Month: June 2024

As growing numbers of people turn to grieftech, some are disturbed by its possible consequences When Christi Angel first talked to a chatbot impersonating her deceased partner, Cameroun, she found the encounter surreal and “very weird”. “Yes, I knew it was an AI system but, once I started chatting, my feeling was I was talking …

‘I felt I was talking to him’: are AI personas of the dead a blessing or a curse? Read More »

Although shareholders have backed chief executive’s remuneration deal, doubts remain over whether he will be able to access share-based package Tesla’s battle to reinstate Elon Musk’s $45bn (£35bn) pay package is far from over, according to legal experts, despite shareholders backing the chief executive’s remuneration deal. Investors in the electric carmaker re-ratified the pay deal …

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Billionaire tells shareholders ‘hot damn, I love you guys’ after retaining largest-ever executive pay package at US-listed firm Tesla shareholders have approved a $45bn (£35.3bn) pay deal for CEO Elon Musk, following a fiercely contested referendum on his leadership. The result, announced on Thursday, comes as the billionaire tycoon fights to retain the largest-ever compensation …

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Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android; Zynga/Lucasfilm GamesEssentially Overwatch with wookiees, this fun team-based online shooter can be tense and exciting but lacks any truly original features Announced three years ago at a Nintendo Direct livestream, Star Wars: Hunters is one of those games that you can’t imagine suffered a long and difficult pitch process. Someone just …

Star Wars: Hunters review – the force is not that strong in this one Read More »

One for the historians and tech specialists maybe, but this documentary about the Moviola, used from the 1920s until the 21st century, is a fascinating watch Howard Berry is a British film historian and chronicler of Elstree studios; now he has directed this unique documentary, written and conceived by the legendary film and sound editor …

Her Name Was Moviola review – ode to editing machine a geekgasm for analogue fans Read More »

Scam email saying that the actor was in a fix and needed cash was sent to contacts including Jamie Dornan – Beatty was the only one to come to his aid Eddie Redmayne has revealed that after his email was hacked, Warren Beatty responded by offering to wire him money: “whatever you need”. Redmayne told …

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All Saints Catholic College aiming to ‘give children their childhood back’ by breaking their screen addictions Two months ago a radical experiment in one London state school hit the headlines. All Saints Catholic College announced it was piloting a 12-hour school day in what was reported as a bold attempt to break students’ phone addictions. …

Jenga, dodgeball and no phones: a London school’s radical 12-hour day Read More »

A school in west London is trying to give children their childhood back – by extending its hours from 7am to 7pm. Will it work? Helen Pidd reports From the isolating effect of the Covid pandemic, to austerity and the cost of living crisis, schools are on the front line of the problems facing the …

The phone-free, 12-hour school-day experiment – podcast Read More »

I set expectations when she saved up and got the phone – little did I know it would undermine them, and her mental health The byline on this essay is a pseudonym. My daughter is one of those kids the US surgeon general warned us about. Our nation’s children are “unknowing participants” in a “decades-long …

I banned my daughter from using the iPhone she bought. It made her a better person Read More »

The AI’s errors can still be comical and catastrophic. Do we really want this technology to be in so many pockets? Tech watchers and nerds like me get excited by tools such as ChatGPT. They look set to improve our lives in many ways – and hopefully augment our jobs rather than replace them. But …

ChatGPT is coming to your iPhone. These are the four reasons why it’s happening far too early | Chris Stokel-Walker Read More »