a lot from video games
Published: January 7, 2026 15:00
In this weekās newsletter: Stranger Thingsā climactic showdown is the latest pop culture spectacle to feel like its been ported straight from a console. The industriesā reciprocally influential relationship can be to everyoneās gainā¢ Donāt get Pushingā¦
āA sign to change your techniqueā: how to make your toothbrush last longer ā and keep it out of landfill
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jan/07/how-to-make-your-toothbrush-last-longer
Published: January 7, 2026 10:00
They may be small, but toothbrushes can create mountains of waste. Experts reveal how to clean and care for them and extend their lifeā¢ The best electric toothbrushes, testedIf toothbrushes were sentient, theyād complain about their lot in life. Theirā¦
The 15 best Xbox Series S/X games to play in 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/07/the-15-best-xbox-series-sx-games-to-play-in-2026
Published: January 7, 2026 10:00
This now venerable hardware remains an ideal platform for classics such as Minecraft and daring experiments from the brightest new developersNow surely approaching their twilight years, the Xbox Series S and X machines nevertheless still have plenty toā¦
Elon Muskās xAI announces it has raised $20bn amid backlash over Grok deepfakes
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-xai-investment-grok-backlash
Published: January 6, 2026 22:31
AI companyās chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and girlsElon Muskās artificial intelligence company has raised $20bn in its latest funding round, the startup announced Tuesday, even as its marqueeā¦
How to actually reduce your screen time this year: 15 expert tips
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jan/06/how-to-reduce-phone-screen-time
Published: January 6, 2026 20:46
If you want to doomscroll less this year, try these realistic tips from screen time coachesSimple daily rituals for building fun, calm and play into your days in 2026Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsIā¦
Friction-maxxing: could less convenience lead to much more happiness?
Published: January 6, 2026 17:21
The conveniences of modern life such as Uber Eats and ChatGPT are robbing us of satisfaction ā and worse still, infantilising us. But should we really go back to the basics? Name: Friction-maxxing.Age: Brand new. Continue reading...
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister
Published: January 6, 2026 16:56
Liz Kendall calls on X to ādeal with this urgentlyā while expert criticises āworryingly slowā government responseThe UK technology secretary has called a wave of images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed generated by Elon Muskāsā¦
Now Muskās Grok chatbot is creating sexualised images of children. If the law wonāt stop it, perhaps his investors will | Sophia Smith Galer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-children-x-owner
Published: January 6, 2026 15:30
The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity ā but this may be a red line for those with āconservative valuesā who fund his adventures in free speechItās a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool isā¦
Rise and shine with the 10 best sunrise alarm clocks in the UK, tried and tested
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/jan/29/best-sunrise-alarm-clocks
Published: January 6, 2026 15:00
Our reviewer sheds some light on adding brightness to your mornings with the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Hatchā¢ The best sleep aids recommended by experts: from blue light-blockers to apps to help you napTo wake each day inā¦
The 15 best PS5 games to play in 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/06/the-15-best-ps5-playstation-5-games-to-play-in-2026
Published: January 6, 2026 10:36
New mind-bending puzzlers, landmark RPGs and furry multiverse adventures await you as the PlayStation 5 enters its sixth yearEntering its sixth year, the PlayStation 5 has built up a formidable library of epic adventures, button-pummelling shooters andā¦
Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity
Published: January 6, 2026 06:00
Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is āsomewhat slowerā than first predictedA leading artificial intelligence expert has rolled back his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systemsā¦
Nvidia announces new, more powerful Vera Rubin chip made for AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/05/nvidia-chips-jensen-huang
Published: January 6, 2026 02:17
Next generation of chips in āfull productionā and will arrive later this year, Jensen Huang says at CES in Las VegasNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday that the companyās next generation of chips is in āfull productionā saying they can deliver fiveā¦
AI images of Maduro capture reap millions of views on social media
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/05/maduro-venezuela-ai-images
Published: January 6, 2026 00:32
Lack of verified information and rapidly advanced AI tools make it difficult to separate fact from fiction on US attackMinutes after Donald Trump announced a ālarge-scale strikeā against Venezuela early on Saturday morning, false and misleadingā¦
An air fryer, 3D printer and streaming subscription: 11 items on our 2026 wishlist
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jan/05/new-year-wishlist-products
Published: January 5, 2026 20:15
