A new album – full of Oasis-esque anthems – imagines what might have been if the band’s classic lineup had continued making music. So, we ask its human co-creators, what’s the story? Before you do anything else with your day, you need to listen to this. A new “lost” Oasis album has been released, from …
Encrypted chat apps sign open letter warning of ‘unprecedented threat to safety and security’ of UK citizens Age checks, trolls and deepfakes: what’s in the online safety bill? The rival chat apps WhatsApp and Signal have joined forces in a rare show of unity to protest against the online safety bill, which they say could …
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Six months after Elon Musk took over the social network, traffic is dropping – can the spinoffs and copycats take advantage? Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Twitter isn’t dead. But six months on from the site’s acquisition by Elon Musk, it isn’t a picture of health, …
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The Tesla founder has broken ground on a plot in Texas, while Google and Meta are building workers’ homes in California. Should we be celebrating or worrying? Welcome to Snailbrook, Texas. Established: 2021. Population: about 12, but with many more to come. In fact, in a decade or two, Snailbrook could be a gleaming, utopian …
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Social media has a long history of gross-out content. But on FoodTok, the recipes are more bafflingly repulsive than ever I have just ironed my husband a toasted sandwich like some kind of tradwife and to be honest, I’m disappointed with his reaction. Admittedly, there were a few issues. The steam didn’t help, plus I …
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The decentralized social network has seen user numbers drop in recent months, but tech-savvy users remain passionate When Elon Musk bought Twitter nearly six months ago, bringing back white supremacists and booting journalists who had criticized him, many users felt it was the right time to leave the platform. Thousands of tweeters – myself included …
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Lindy Cameron speech expected to present the security threat posed by Beijing as an epoch-defining challenge to the west China poses an “epoch-defining” challenge to the west, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is reportedlyto warn. Lindy Cameron, who is the director of the GCHQ arm, will use a speech in Belfast …
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Mario might be one of the most successful video games around – and the new movie is breaking box-office records – but there are still plenty of people out there who’ve never played one of his games. Here’s everything a beginner needs to know It’s official: the new Super Mario Bros film has broken a …
Franck Bohbot’s photographs of the city’s gaming spots depict a world of escapism familiar from American movies and art Franck Bohbot grew up in France, and when he arrived in Los Angeles in 2018 he found the sprawl hard to navigate. One reference point for him was the city’s video game bars, whose atmosphere he …
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Sundar Pichai calls for global regulatory framework similar to nuclear treaty amid safety concerns Google’s chief executive has said concerns about artificial intelligence keep him awake at night and that the technology can be “very harmful” if deployed wrongly. Sundar Pichai also called for a global regulatory framework for AI similar to the treaties used …
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