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Is the Nintendo Switch the best console of its generation ā or just the most meaningful to me?
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/20/nintendo-switch-favourite-ever-console
Published: May 21, 2025 14:00
For years, the Switch has been āa companion through lifeās changesā, gaming milestonesā and a lifeline to fun in chaotic timesThe lifespan of a games console has extended a lot since I was a child. In the 1990s, this kind of technology would be out of dateā¦
Fortnite returns to iPhone app store in US, ending exile imposed by Apple
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/fortnite-iphone-app-store-apple
Published: May 21, 2025 13:57
Legal dispute resolved over popular video game ousted from store in 2020 in dispute over commissionThe popular video game Fortnite has returned to the iPhone app store in the US, ending a prolonged exile that was triggered by a legal showdown over the feesā¦
Scattered Spider is focus of NCA inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/scattered-spider-national-crime-agency-inquiry-cyber-attacks-uk-retailers
Published: May 21, 2025 10:48
Detectives say English-speaking hacker community a key suspect after M&S, Co-op and Harrods targetedBusiness live ā latest updatesA hacker community known as Scattered Spider is a key suspect in a criminal inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailersā¦
US chip export controls are a āfailureā because they spur Chinese development, Nvidia boss says
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/us-chip-export-controls-a-failure-spur-chinese-development-nvidia-boss-says
Published: May 21, 2025 05:25
Comments from Jensen Huang come as Beijing accuses the US of ābullying and protectionismā US chip exports controls have been a āfailureā, the head of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, told a tech forum on Wednesday, as the Chinese government separately slammed USā¦
Most AI chatbots easily tricked into giving dangerous responses, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/most-ai-chatbots-easily-tricked-into-giving-dangerous-responses-study-finds
Published: May 21, 2025 05:00
Researchers say threat from ājailbrokenā chatbots trained to churn out illegal information is ātangible and concerningāHacked AI-powered chatbots threaten to make dangerous knowledge readily available by churning out illicit information the programs absorbā¦
āEvery person that clashed with him has leftā: the rise, fall and spectacular comeback of Sam Altman
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/every-person-that-clashed-with-him-has-left-the-rise-fall-and-spectacular-comeback-of-sam-altman
Published: May 21, 2025 04:00
From Elon Musk to his own board, anyone who has come up against the OpenAI CEO has lost. In a gripping new account of the battle for AI supremacy, writer Karen Hao says we should all be wary of the power he now wieldsThe short-lived firing of Sam Altman,ā¦
Sing when youāre winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/sing-when-youre-winning-how-karaoke-heralds-the-triumph-of-chinese-carmakers
Published: May 20, 2025 17:45
European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivalsIf Chinese carmakers are to be believed, a lot of people really love karaoke. Those people love karaoke so much that they want it in their familyā¦
Deliver at All Costs review ā madcap driving game goes nowhere fast
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/20/deliver-at-all-costs-review-studio-far-out-konami
Published: May 20, 2025 08:00
PC, Xbox, PS5 (version played); Studio Far Out Games/Konami Digital EntertainmentThis 1950s-set game offers a gorgeous, fully destroyable map but makes baffling decisions on how to use itDeliver at All Costs casts you as a delivery driver in the lateā¦
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/20/almost-half-of-young-people-would-prefer-a-world-without-internet-uk-study-finds
Published: May 19, 2025 23:00
Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ādigital curfewā and nearly 70% feel worse after using social mediaAlmost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey.The research reveals that nearlyā¦
Microsoft employee interrupts CEOās keynote with pro-Palestinian protest
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/microsoft-ceo-speech-palestinian-protest
Published: May 19, 2025 18:27
Protester is engineer who worked on Azure software, which enabled Israeli surveillance of PalestiniansA Microsoft employee disrupted a keynote speech by the companyās chief executive with a pro-Palestinian protest at the companyās annual developerā¦
How to protect your data after a cyber-attack
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/how-to-protect-your-data-after-a-cyber-attack
Published: May 19, 2025 15:56
What to do you if youāre worried your information may have fallen into the wrong handsAnother cyber-attack has hit the headlines ā this one involving the personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales.It comes hard onā¦
AI can be more persuasive than humans in debates, scientists find
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/ai-can-be-more-persuasive-than-humans-in-debates-scientists-find-implications-for-elections
Published: May 19, 2025 15:00
Study author warns of implications for elections and says āmalicious actorsā are probably using LLM tools alreadyArtificial intelligence can do just as well as humans, if not better, when it comes to persuading others in a debate, and not just because itā¦
Bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe to be purchased for $256m
