Month: May 2025

The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigning When game designer and entrepreneur Henk Rogers first encountered Tetris at the 1988 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, he immediately knew …

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PC, PS5, Xbox; id Software/Bathesda SoftworksThis prequel takes a blunt force trauma approach to problem-solving and demon-killing, with a slower pace but more spectacular weaponry Billed as a prequel to id Software’s 2016 revival of Doom, The Dark Ages is about as different as it could be from its predecessors while remaining recognisably part of …

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Billy Evans, father of Holmes’s children, says company can make diagnoses from users’ blood, urine and saliva Elizabeth Holmes’s romantic partner – the father of her children – reportedly has raised millions of dollars to start up a new blood-testing company that is strikingly similar to the one that landed the Theranos founder in federal …

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AI will do the thinking, robots will do the doing. What place do humans have in this arrangement – and do tech CEOs care? I recently found myself at a dinner in an upstairs room at a restaurant in San Francisco hosted by a venture capital firm. The after-dinner speaker was a tech veteran who, …

For Silicon Valley, AI isn’t just about replacing some jobs. It’s about replacing all of them | Ed Newton-Rex Read More »

US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands – and push some victims to suicide A TikTok video shows a young man fanning out a stack of $100 bills. A second flexes his designer clothes. Another man posts a video of himself dancing and wearing a heavy gold chain. …

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While there have been concerns over the safety and legal status of the technology, working models from local startups are showing its benefits Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Robots zipping down footpaths may sound futuristic, but they are increasingly being put to work making deliveries around the world – …

Australia has been hesitant – but could robots soon be delivering your pizza? Read More »

AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear test Artificial intelligence companies have been urged to replicate the safety calculations that underpinned Robert Oppenheimer’s first nuclear test before they release all-powerful systems. Max Tegmark, a leading voice in AI safety, said he had carried out calculations akin to …

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A nurse and an engineer founded Opio Connect to make machines that dispense drugs and reduce drudge work Lanea George pulls open a steel security door and enters a windowless room where a video camera stares at what looks like a commercial-grade refrigerator. The machine, dubbed Bodhi, whirrs and spins before spitting out seven small …

Can a methadone-dispensing robot free up nurses and improve patient care? Read More »

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’ Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work …

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Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally – but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Over the last decade, Dean has amassed a healthy collection of video games, from smash hits to cult classics. …

Does video game monetisation harm children – and what is Australia doing about it? Read More »