Month: September 2023

From consulting with military advisers on raid tactics to tailoring responses for different player styles … the game’s development team take us inside their creative campaign The Call of Duty games are huge, multimillion dollar affairs. They are built by hundreds of staff working in studios across the globe, each dealing with specific aspects of …

How Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was written: ‘you start with sticky notes’ Read More »

When rich people convince themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart – instead of lucky and ruthless – they misapply their talents to areas beyond their expertise Elon Musk is not the most reckless, destructive or dangerous corporate leader in world history. But he just might be the most reckless, destructive and dangerous corporate leader …

Elon Musk is a lesson in the dangers of unchecked corporate leaders | Siva Vaidhyanathan Read More »

Widespread access to the world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes A new biography of Elon Musk was published on Tuesday and contains colourful details of the life of the world’s richest man. Musk afforded widespread access to his biographer, Walter Isaacson, the author of the bestselling biography …

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography Read More »

In their attempts to mimic the video-sharing site’s success, Facebook, YouTube and others might have signed their own death warrants • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the free newsletter here In the mid-2010s, social media was simple. Instagram was for your pictures, Twitter for your feelings and Facebook to see …

TechScape: TikTok took over social media with its uncanny algorithm – but at what cost? Read More »

The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil? Rising out of the arid scrubland of western Texas is the world’s largest project yet to remove excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, a quest that has been lauded as essential …

The world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work? Read More »

Elon Musk’s hindrance of a Ukraine attack via Starlink caused a row. But other firms have similar power, and need scrutiny The revelations that Ukrainian naval operations were blocked by a lack of support from Elon Musk’s Starlink system cast light on to his complex relationship with Russia and Ukraine. But it is an area …

Tech giants hold huge sway in matters of war, life and death. That should concern us all | Keir Giles Read More »

Ian Sample talks to Dr Amy Orben, who leads the digital mental health programme at the Medical Research Council’s cognition and brain sciences unit, about why the link between teen mental health and social media is so difficult to study, what the current evidence tells us and what advice she gives to parents whose children …

Teen mental health and social media: what does the evidence tell us? – podcast Read More »

Symptoms include trembling, disorientation, tachycardia and changes to your breathing. If only there was someone you could call … Name: Nomophobia. Age: The term is 15 years old, although the condition is older. Continue reading… Symptoms include trembling, disorientation, tachycardia and changes to your breathing. If only there was someone you could call … Name: …

Lost your phone and feel your life’s falling apart? You’ve got nomophobia Read More »

How a dedicated collector rallied an international team to track down the long-forgotten 1981 title and painstakingly recreate the original cabinet Nintendo’s arcade games were hit and miss in early days, with titles such as Monkey Magic and Space Firebird failing to leave much of a lasting impression. That all changed in the summer of …

The quest for Sky Skipper, the rarest Nintendo arcade machine in the world Read More »

US justice department accuses Google of monopolizing search space in landmark case to start on Tuesday The trial in a landmark antitrust case against Google is scheduled to start on Tuesday in Washington district court over charges of monopolizing the online search space. The suit, filed by the US justice department in 2020, represents the …

Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades Read More »