Month: August 2024

Pixel 9 Pro XL review: Google’s AI-packed superphone to rival the best

Top-class camera, huge screen, long battery life, Add Me photo trick and advanced Gemini Live are impressive Google’s new superphone goes all out on battery, camera and smarts, leading a new line of Android devices that can run the company’s Gemini AI system with a next-generation conversational voice assistant that is a huge leap forward. …

Pixel 9 Pro XL review: Google’s AI-packed superphone to rival the best Read More »

Activist opposed to Rio Tinto lithium mine receives anonymous death threats

Serbian green campaigner who co-drafted declaration against lithium exploitation now fears for his safety When Aleksandar Matković received the first message threatening his life, he thought it was a prank. The text, sent to his Telegram account just after midnight on 14 August read: “We will follow you until you disappear, scum.” Matković is one …

Activist opposed to Rio Tinto lithium mine receives anonymous death threats Read More »

About 500,000 trees cut down at site of Tesla gigafactory near Berlin

Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development of factory in Germany The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin has resulted in about 500,000 trees being felled, according to satellite analysis. The building of the German factory has been highly controversial and attracted significant protests, as well as prompting a debate …

About 500,000 trees cut down at site of Tesla gigafactory near Berlin Read More »

Trump and Musk’s talk of a cabinet position is all hot air, but we shouldn’t ignore it | Brian Merchant

The two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth – each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen What if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump’s White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep’s Armando Iannucci could probably do something with it. Sadly, …

Trump and Musk’s talk of a cabinet position is all hot air, but we shouldn’t ignore it | Brian Merchant Read More »

Tesla recalls 9,100 US Model X SUVs, its second since 2020 for the same problem

Front and center roof cosmetic trim pieces may be adhered without a primer and could separate, increasing crash risk Tesla has issued a recall for about 9,100 Model X sports utility vehicles in the US over a trim on the roof that could separate, it said on Wednesday, its second over the same issue since …

Tesla recalls 9,100 US Model X SUVs, its second since 2020 for the same problem Read More »

‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back

Counsellors are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being blackmailed over faked indecent images National Crime Agency threatens extraditions over rise in sextortion cases How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion It was a phone call that has become all too common for Childline counsellors in recent months. The 17-year-old boy …

‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back Read More »

A very British Fallout: Atomfall conjures up a cosy nuclear catastrophe in the Lake District

Rebellion’s game imagines the aftermath of a UK nuclear disaster that mixes folk horror and 50s sci-fi with a dash of Last of the Summer Wine When Atomfall was first revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase in June, it led many to ask: is this the UK’s version of Fallout? “In some respects, yes. In …

A very British Fallout: Atomfall conjures up a cosy nuclear catastrophe in the Lake District Read More »

Pakistan businesses reeling from slow internet blame testing for firewall

Government denies new cybersecurity measures responsible for up to 40% drop in internet speeds across the country For the free online tech skill classes advertised, there were hundreds of Facebook “likes” and in the end 1,500 people signed up. But on the first day last week, only a handful of those registered managed to log …

Pakistan businesses reeling from slow internet blame testing for firewall Read More »

OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast

Deal ‘meets audience where they are’ by pairing publisher’s content within tech startup’s products, including ChatGPT Condé Nast and OpenAI announced a multi-year partnership on Tuesday to display content from the publisher’s brands such as the Vogue, Wired and the New Yorker within the AI startup’s products, including ChatGPT and its SearchGPT prototype. The financial …

OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast Read More »