Month: June 2025

From Fable and Life Is Strange to Last of Us, Thirsty Suitors and Unpacking, five queer game developers and writers pick their sweetest, realest, most meaningful scenes Life Is Strange, as a series, is really characterised by a patented mix of earnestness and cringe for me – but you can’t fault its determination to put …

Cute dates, bisexual chaos and game-changing kisses: video games’ best queer moments Read More »

Firm says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implications Microsoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating a “path to medical superintelligence”. The company’s AI unit, which is led by the British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, has …

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Exclusive: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says lack of action leaves firms at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into problems More than one in four UK businesses have been the victim of a cyber-attack in the last year and many more risk “sleepwalking” into such disruption unless they take urgent action, according to a report. About 27% …

More than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in last year, report finds Read More »

Channels serving AI slop feature videos full of false claims about celebs and their involvement with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for quick cash This story was reported by Indicator, a publication that investigates digital deception, and co-published with the Guardian. Dozens of YouTube channels are mixing AI-generated images and videos with false claims about Sean “Diddy” …

Fake, AI-generated videos about the Diddy trial are raking in millions of views on YouTube Read More »

Instagram-inspired gadgets to spread or spray crops are gaining traction on UK farms but require deep pockets “The idea came from an Instagram video,” says Tom Amery, looking admiringly at one of three huge drones he has bought to help grow watercress on a Hampshire farm. The drone boasts four sets of rotary blades and …

Dawn of the drone age: how agri-tech is boosting production and morale Read More »

The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead After years of promising investors that millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon fill the streets, Elon Musk debuted his driverless car service in a limited public rollout in Austin, Texas. It did not …

‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered Read More »

Industry figures are seeing beyond the ‘illusion of invisibility’ after series of investor kidnappings Cryptocurrency traders such as Mohammed Arsalan are prepared to watch their online assets expand and explode if they miss the right moment, making or breaking their fortunes in just minutes. All in a day’s work on the internet. Offline, though, they …

Online hacks to offline heists: crypto leaders on edge amid increasing attacks Read More »

Some in the lagoon city are furious, others delighted, as celebrities descend for billionaire’s sort-of nuptials The Black Death. Byron on the prowl. Rising water levels. Cruise ships the size of city blocks. Venice may have endured many tumultuous events and sinister challenges over the centuries but rarely in its long history has it had …

Till Jeff us do part: divisive, star-studded Bezos wedding hits full swing in Venice Read More »

A solidly made and passably entertaining follow-up to the viral doll hit tries to swerve the franchise into summer blockbuster territory with mixed results As the very first image of devil doll sequel M3gan 2.0 emerges on screen, of a desert with the words “somewhere on the Turkish-Iranian border” popping up like it’s a Bond …

M3gan 2.0 review – hit-and-miss sequel replaces horror with action comedy Read More »

Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s Google’s carbon emissions have soared by 51% since 2019 as artificial intelligence hampers the tech company’s efforts to go green. While the corporation has invested in renewable energy and carbon removal technology, it has failed to curb its scope 3 …

Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green Read More »