Month: May 2024

TechScape: The new law that could protect UK children online – as long as it works

Thanks to a new act that could reshape the internet, TikTok, Instagram and other platforms will need to ‘tame’ harmful content and algorithms • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The Online Safety Act in the UK is, quietly, one of the most important pieces of legislation …

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Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’

A new Netflix docuseries explores how the site that enabled married people to have affairs devolved into chaos back in 2015 In theory, the internet promised, among other things, a solution to the age-old conundrum of finding a date. If you wanted romantic partnership, maybe you’d check out eHarmony. For fun and flings, try Tinder. …

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New GPT-4o AI model is faster and free for all users, OpenAI announces

Tech company reveals new flagship model that ‘is the future of interaction between ourselves and the machines’ OpenAI announced on Monday that it was launching its new flagship artificial intelligence model, called GPT-4o, as well as updates that included a new desktop service and advances in its voice assistant capabilities. Chief technology officer, Mira Murati, …

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‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

Ownership rights are buried in the fine print and downloading or buying physical copies may be the only ways to keep your favourites Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was …

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Hades II’s audacious, invigorating spin on Greek myth makes it worth playing right now

Developer Supergiant Games has released its hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades in an early-access, unfinished state – but its powers are already godlike Time comes for us all, and in Hades II, even the gods are not spared its wrath. This epic Greek-mythology-themed action game is the first sequel by arthouse studio Supergiant Games, …

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Spice up your spreadsheets! Should you run your relationship like a business?

Could office management software such as Slack and Notion optimise your relationship? A surprising number of people are trying it out Name: Office romance. Age: Recently upgraded. Continue reading… Could office management software such as Slack and Notion optimise your relationship? A surprising number of people are trying it out Name: Office romance. Age: Recently …

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review – rip-roaring adventure from the late Yoshitaka Murayama

Rabbit and Bear Studios; 505 Games; PC, PlayStation, Switch, XboxHead into battle with your own turbo-charged squadron in this crowd-funded Pokémonesque sequel to the the Japanese designer’s classic Suikoden series While the joyously flexible role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 dominated this year’s Bafta game awards, winning the award for best game, there remains a strong …

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Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing

Federal court refuses to extend ban on 65 posts on Elon Musk’s platform showing last months’s attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal court has refused to extend an injunction against Elon …

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BT ramps up AI use to counter hacking threats to business customers

Firm has data from ‘when criminals try to attack’ and its Eagle-i technology suggests what action is needed BT has said it is increasingly using artificial intelligence to help it detect and neutralise threats from hackers targeting business customers amid repeated attacks on companies. The £10.5bn group is aiming to build up its business protecting …

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