You canāt always get what you want ā even when you review products for a living. From kitchen splurges to fashion staples, this is what our contributors dream ofSimple daily rituals for building fun, calm and play into your days in 2026Sign up for theā¦
Mother of one of Elon Muskās sons āhorrifiedā at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her
Published: January 5, 2026 17:46
Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge pornThe mother of one of Elon Muskās sons has said she felt āhorrified and violatedā after fans of the billionaire used his AI tool, Grok, to createā¦
Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
Published: January 5, 2026 17:19
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gamingIt is difficult to think of a more influential figure in the arcade game industry than David Rosen, who hasā¦
Generation AI: fears of āsocial divideā unless all children learn computing skills
Published: January 5, 2026 14:00
Children are growing up as AI natives and experts say computing skills should be on par with reading and writingIn a Cambridge classroom, Joseph, 10, trained his AI model to discern between drawings of apples and drawings of smiles.āAI gets lots of thingsā¦
Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests
Published: January 4, 2026 15:00
London predicted to be the first UK city to go diesel-free, largely because of the ultra-low emission zoneBattery electric cars are poised to overtake diesels on Great Britainās roads by 2030, according to analysis that suggests London will be the first UKā¦
Readers reply: should we turn the internet off?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/04/should-we-turn-the-internet-off
Published: January 4, 2026 14:00
The long-running series in which readers answer other readersā questions ponders the online world ā from whatās despicable to whatās indispensableā¢ This weekās question: can you really fake it to make it?The internet has turned fringe belief intoā¦
World āmay not have timeā to prepare for AI safety risks, says leading researcher
Published: January 4, 2026 14:00
AI safety expert David Dalrymple said rapid advances could outpace efforts to control powerful systemsThe world āmay not have timeā to prepare for the safety risks posed by cutting-edge AI systems, according to a leading figure at the UK governmentāsā¦
AIās reckoning with reality represents a growing economic risk for 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/04/ai-reality-growing-economic-risk-2026
Published: January 4, 2026 12:18
Revenues may be rising rapidly, but not by nearly enough to cover the wild levels of investment under wayThe US dictionary Merriam-Websterās word of the year for 2025 was āslopā, which it defines as ādigital content of low quality that is produced, usuallyā¦
Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet
Published: January 4, 2026 07:00
Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google PayYou get a call from your bank and the informed voice asks to you to confirm the personal details they have on file, which you do. You are then askedā¦
What happened after Tesla opened a diner in Los Angeles?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/tesla-diner-elon-musk-los-angeles
Published: January 3, 2026 15:00
The novelty of eating at a diner owned by the richest person in the world seems to have worn off in just a few monthsLess than six months since it opened, Elon Muskās Tesla Diner has the feel of a ghost town. Gone is the Optimus robot serving popcorn, goneā¦
āJust an unbelievable amount of pollutionā: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Published: January 3, 2026 08:00
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Muskās flagship datacentre to reveal aā¦
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UKās new ātaxi taxā
Published: January 2, 2026 13:08
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement Uber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reevesās new ātaxi taxā after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with itsā¦
Apple reportedly cuts production of Vision Pro headset after poor sales
Published: January 1, 2026 15:07
Company had hoped the virtual reality device would herald a new era in āspatial computingāPoor sales have reportedly forced Apple to cut production of the Vision Pro headset that it had hoped would herald a new era in āspatial computingā.The tech companyā¦
āThey sowed chaos to no availā: the lasting legacy of Elon Muskās Doge
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/01/elon-musk-doge-legacy-government
Published: January 1, 2026 14:00
The billionaire ā who had no government experience ā left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an āefficiencyā drive across WashingtonAs Elon Musk, the worldās richest person, splurged more than $250m on Donald Trumpās 2024 re-electionā¦
Tesla publishes analyst forecasts suggesting sales set to fall
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/31/tesla-surprise-announcement-lower-sales-2025
Published: December 31, 2025 16:24
Tesla endured tough year in part thanks to some consumersā distaste for Elon Muskās embrace of rightwing politicsTesla has taken the unusual step of publishing sales forecasts that suggest 2025 deliveries will be lower than expected and future yearsā salesā¦
The best cross trainers for a low-impact workout at home, tested
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/dec/31/best-cross-trainers-ellipticals-uk
