Extra £300 on a Digital Edition PS5 buys an upgraded graphics processing unit and an 8K mode on enhanced games After months of rumours and speculation, Sony has finally revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro console, an update to its current machine, offering enhanced technical specifications and a 2TB solid state drive for £699/$699. It is …
The Sapiens author offers an oracular vision of the end of humanity As befits a writer whose breakout work, Sapiens, was a history of the entire human race, Yuval Noah Harari is a master of the sententious generalisation. “Human life,” he writes here, “is a balancing act between endeavouring to improve ourselves and accepting who we were.” …
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Meta’s director of privacy policy declines to say whether such an option would be offered to Australians in the future Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Meta is using the public Facebook and Instagram photos and posts of its users to …
From crummy pubs to a ‘cheeky Tesco run’, some of the most mundane aspects of British life are going viral Think of British cultural exports in the 21st century and you might reach for the familiar examples: James Bond, Downton Abbey, Adele. But in the algorithm-driven universe of TikTok where a trend known as “Britishcore” …
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Public-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help fight abuse and theft When you work in security it can be a battle to stop people stealing. Most thieves know that they have the same legal power as guards, and it’s not easy trying to decide who gets to dole out “reasonable …
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Elon Musk turning you off Tesla? Here are 10 of the best electric cars, driven and chosen by our expert • How to buy an electric car – a guide Elon Musk is never far from a headline these days, from his recent inflammatory posts about the far-right riots in the UK to his endorsement …
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Reactions to the trailer have ranged from ‘awful’ to ‘horrendous’. But what does its target audience think? Nothing makes you feel older than watching someone two generations younger than you play Minecraft – except, perhaps, watching someone two generations younger watching someone else play Minecraft on YouTube. (What are they doing? Why are they always …
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In this week’s newsletter: Most European users won’t be getting integrated AI on Apple devices, so are the updates offered by Apple just window dressing? • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Trying to figure out what to focus on for the first post-Alex Hern TechScape was …
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Ruling is a fillip for European Commission efforts to clamp down on ‘sweetheart’ tax deals Business live – latest updates Apple has lost a high-profile, €13bn (£11bn) Irish tax battle with Brussels in a decision that will bolster the European Commission’s efforts to clamp down on favourable “sweetheart” tax deals for multinationals. The European court …
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Oil and gas company to use artificial intelligence to speed up decision-making by engineers Business live – latest updates The oil and gas supermajor BP is to use artificial intelligence to speed up the decision-making of its engineers, after signing a five-year deal with the US spy technology company Palantir. The British company plans to …
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