Month: March 2024

Judge orders disgraced crypto mogul to forfeit $11bn in assets and says he showed no remorse for his crimes Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul who perpetrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11bn in assets. His lawyer reiterated a pledge …

‘He knew it was wrong’: Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud Read More »

While religion doesn’t feature much in video games, I find the theory that we are all characters in a huge sim ever more believable – and appealing It’s Easter weekend, when Catholics like me spend hours in church listening to the extended editor’s cut of a story whose ending we already know. Sitting there for …

If life is one giant computer simulation, God is a rubbish player | Dominik Diamond Read More »

‘Uber of the skies’ Joby Aviation will build its fleet of aircraft at a $500m facility in Dayton and plans to employ 2,000 people For a decade, Dayton in south-west Ohio has fought to shed its rust belt past. New apartment blocks, hotels and breweries have cut into a landscape dominated by derelict warehouses and …

Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup Read More »

The increased use of AI to replicate the voice and movements of actors has benefits but some are concerned over how and when it might be used and who might be left short-changed When she discovered her voice had been uploaded to multiple websites without her consent, the actor Cissy Jones told them to take …

‘It’s very easy to steal someone’s voice’: how AI is affecting video game actors Read More »

Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Beijing With the announcement that the UK government would be imposing sanctions on two individuals and one entity accused of targeting – without success – UK parliamentarians in cyber-attacks in 2021, the phrase “tip of the iceberg” comes …

Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking Read More »

A small team of skilled players set themselves a near-impossible task: to complete every level of Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shut its servers. Did they manage it? On 14 March, Team 0% was close to finishing its seven-year mission to complete every single uncleared level in the 2015 Nintendo game Super Mario Maker – …

‘I wasn’t sure it was even possible’: the race to finish 80,000 levels of Super Mario Maker Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: The all-time great podcast returns for a fourth season, investigating the infamous detention camp. Plus: five of the best hip-hop podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here SerialWidely available, episodes weeklyThe OG of podcasting returns for an excellent fourth season, with Sarah Koenig and Dana …

Best podcasts of the week: Guantánamo gets the Serial treatment Read More »

A secret history of machine intelligence, from 14th century horoscopes to 1930s ‘plot genies’ for coming up with storylines Hark. The end is nigh. “In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the factory-line worker,” writes Dennis Yi Tenen near the start of Literary Theory for Robots. “Today, it has come for the writer, …

Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen review – the deep roots of AI Read More »

Readers share their thoughts on maintaining the world of DVDs and Blu-rays after a feature looking exploring the phenomenon At home we have been getting into the habit, when we identify (a knack in itself!) a show or movie we are confident we will want to re-watch, of ordering an inexpensive DVD copy. Continue reading… …

‘Rental places will surge back’: readers on the fight to preserve physical media Read More »

We were forced to cancel when the host wanted thousands extra, but were still charged a fee My daughter used my credit card to book a five-month stay using Airbnb after taking up an internship in Toronto. After the host accepted the booking, she got an email saying the price for the overall stay had …

Airbnb host increased price by 39% after booking Read More »