Published: December 31, 2025 15:00
New year fitness goals? An elliptical will put you through your paces without the joint strain ā our reviewer worked up a sweat testing the bestā¢ The best treadmillsA quick admission: I absolutely love an elliptical or cross trainer. They donāt always getā¦
Elon Muskās 2025 recap: how the worldās richest person became its most chaotic
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/31/elon-musk-doge-tesla-ai-trump
Published: December 31, 2025 13:00
How the tech CEO and āDogefatherā made a mess of the year ā from an apparent Nazi salute during his White House tenure to Tesla sales slumps and Starship explosionsThe year of 2025 was dizzying for Elon Musk. The tech titan began the year holding courtā¦
Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar multiplayer ā here are our most-read gaming stories of 2025
Published: December 31, 2025 12:30
In this weekās newsletter: The yearās most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months ā and what youāre psyched for in 2026ā¢ Donāt get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWith the best games of theā¦
The office block where AI ādoomersā gather to predict the apocalypse
Published: December 30, 2025 17:00
Safety researchers feel excessive financial rewards and an irresponsible work culture have led some to ignore a catastrophic risk to human lifeOn the other side of San Francisco bay from Silicon Valley, where the worldās biggest technology companies tearā¦
AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/ai-pull-plug-pioneer-technology-rights
Published: December 30, 2025 17:00
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warns against granting legal rights to cutting-edge technologyA pioneer of AI has criticised calls to grant the technology rights, warning that it was showing signs of self-preservation and humans should beā¦
āData is controlā: what we learned from a year investigating the Israeli militaryās ties to big tech
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/israeli-military-big-tech
Published: December 30, 2025 14:00
Our reporting revealed a symbiotic relationship between the IDF and Silicon Valley ā with implications for the future of warfareIn January this year, Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham first reported that Microsoft had deepened its ties to Israel alongsideā¦
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
Published: December 30, 2025 14:00
As 007 makes his gaming return, you can climb a mountain in Cairn, play a scaredy-cat in Resident Evil, and play a criminal couple in GTA VILive your mountaineering fantasies and brave the elements in a wonderfully illustrated climbing game. You mustā¦
Snap decisions: why crowding into a photo booth with friends is still a magical experience | Nova Weetman
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/photo-booth-with-friends-magical
Published: December 30, 2025 14:00
Whenever Iām out late with friends and we pass a photo booth, I drag them in so I can add to the gallery of faces I love seeing each dayLast New Yearās Eve, I was out with a friend. We had no plans, so we met at a local cinema and then wandered the longā¦
We still donāt really know what Elon Muskās Doge actually did
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/elon-musk-doge-impact-us-government
Published: December 30, 2025 13:00
Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficultElon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025When Elon Musk vowed late last year to lead a ādepartment of governmentā¦
Facebook slow to act on posts celebrating Bondi beach massacre, anti-hate group says
Published: December 30, 2025 09:57
Exclusive: CST highlights volume of IS-supporting accounts and says social media firms āputting all of us in dangerāFacebook hosted terrorist propaganda that celebrated the murder of Jews and praised Islamic State, a leading anti-hate group has alleged.Theā¦
āMove fast, break stuffā: how tech bros became Hollywoodās go-to baddie in 2025
Published: December 30, 2025 09:07
From Stanley Tucciās imperious tech titan to Lex Luthorās distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindsetBetween the slash-and-burn US government reboot led by a dank meme fan and the relentlessā¦
Cryptocurrency slump erases 2025 financial gains and Trump-inspired optimism
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/crypto-end-of-year-fall-cuts-trump-optimism
Published: December 29, 2025 17:00
Last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the market, despite all-time-high price of bitcoinAs 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trumpās favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industryās gains, onceā¦
SoftBank to acquire DigitalBridge for $4bn in move to deepen ties to AI
Published: December 29, 2025 15:05
Acquisition would further expand SoftBankās investments in artificial intelligence as it tries to center itself in the boomSoftBank Group will acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group in a deal valued at $4bn, the companies said onā¦
āThis will be a stressful jobā: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/sam-altman-openai-job-search-ai-harms
Published: December 29, 2025 14:44
New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face unnerving in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could āturn on usāThe maker of ChatGPT has advertised a $555,000-a-year vacancy with a daunting job description that would cause Superman to take a sharpā¦
