Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper Sales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite the prospect of a buyer backlash over Elon Musk’s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a …
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How a group of Silicon Valley math prodigies, AI researchers and internet burnouts descended into an alleged violent cult Years before she became the peculiar central thread linking a double homicide in Pennsylvania, the fatal shooting of a federal agent in Vermont and the murder of an elderly landlord in California, a computer programmer bought …
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Card game Balatro was a huge hit last year – but a year-long struggle with the European age ratings board has exposed how well-meaning rules can have unintended consequences Over the last few months, the makers of a popular card game have been wrestling with the byzantine process that surrounds video game age classifications. Age …
Georgia-based group used deepfake videos and false news featuring Martin Lewis, Zoe Ball and Ben Fogle to promote fraudulent crypto schemes How call centre scammers duped 6,000 people What is investment fraud and what help is there? An organised network operating from the former Soviet state of Georgia has scammed thousands of savers from the …
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Survey of bosses and staff finds that more than half of executives feel their organisation has no official AI plan Some companies are “stuck in neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s UK boss, who said a significant number of private and public sector organisations lack any formal AI strategy. A Microsoft …
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Europe is on high alert after a series of outages to cables and pipelines. This visual guide explains what happened and what’s being done Continue reading… Europe is on high alert after a series of outages to cables and pipelines. This visual guide explains what happened and what’s being done Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian
Musk plans cost-cutting – and Americans will end up footing the bill; the business of immigration surveillance; and a fond farewell to Skype Hello, and welcome back. In this week’s Techscape: the cost of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting, the emotional shutdown of Skype, and a new documentary on immigration and surveillance. Donald Trump’s administration could rack …
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While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system Thirty-six hours by boat from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, Deodato Alves da Silva longs for enough electricity to keep his tucumã and …
Powered chiefly by enthusiasm and primitive publishing tech, these publications shaped the future of video games media In the summer of 1985, I made the long pilgrimage from my home in Cheadle Hulme to London’s glamorous Hammersmith Novotel for the Commodore computer show. As a 14-year-old gamer, this was a chance to play the latest …
Choose the speed that’s right for you, beware of price rises at renewal time and consider ditching your landline In the age of true fibre broadband the speeds available can be tremendous – and providers often try to upsell people to expensive, higher-speed packages. One way to save money is to pay for only the …
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