Month: July 2024

Meta says it would remove content ‘attacking “Zionists” when it is not explicitly about the political movement’ Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would start taking down more posts that target “Zionists” when the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather than representing supporters of the political movement. The Facebook and …

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Vacuum cleaner maker will axe about 1,000 jobs as part of global cost-cutting drive Business live – latest updates The vacuum cleaner and air-filter maker Dyson is cutting about 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of a global restructure, reducing its British workforce by more than a quarter. Staff were told on Tuesday morning …

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Artificial intelligence is heralded as helping the NHS fight cancer. But some warn it’s a distraction from more urgent challenges • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here What if AI isn’t that great? What if we’ve been overstating its potential to a frankly dangerous degree? That’s the …

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The three brands licensed by Nine’s Pedestrian Group that kickstarted my career might be gone but as long as there’s appetite for video game content there’s hope In 2006 I was fired from my job at EB Games. It was, with the benefit of hindsight, a well-earned dismissal. One Sunday I’d set up a camera …

Game over for Kotaku, Lifehacker and Gizmodo. Is this truly the end of Australian gaming journalism? | Jackson Ryan Read More »

We criticise children for not going outside – while curtailing their freedoms and closing their spaces On Sunday the Observer magazine published a sensitive piece about video game addiction, speaking to therapists working in the sector and one affected family. Genuine, compulsive, life-altering addiction, whether to video games or anything else, is of course devastating …

It’s not them, it’s us: the real reason teens are ‘addicted’ to video games | Keith Stuart and Keza MacDonald Read More »

US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown models At the World AI Conference in Shanghai last week, one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies, SenseTime, unveiled its latest model, SenseNova 5.5. The model showed off its ability to identify and describe a stuffed toy puppy (wearing a SenseTime cap), …

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Company says it has ‘never thought about news’ as a way to counter misleading content on Facebook and Instagram despite evidence to the contrary Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Meta has claimed news is not the antidote to …

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Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and breaks some apps Microsoft’s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient – all down to a change in the type of processor at its heart. The Surface Pro …

Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off Read More »

Looking for a new iPhone, or a good deal on a refurbished handset? Our expert has assessed and rated the current crop of Apple smartphones The best iPhone may be the one you already own. There is generally no need to buy a fresh phone just because new models have been released, as hardware updates …

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The geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a ZX Spectrum Noel Edmonds, a Blobby-themed grindcore band, and a lady who performs the script to Theme Hospital We’ve had live jazz bands playing Mario Kart, and a full orchestra rendition of Sonic. But there’s a whole subgenre of video …

A hacked Game Boy, compliment battles, video games and Mr Blobby: the rise of UK nerdcore Read More »