Month: September 2024

Fortnite maker’s lawsuit says Samsung Auto Blocker deters users from app downloads outside Google’s Play store Fortnite video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google and Samsung, the world’s largest Android phone manufacturer, of conspiring to protect Google’s Play store from competition. Epic filed a lawsuit in US federal court in California alleging …

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In this week’s newsletter: From Tomb Raider to Silent Hill, our all-time favourite games are being restored – but like film and TV before it, does this nostalgia come at the expense of new ideas? • Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article here This week, a …

The Guide #158: Video games are the new frontier for pop culture’s obsession with the past Read More »

OpenAI o1, AKA Strawberry, appears to be a significant advance, but its ‘chain of thought’ should be made public knowledge It’s nearly two years since OpenAI released ChatGPT on an unsuspecting world, and the world, closely followed by the stock market, lost its mind. All over the place, people were wringing their hands wondering: What …

It’s useful that the latest AI can ‘think’, but we need to know its reasoning | John Naughton Read More »

By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russia’s war machine – but there’s no time to lose Russia is a “mafia state” trying to expand into a “mafia empire”, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, told the UN, nailing the dual nature of Vladimir Putin’s political model. On one hand Russia …

In tackling Vladimir Putin’s web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy | Peter Pomarantsev Read More »

Abdul Hai, acquitted of murder over the death of Richard Everitt in 1994, said social media sites must be held accountable A man falsely accused of murder by Tommy Robinson on X has called for legislation to control Elon Musk’s social media website, arguing it has become a “platform for racism, bigotry, bias, prejudice and …

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Revamped open-fit earbuds improve popular formula with advanced features and smaller case, but are still disposable Apple’s latest AirPods have a new trick up their sleeves, offering noise cancelling without the need to block your ears with silicone tips. The AirPods 4 come in two versions. A standard set that are direct replacements for the …

Apple AirPods 4 review: better sound, now with noise cancelling Read More »

AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop Sammy Selim strode through the dense, shiny green bushes on the slopes of his coffee farm in Sorwot village in Kericho, Kenya, accompanied by a younger farmer called Kennedy Kirui. They paused at each corner to input …

High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity Read More »

New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac paint a damning portrait of the billionaire who turned the social media platform into a smaller business and a larger cesspool If Elon Musk is a name that sounds as if it was invented by Ian Fleming, there’s more than a hint of the Bond villain …

Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter review – the ego has landed, just not on Mars Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg’s new revamp is a far cry from the zip-up hoodies and suits emblematic of earlier eras of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is revamping his public image with new threads. With a trio of bold shirts worn in recent appearances, he’s communicating that he came, he saw, he conquered and he will win again at …

Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes Read More »

The Italian photographer got more than just lunch when his visit to a cafe turned into a self-portrait opportunity with a novel backdrop The hilltop Roman town of Vasto, in southern Abruzzo, overlooks the Adriatic Sea. Seen here is the view from the Loggia Amblingh, a path along the medieval walls that still stand today. …

‘Is this landscape fictitious or does it exist?’: Davide Pitetti’s best phone photo Read More »