Month: May 2023

Street Fighter 6 review – the new king of fighting games

PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series S/X, PC (version tested); CapcomWith a flashy new array of combat moves and ‘modern’ controls that even beginners can use to create masterful moves, this is an addictive TKO When Street Fighter V – the previous entry in this instantly recognisable fighting game series – launched in 2016, it was missing …

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TechScape: Will Apple’s new VR headset be the one to finally catch on?

In this week’s newsletter: The $3,000 product could be the next Apple gamechanger – or just another cool toy for those who can afford it Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Next Monday will see Apple’s worldwide developers conference kick off, and with it one of the …

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Twitter janitors in New York file lawsuit over firings and demand backpay

Suit alleges social media company violated city law when janitors were abruptly fired in December after Elon Musk took over Former janitors at Twitter offices in New York City filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the social media company over their abrupt termination in December 2022 after billionaire Elon Musk took over the company and …

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‘I feel constantly watched’: the employees working under surveillance

Monitoring software has become more common since the pandemic – but are activity scores the best way to measure productivity? Every 10 minutes, Mae’s computer snaps a shot of her screen, thanks to monitoring software her employer made her install on her laptop. A figure looms large over her workday: her activity score, a percentage …

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes expected to begin 11-year sentence

The blood-testing firm’s fraud saga will see its end when Holmes, who has been ordered to report to prison camp, turns herself in The Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is poised to turn herself in for an 11-year prison sentence Tuesday, marking a final chapter in a years-long fraud saga that riveted Silicon Valley. The 39-year-old …

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‘People wanted to believe the fairytale’: the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes

Disgraced founder of fraudulent blood-testing company Theranos is expected to enter prison on Thursday Elizabeth Holmes will find herself behind the walls of a Texas prison on Tuesday, in a remarkable fall for a startup founder who had become an icon known far outside Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, had once promised to revolutionize the medical …

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‘I do not think ethical surveillance can exist’: Rumman Chowdhury on accountability in AI

One of the leading thinkers on artificial intelligence discusses responsibility, ‘moral outsourcing’ and bridging the gap between people and technology Rumman Chowdhury often has trouble sleeping, but, to her, this is not a problem that requires solving. She has what she calls “2am brain”, a different sort of brain from her day-to-day brain, and the …

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What are the best defunct products and overlooked innovations?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts What are the best defunct products and overlooked innovations? Brian Phipps, Sheffield Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday. …

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Benny, Björn and Frida drop in for first anniversary of London’s Abba Voyage

Show in which youthful digital avatars of the group perform on stage has sold more than 1.3m tickets On stage, digital technology gave the 3,000-strong audience at the Abba arena in east London perfectly recreated youthful versions of Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid. At the rear of the purpose-built auditorium, three of the legendary group, …

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