Fun for beginners and seasoned players alike, the beautifully illustrated decks let you concoct your own adventures with some surprisingly deep and interesting possibilities One of the most appealing aspects of games set in the Star Wars universe is that you get to concoct scenes and stories we would never see in the movies. Whether …
Groups of drivers backed a bill setting minimum pay, but the two tech companies say it’d make riders’ fees unsustainable Uber and Lyft claim they will cease operating in the Minneapolis area in protest of a minimum pay ordinance that the city council voted to approve last week. The bill, to go into effect on …
Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their content Google has been fined €250m (£213m) by French regulators for breaching an agreement over paying media companies for reproducing their content online. France’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday that it was fining the US tech company for …
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British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman will be chief executive of organisation focusing on consumer products and research Microsoft has appointed the co-founder of the British artificial intelligence lab DeepMind as the head of a new AI division. Mustafa Suleyman, 39, co-founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 and the company went on …
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Johan Röhr’s 2,700 songs have been streamed 15bn times and have more plays than Britney Spears or Abba A “secret” composer who has released music under hundreds of different names has been identified as Sweden’s most-listened-to artist on Spotify – pulling in more plays than Britney Spears or Abba. Johan Röhr, a Stockholm-based musician, has …
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US firm hopes to lead in artificial intelligence and other sectors – and has built a model that could control humanoid robots The chipmaker Nvidia has extended its lead in artificial intelligence with the unveiling of a new “superchip”, a quantum computing service, and a new suite of tools to help develop the ultimate sci-fi …
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PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC; Pieces InteractiveThe stars are lost in a swamp of poor writing and buggy combat in this wearisome reimagining of the 1992 survival classic It’s fitting that this latest Alone in the Dark game should choose a generational curse for its premise, as the series that pioneered the survival horror …
Autonomy co-founder accused of intimidating people who raised concerns before 2011 HP takeover and inflating software firm sales The British entrepreneur Mike Lynch will return to court in San Francisco on Tuesday after prosecutors used the opening day of his criminal trial to paint him as a “dominating, controlling, intimidating boss” who orchestrated a huge …
A new proposal aims to bring greater oversight to AI development, from deepfakes and ‘cheapfakes’ to electoral misinformation, but it could highlight a divide between parties • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The politics of AI regulation became a little clearer this weekend, after an influential …
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Readers say they’ve been sleeping better and pursuing new hobbies since signing up to the Reclaim your brain newsletter Haven’t signed up yet? Start your free, five-week plan here It’s been almost three months since the Guardian launched the Reclaim your brain newsletter – a free, five-week email coaching plan for anyone who wants to …