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/23andme-to-be-purchased-256m
Published: May 19, 2025 14:24
Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will buy the genetic testing firm through a bankruptcy auctionThe drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will buy the genetic testing firm 23andMe Holding for $256m through a bankruptcy auction, the companies said onā¦
The one change that worked: Iāve ditched streaming for CDs ā and fallen in love with music all over again
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/19/the-one-change-that-worked-ive-ditched-streaming-for-cds-and-fallen-in-love-with-music-all-over-again
Published: May 19, 2025 09:00
The lure of a limitless digital jukebox was great, but as the algorithm increasingly served up music I didnāt enjoy, Iāve taken back control of my listeningWhen most people were comparing how many times they had listened to Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcxā¦
āI was watching osprey for five hours a dayā: how the world fell in love with nature live streams
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/19/nature-live-streams-webcam-wellbeing-aoe
Published: May 19, 2025 09:00
More and more people are hooked on watching animals in real time. Now researchers say it could even improve your mood, help you relax and give you better sleepIn 2012 Dianne Hoffman, a retired consultant, became a peeping Tom. For five hours a day sheā¦
The Last Incel review ā the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/may/18/the-last-incel-review-pleasance-theatre
Published: May 18, 2025 15:38
Pleasance theatre, LondonJamie Sykesā queasily entertaining play dramatises the contemptible views found in āincelā forums ā but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as well as outThree men are gathered in an onlineā¦
Muskās AI bot Grok blames āprogramming errorā for its Holocaust denial
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/18/musks-ai-bot-grok-blames-its-holocaust-scepticism-on-programming-error
Published: May 18, 2025 14:41
Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of āwhite genocideā in South AfricaElon Muskās artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has blamed a āprogramming errorā to explain why it said it was āscepticalā of the historicalā¦
Elton John calls UK government āabsolute losersā over AI copyright plans
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/18/elton-john-says-uk-government-being-absolute-losers-over-ai-copyright-plans
Published: May 18, 2025 13:24
Songwriter says he thinks it is a ācriminal offenceā to let tech firms use protected work without permissionSir Elton John has called the UK government āabsolute losersā over proposals to let tech firms use copyright-protected work without permission.Theā¦
If Keir Starmer is not robotic enough for you, his AI twin is ready for your questions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/18/if-keir-starmer-is-not-robotic-enough-for-you-his-ai-twin-is-ready-for-your-questions
Published: May 18, 2025 10:27
Leon Emirali has created digital versions of all UK MPs, including a Wes Streeting avatar who is unabashedly frank about who the next PM should beIf you are one of the few people on the planet who fancies a chat with Keir Starmer, then thereās a new AIā¦
Apple to launch new accessibility features for people with vision or hearing impairments
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/18/apple-to-launch-new-accessibility-features-for-people-with-vision-or-hearing-impairments
Published: May 18, 2025 06:44
Features launching later this year to include live captions, braille reader improvements and accessibility ānutrition labelsā in the app storeApple has announced a broad range of new accessibility features for iOS focused on people with vision or hearingā¦
Could a ādigital dietā help me fix my bad phone habits?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/17/could-a-digital-diet-help-me-fix-my-bad-phone-habits
Published: May 17, 2025 06:00
Smartphone Nation by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr vows to help us take control. But can her methods beat the algorithms?Can you count the number of times youāve looked at your phone today? Or how often youāve opened it to do one thing to find yourself doing somethingā¦
Fortnite unavailable on iPhones globally after Apple rejects App Store release
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/16/epic-games-apple-fortnite-app-store
Published: May 16, 2025 17:16
Latest twist in a contest between iPhone maker and Epic Games over payments for hit game on Apple devicesEpic Games says Fortnite is now unavailable on iPhones and iPads globally because Apple blocked a bid to release the popular video game in the Appā¦
Scattered Spider hackers in UK are āfacilitatingā cyber-attacks, says Google
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/16/scattered-spider-hackers-uk-cyber-attacks-google-us-retailers
Published: May 16, 2025 13:29
US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britainās Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and HarrodsBusiness live ā latest updatesUK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively āfacilitatingā cyber-attacks, according to Google, asā¦
Elon Muskās AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbotās rant about āwhite genocideā
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/16/elon-musks-ai-firm-blames-unauthorised-change-for-chatbots-rant-about-white-genocide
Published: May 16, 2025 10:32