āWhy should we pay these criminals?ā: the hidden world of ransomware negotiations
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/ransomware-negotiations-extortion-cyber-attacks
Published: December 29, 2025 13:38
Cybersecurity experts reveal what they do for high-profile clients targeted by hackers such as Scattered Spider They call it āstopping the bleedingā: the vital window to prevent an entire database from being ransacked by criminals or a production lineā¦
Arc Raiders review ā pure multiplayer pleasure
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/dec/29/arc-raiders-review-pure-multiplayer-pleasure
Published: December 29, 2025 10:00
PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Embark StudiosThe breakout hit, which has players coming together (or turning on each other) to battle intimidating robots in an apocalyptic future, is worth the hypeArc Raiders is an extraction shooter from Embark Studios ā so, aā¦
UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/29/uk-accounting-remote-exams-ai-cheating-acca
Published: December 29, 2025 08:19
Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCABusiness live ā latest updatesThe worldās largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise inā¦
Bernie Sanders criticizes AI as āthe most consequential technology in humanityā
Published: December 28, 2025 19:00
Republican senator Katie Britt also proposes AI companies be criminally liable if they expose minors to harmful ideasUS senator Bernie Sanders amplified his recent criticism of artificial intelligence on Sunday, explicitly linking the financial ambition ofā¦
Louis Gerstner, man credited with turning around IBM, dies aged 83
Published: December 28, 2025 17:15
Gerstner was chair and CEO at a time when the firm was struggling for relevance faced with rivals such as MicrosoftLouis Gerstner, the businessman credited with turning around IBM, has died aged 83, the company announced on Sunday.Gerstner was chair andā¦
From that bird guy to ābus auntyā: the real social media personalities rising above AI slop
Published: December 28, 2025 16:00
Online audiences seeking out authentic and passionate voices as antidote to AI-generated contentFor years, social media fame has been associated with the red carpet glamour of the Kardashians and Cristiano Ronaldoās megawatt sporting celebrity, butā¦
Nvidia insists it isnāt Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith
Published: December 28, 2025 14:00
The chipmakerās sprawling partnerships are driving extraordinary growth but also bank its future on the AI boom paying off quicklyNvidia is, in crucial ways, nothing like Enron ā the Houston energy giant that imploded through multibillion-dollar accountingā¦
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/28/could-ai-relationships-actually-be-good-for-us
Published: December 28, 2025 12:00
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs ā but it needs to be handled responsiblyThere is much anxiety these days about the dangers of human-AI relationships. Reports of suicide and self-harm attributable to interactions withā¦
I ran 1,000km to test the best running watches in the UK ā here are my favourites
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/dec/28/best-running-watches-tested-uk
Published: December 28, 2025 07:00
We ran more than 1,000km to test top-rated GPS fitness watches including Apple, Garmin and the best for beginnersā¢ The best running shoes for men and womenWhether youāre hitting the pavements for the first time, running with a club or racing for personalā¦
From shrimp Jesus to erotic tractors: how viral AI slop took over the internet
Published: December 27, 2025 17:00
Flood of unreality is an endpoint of algorithm-driven internet and product of an economy dependent on a few top tech firms In the algorithm-driven economy of 2025, one manās shrimp Jesus is another manās side hustle.AI slop ā the low-quality, surrealā¦
We combed the internet for the 25 best after-Christmas sales still available
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2025/dec/27/best-after-christmas-holiday-sales
Published: December 27, 2025 15:00
Masterclass, Roku, Apple, Aritzia ā we rounded up the best post-holiday sales for tech, fashion and more that you can snag before the end of the yearSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsThe eggnogās kicked,ā¦
āIt brings you closer to the natural worldā: the rise of the Merlin birdsong identifying app
Published: December 27, 2025 12:00
Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the worldWhen Natasha Walter first became curious about the birds around her, she recorded their songs on her phone and arduously tried to match each song with onlineā¦
Apple seeks to appeal against Ā£1.5bn ruling it overcharged UK customers
Published: December 26, 2025 17:00
If appeal fails, every person in UK who made App Store purchases between 2015 and 2024 could be entitled to compensationApple is seeking to overturn a landmark Ā£1.5bn court ruling on behalf of millions of UK customers, which found the company overchargedā¦
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of āsociopathic greedā
Published: December 26, 2025 15:01
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ācorrupting the systemā of politics by seeking to avoid accountabilityA British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is beingā¦