Month: January 2022

Phone notifications are, by design, hard to resist. Stopping them at the source is a better solution There’s something about that red dot. The ping. That little shudder of your phone. All those tiny, quiet gestures which together, form a cacophony, making your phone screech: “Something happened. Look at me! Right now! And then again! …

Easy wins: delete your social media apps and claw back precious days of your life Read More »

The new Double J Weekends host loves being online, be it watching a TikToker reading out court transcripts or enjoying strangely threatening tweets I am a child of the internet. I was always drawn to computers and tech, and used to beg my dad to bring us to his office on a weekend so we …

Angharad Yeo: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

Law commissions recommend that vehicle users should not face regulatory sanctions if something goes wrong Users of self-driving cars should have immunity from a wide range of motoring offences, including dangerous driving, speeding and jumping red lights, Britain’s law commissions have jointly recommended. The Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission …

Self-driving car users should have immunity from offences – report Read More »

The software company’s success can be attributed to its cloud computing business Microsoft reported a profit of $18.8bn for the last three months of 2021, ahead of analysts expectations, but its share price initially slumped over 5% after another rocky day on Wall Street. The Seattle-based software giant reported revenues of $51.7bn, an increase of …

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Activists claim they could paralyse trains moving Russian forces for potential attack on Ukraine Cyber-activists opposed to the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, say they have penetrated the state-run railway’s computer system and threatened to paralyse trains moving Russian troops and artillery to the country for a potential attack on Ukraine. Their goals include freeing …

‘Cyberpartisans’ hack Belarusian railway to disrupt Russian buildup Read More »

The largest ever semiconductor chip merger has been hit by regulatory hurdles and industry opposition Nvidia is becoming increasingly resigned to giving up on its $40bn takeover of Cambridge-based chip designer Arm, as regulatory hurdles and industry opposition mounts, making it almost certain that the two-year time frame the companies aimed to complete the deal …

Nvidia preparing to abandon $40bn Arm takeover Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: whatever reservations we have about the merger, it’s a chance to bring meaningful, positive change for the people who actually make games Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every …

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Change will force hundreds of thousands of older people and those in rural areas to upgrade mobiles Hundreds of thousands of predominantly older people and those living in rural areas will be forced to upgrade their mobile phones by the end of 2023, as Vodafone sets a deadline for switching off its ageing 3G network …

Vodafone to switch off UK 3G network by end of 2023 Read More »

The tech world has been overtaken by the seductive idea of a virtual utopia, but what’s on offer looks more like a late-capitalist technocratic nightmare I have spent large portions of my life in virtual worlds. I’ve played video games since I was six; as a millennial, I’ve lived online since adolescence; and I’ve been …

I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it Read More »

The UK cybersecurity outfit has been on a rollercoaster ride from a meteoric share price rise to a plunge in market value Darktrace is a well-oiled sales and marketing machine, as slick and turbocharged as the multimillion-pound McLaren Formula One sponsorship deal it uses to entice prospective clients, and yet the cybersecurity company continues to …

‘Snake oil’: doubts loom over tech firm Darktrace’s high-octane sales strategy Read More »