Put Santa on alert – it’s Deadpool figures, bracelet-making kits, laptops and, yep, slime sets that are topping tweens’ Christmas present lists The pros of buying a Christmas present for a tween (age nine to 12): they’ll tell you exactly what they want. The cons: they’ll tell you exactly what they want, and could very …
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already… Nobody’s home. Not in the young woman with the big headphones cycling against the light. Not in the person in the …
Even if you haven’t knowingly opted in, companies are still scraping your personal information to train their systems Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular site …
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Billionaire alleges Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize AI market and sideline competitors Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI’s largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant. Musk’s amended lawsuit, filed on Thursday night in federal court in Oakland, California, said Microsoft …
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General Motors unit to pay $500,000 fine after failing to disclose key details of 2023 San Francisco crash to NHTSA General Motors’ self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted on Thursday to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the justice …
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Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate This year’s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence – and a robot sorting laundry. Digit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far AI has come in a few years by …
Artificial intelligence doesn’t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Back in 2022, when ChatGPT arrived, I was part of the first wave of users. Delighted but also a little uncertain what to do with it, …
Game of Thrones actor reportedly in talks to play Lara Croft in Fleabag creator’s new take on the gaming franchise Sophie Turner will take on the role of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s new Tomb Raider series. According to Deadline, the Game of Thrones actor is in negotiations to take on the lead in the …
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On the 20th anniversary of the seminal game, we look back at the extraordinary moment where sci-fi dystopia turned into tense and terrifying body horror At the start of Valve’s Half-Life 2, the seminal first-person shooter game that turns 20 this month, taciturn scientist Gordon Freeman is trapped within a dystopian cityscape. Armed soldiers patrol …
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Vertical’s crash and cash crisis highlight challenge of making flying taxis a reality after nearly a century of efforts On a dreary November day in the Cotswolds, England, the VX4 – a cross between a plane and a helicopter – rose from an airport runway, hovered a few feet off the ground and set back …
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