Month: August 2022

In this week’s newsletter: How did a beloved ape end her life a sad “shell of herself”? Find out in Fine Gorilla Person. Plus: five of the best podcasts on the British Asian experience Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Fine Gorilla PersonAudible, all episodes available …

Best podcasts of the week: Inside the tragic life story of Koko the celebrity gorilla Read More »

Ren Zhengfei writes in leaked memo that ‘chill will be felt by everyone’ and company must focus on survival The founder of Huawei has delivered a stark warning for the tech company’s future, sparking alarm with the frankness of his assessment and what it signals for smaller businesses amid China’s economic troubles and a global …

Huawei founder sparks alarm in China with warning of ‘painful’ next decade Read More »

Like Carrie’s laptop dying in Sex and the City, my collection of seemingly insignificant moments suddenly mattered like a magnum opus I opened the notes app on my phone to find a blank screen. I froze, agape, like you do when you just realise you’ve sent an email to the wrong person or left your …

The notes app on my phone disappeared – and spurred a come-to-Jesus moment | Maddie Thomas Read More »

From WhatsApp to Instagram to texts and email, I was spending my life frantically picking up my phone. It had to stop. It officially started during that strange and mystical stretch of time now known as the first lockdown, when negative news notifications were at an all-time high and the only way to have a …

Lord of the pings: how I turned off my phone notifications, and got my life back | Georgina Lawton Read More »

Criminals took an average of $300,000 worth of non-fungible tokens per scam, says cryptocurrency firm More than $100m (£85m) worth of non-fungible tokens were stolen in the year to July, research shows, with criminals making off with an average of $300,000 per scam. Criminals have stolen valuable NFTs – crypto assets that confer ownership of …

More than $100m worth of NFTs stolen since July 2021, data shows Read More »

Pokémon – the highest grossing media franchise of all time – is hitting new peaks of popularity, with thousands of fans thronging to the World Championships in London I was 13 when Pokémon cards exploded on to the UK scene in 1999. I tried to be too cool and mature for the instantly popular collectables, …

Still catching ‘em all: why the Pokémon World Championships are bigger than ever Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Ethereum turning off its mining rigs and slashing the currency’s carbon emissions should be good news. But not everyone agrees Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here On 15 September, the ethereum blockchain is planning to switch off its mining rigs. If it happens, …

TechScape: How a major change to ethereum could change cryptocurrency forever Read More »

Restore law to Gotham, explore medieval Bavaria or skateboard like a pro… it’s all to play for in these new titles Nintendo’s brilliantly fun and untouchably cool take on the shooting game involves kids who can transform into squids and octopuses to swim through lakes of paint, splattering the level (and the opposing team) with …

From women’s football to monster slaying: the most exciting video games for autumn 2022 Read More »

The bestselling console made home gaming accessible for millions as it launched the industry toward the mainstream with classic titles such as Dropzone and The Sentinel For a period between the winter of 1983 and the summer of 1986, my life was completely dominated by the Commodore 64. The seminal home computer, launched 40 years …

The Commodore 64 at 40: back to the future of video games Read More »

Director Josh Sawyer explains why developer Obsidian decided to make a narrative adventure about a painter-detective You are Andreas Moller, an artist working in an abbey in 16th-century Bavaria. Over the course of 25 years, you must investigate a murder in a local town convulsed by the social changes of the era. Pentiment doesn’t sound …

Pentiment, the 16th-century murder mystery that looks like a playable tapestry Read More »