In this week’s newsletter: Colonia LeBaron was meant to be a Mormon utopia – then a family fallout saw organised crime reign. Find out more in Deliver Us From Ervil. Plus: five must-listen music podcasts Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The Music & Meditation PodcastBBC …
Workers say they’re replacing career ambitions with low-stakes side hustles. But are many of the schemes too good to be true? Aubrey, a 26-year-old in Florida, does not recommend working at a hotel in the middle of a pandemic. The floors were constantly understaffed and inventory seemed to disappear overnight. In fact, Aubrey was genuinely …
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School leaders say online exams could allow them to go ahead in lockdown-style conditions in future Sitting exams using pen and paper could soon be a thing of the past, as England’s qualifications regulator, Ofqual, said it is exploring technology to transform the way GCSEs and A-levels are administered. The regulator’s latest corporate plan says …
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In this week’s newsletter: The franchise has just been sold off on the cheap, but could the original video game heroine be saved by games that see her as more than just eye candy? Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d …
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In this week’s newsletter: Dall-E 2 can conjure vivid pictures of dogs in berets to astronauts playing basketball. It also represents every major ethical concern there is about AI. Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here AI progress comes in fits and starts. You hear nothing for months …
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PC, Mac, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Fellow TravellerA decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi If your brain were copied and placed in a robot body, would it have human rights? That’s the thorny issue at the heart …
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Cambridge scientists say robot is capable of ‘tasting’ and checking whether balance of flavours is right The culinary robots are here. Not only to distinguish between food which tastes good and which doesn’t, but also to become better cooks. A robot chef designed by researchers at Cambridge University has been trained to taste a dish’s …
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Government fears damage of losing out to New York in battle to attract tech floatations Boris Johnson has joined the lobbying effort to convince the British-based chip designer Arm to float in London, as the government fears the damage of losing out to New York in the battle to attract high-profile tech companies looking to …
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Rocket Lab test successfully hooks booster in midair before having to drop it into South Pacific A space company has briefly managed to catch a falling rocket using a helicopter and a hook in a test described by its chief executive as “something of a supersonic ballet”. The test was part of Rocket Lab’s attempts …
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Government users may also be charged, says billionaire, who has agreed to buy platform for $44bn Elon Musk has said Twitter may charge a “slight” fee for commercial and government users, in the latest hint of the changes the world’s richest person could introduce after he completes his takeover of the social media platform. “Twitter …
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