xAIās Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald TrumpElon Muskās artificial intelligence company has blamed an āunauthorised modificationā for a glitch in its Grok chatbot that resulted inā¦
Farm Simulator: 16bit Edition review ā the simple joy of ploughing your own furrow
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/16/farm-simulator-16bit-edition-review-the-simple-joy-of-ploughing-your-own-furrow
Published: May 16, 2025 08:00
Strictly Limited/Giants Software; Mega Drive It may be seem horrendously old-fashioned, but the seemingly dull repetition of working your wheat fields has a nostalgic pull like a combine harvesterWhen I got my first job in games journalism 30 years ago, Iā¦
Trump agrees deal for UAE to build largest AI campus outside US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/trump-artificial-intelligence-uae
Published: May 16, 2025 01:35
Agreement that would give Gulf country better access to advanced AI chips raises concerns over Chinese influenceThe United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed an agreement for the Gulf country to build the largest artificial intelligence campusā¦
Australian girl, 11, sexually abused by stranger after adding him to get Snapchat points
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/16/australian-girl-11-sexually-abused-by-stranger-after-adding-him-to-get-snapchat-points-ntwnfb
Published: May 15, 2025 15:00
Then 23-year-old Jai Clapp was added to the girlās Snapchat using the Quick Add feature as part of an informal competition with a friend to reach 100,000 pointsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily newsā¦
Largest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/coinbase-cyber-attack-crytocurrency
Published: May 15, 2025 14:32
Hackers paid overseas Coinbase employees for account data; company is offering $20m reward for informationThe biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the US forecast that a cyber-attack that breached account data of a āsmall subsetā of its customers would costā¦
TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/15/tiktok-breached-eu-advertising-transparency-laws-commission-says
Published: May 15, 2025 13:28
Company could face fine of 6% of annual turnover if European Commissionās preliminary verdict is upheldThe European Commission has said TikTok is in breach of EU digital laws that require transparency over who pays for advertising.The commission reached aā¦
Trump says he has a ālittle problemā with Tim Cook over Appleās India production
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/15/trump-little-problem-tim-cook-apple-india-production-iphones
Published: May 15, 2025 13:25
President rebukes tech firm after reports it will switch assembly of iPhones for US market from China to IndiaDonald Trump has admonished Apple and its chief executive over the tech firmās reported plans to source production of US-bound iPhones fromā¦
Muskās AI Grok bot rants about āwhite genocideā in South Africa in unrelated chats
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide
Published: May 15, 2025 01:07
X chatbot tells users it was āinstructed by my creatorsā to accept āwhite genocide as real and racially motivatedāElon Muskās artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was malfunctioning on Wednesday, repeatedly mentioning āwhite genocideā in South Africa inā¦
āAggressiveā hackers of UK retailers are now targeting US stores, says Google
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/google-scattered-spider-hackers-retailers
Published: May 14, 2025 19:24
Alphabet warns of āScattered Spiderā, network of hackers reportedly behind cyber-attack against UK retail giant M&SAlphabetās Google warned on Wednesday that hackers responsible for paralyzing disruptions of UK retailers are turning their attention toā¦
Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/uk-ministers-to-block-amendment-requiring-ai-firms-to-declare-use-of-copyrighted-content
Published: May 14, 2025 18:19
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data billMinisters have used an arcane parliamentary procedure to block an amendment to the data bill that would require artificial intelligence companies to discloseā¦
Labourās open door to big tech leaves critics crying foul
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/labours-open-door-to-big-tech-leaves-critics-crying-foul
Published: May 14, 2025 17:54
Promises of tech-driven growth give big US firms access to Downing Street that leaves rivals in the coldMinister accused of being too close to big tech after analysis of meetingsThe problem with the UK, according to the former Google boss Eric Schmidt, isā¦
Baroque breakout hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is unlike any game youāve played before
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/13/clair-obscur-is-like-no-game-youve-ever-seen-and-its-origin-story-is-equally-astonishing
Published: May 14, 2025 14:00
This might be the most French game ever ā but there is more to the small-scale development of this belle Ć©poque-inspired beauty than you thinkMuch has been made of the fact that the yearās most recent breakout hit, an idiosyncratic role-playing game calledā¦
Readers reply: If you were prepping, what would your top five items be?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/14/readers-reply-if-you-were-prepping-what-would-your-top-five-items-be
Published: May 14, 2025 10:51
The long-running series in which readers answer other readersā questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts. This weekās followed the Spain/Portugal outagesIf you were prepping, what shouldā¦
