Month: July 2024

NullBulge group said it was leaking files from Disney’s internal Slack channel to ‘protect artists’ rights’ Hacktivists claim to have stolen more than a terabyte of data from Disney’s internal chat platform and are leaking the information online in a protest against what they say is the company’s anti-artist stance. The group, which calls itself …

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The designer of Sopa: The Tale of the Stolen Potato explains how his Colombian background informs the forthcoming game Sopa (the Spanish for “soup”) is a game about a young boy who goes to fetch a potato for his grandma, then stumbles upon a magical world at the back of the food cupboard. “The pantry …

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Craig Wright’s case referred for potential perjury and forgery prosecution after losing legal battle with crypto firms The case of Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the creator of bitcoin, has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over a potential prosecution for perjury and forgery. In March, Wright lost …

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Tony Blair’s powerful thinktank asked ChatGPT how AI might affect public sector jobs. Critics say the results were … wonky • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here What will AI do to employment? It is, after “will it kill us all?”, the most important question about the …

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Riding a wave of nostalgia, the return of EA’s beloved franchise has whet the appetite of gamers across different generations Sports videogame releases are usually drab affairs. New versions come out every year, and beyond roster updates and a few gameplay tweaks, they don’t change that much from edition to edition. Unlike Grand Theft Auto …

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Tech billionaire to donate extraordinary monthly sum to group focused on helping Trump win election, report says Elon Musk has said he plans to give $45m a month to a Super Pac focused on electing Donald Trump, starting in July, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The tech billionaire, who endorsed Trump two days ago, …

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Unsurprisingly, creating a 3D avatar to increase a model’s income is fraught with moral and ethical questions, but this documentary seems uninterested in addressing them Doubles, doppelgangers, clones; twin visions have long fascinated directors and audiences alike. It’s unnerving, however, when technologies that once belonged to the realm of science fiction are now realised in …

Uncanny Me review – skin-deep exploration of cloning tech Read More »

Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power Electric cars make some people afraid of the dark. While the batteries produce much less carbon, they require much more electricity to run. This has prompted ominous warnings that Great …

Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution Read More »

The military use of AI-enabled weapons is growing, and the industry that provides them is booming A squad of soldiers is under attack and pinned down by rockets in the close quarters of urban combat. One of them makes a call over his radio, and within moments a fleet of small autonomous drones equipped with …

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield Read More »

Whistleblowers say contracts include restrictions requiring staff to seek permission before contacting regulators OpenAI whistleblowers have urged the US financial watchdog to investigate non-disclosure agreements at the startup after claiming the contracts included restrictions such as requiring employees to seek permission before contacting regulators. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) typically bar an employee from sharing company information …

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