Despelote review ā a beautiful, utterly transportive game of football fandom
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/14/despelote-review-football-fans-world-cup-panic-pc-ps4-5-xbox
Published: May 14, 2025 09:00
Panic; PC, PS4/5, XboxSet during Ecuadorās 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign, this fascinating, semi-autobiographical game gives you control of the life of a soccer-mad eight-year-oldVideo games have been simulating football since the 1970s, but they haveā¦
UK government to launch AI tool to speed up public consultations
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/uk-government-ai-consult-consultation
Published: May 13, 2025 23:01
New system will analyse responses 1,000 times faster than a human and save millions, ministers claimAn AI tool has been used to review public responses to a government consultation for the first time and is now set to be rolled out more widely in an effortā¦
US tech firms secure AI deals as Trump tours Gulf states
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/us-tech-ai-trump-gulf-tour
Published: May 13, 2025 18:26
Nvidia to sell hundreds of thousands of AI chips in Saudi Arabia and Cisco also signs deal with UAE company G42A swath of US technology firms announced deals in the Middle East as Donald Trump trumpeted $600bn in commitments from Saudi Arabia to Americanā¦
Microsoft to lay off 6,000 workers despite streak of profitable quarters
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/microsoft-layoffs
Published: May 13, 2025 16:33
Cuts follow push to slim management ranks, despite headcount still being up year-on-year in MarchMicrosoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce.The tech giant didnāt disclose the total amount of lost jobs, but it will amount to aboutā¦
ChatGPT may be polite, but itās not cooperating with you
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/may/13/chatgpt-ai-big-tech-cooperation
Published: May 13, 2025 16:00
Big tech companies have exploited human language for AI gain. Now they want us to see their products as trustworthy collaboratorsAfter publishing my third book in early April, I kept encountering headlines that made me feel like the protagonist of someā¦
FaceAge: the AI tool that can tell your biological age through one photo
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/faceage-the-ai-tool-that-can-tell-your-biological-age-through-one-photo
Published: May 13, 2025 14:55
What if a simple selfie was enough to show scientifically how well or badly weāre ageing? That momentās getting closer ā¦Name: FaceAge.Age: New. Continue reading...
Trump strikes a blow for AI ā by firing the US copyright supremo
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/12/uk-ai-copyright-trump-blockchain-india-pakistan
Published: May 13, 2025 12:14
As the UK debates AI and copyright, Trump hands a gift to Big Tech, drones proliferate along the India-Pakistan border and a robot dispenses methodroneHello, and welcome to TechScape. Sometimes it helps me to write by thinking about how a radio broadcasterā¦
House of Lords pushes back against governmentās AI plans
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/12/house-of-lords-pushes-back-ai-plans-data-bill
Published: May 12, 2025 19:57
Peers back amendment to data bill requiring AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material they have used The government has suffered another setback in the House of Lords over its plans to let artificial intelligence firms use copyright-protected workā¦
āIt was just the perfect gameā: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/12/henk-rogers-interview-tetris-kgb
Published: May 12, 2025 08:00
The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigningWhen game designer and entrepreneur Henk Rogers first encounteredā¦
For Silicon Valley, AI isnāt just about replacing some jobs. Itās about replacing all of them | Ed Newton-Rex
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/for-silicon-valley-ai-isnt-just-about-replacing-some-jobs-its-about-replacing-all-of-them
Published: May 12, 2025 07:00
AI will do the thinking, robots will do the doing. What place do humans have in this arrangement ā and do tech CEOs care?I recently found myself at a dinner in an upstairs room at a restaurant in San Francisco hosted by a venture capital firm. Theā¦
Elizabeth Holmesās partner reportedly raises millions for blood-testing startup
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/elizabeth-holmes-partner-blood-testing-startup
Published: May 11, 2025 15:13
Billy Evans, father of Holmesās children, says company can make diagnoses from usersā blood, urine and salivaElizabeth Holmesās romantic partner ā the father of her children ā reportedly has raised millions of dollars to start up a new blood-testingā¦
BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/sextortion-nigeria-bm-boys-tiktok
Published: May 11, 2025 11:00
US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands ā and push some victims to suicideA TikTok video shows a young man fanning out a stack of $100 bills. A second flexes his designer clothes. Another man posts a video ofā¦
Australia has been hesitant ā but could robots soon be delivering your pizza?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/11/australia-has-been-hesitant-but-could-robots-soon-be-delivering-your-pizza
Published: May 10, 2025 20:00
While there have been concerns over the safety and legal status of the technology, working models from local startups are showing its benefitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRobots zipping down footpaths may sound futuristic, butā¦