The popular Craigslist tradition is seeing a revival from Reddit and TikTok users, hoping a chance encounter turns into more Layla Rivera was at work when her boyfriend texted: someone on Reddit was looking for her. In the comments of a post on the subreddit r/warpedtour, attendees of the punk rock and emo music festival …
The popular bot on X began making antisemitic comments in response to user queries Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries. In some now-deleted posts, it referred …
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Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare If Adam Dorr is correct, robots and artificial intelligence will dominate the global economy within a generation and put virtually the entire human race out of a job. The social scientist doubles up as a futurist and …
Upgraded Bluetooth cans fold up, fit well, have long battery life, sound great and reduce more noise than rivals Sony’s latest top-of-the-range Bluetooth headphones seek to reclaim the throne for the best noise cancellers money can buy with changes inside and out. The Sony 1000X series has long featured some of the best noise cancelling …
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This nicely put together Swedish UFO throwback is notable for its early use of ‘vlubbing’ – using tech to match lip movements to new English dialogue. What’s coming next? Here is a derivative but nicely put together sci-fi throwback, in which Inez Dahl Torhaug stars as Denise, a rebellious teenager in foster care whose father …
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The world’s richest person threatens to create the ‘America Party’ and the US president calls him a ‘TRAIN WRECK’ Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech news, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are back at it, warring over the passage of the president’s sweeping tax bill and the Tesla CEO’s threat to create …
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Tech firm’s chief Louis Mosley dismisses attacks that contract ‘threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems’ Palantir, the US data company which works with Israel’s defence ministry, has accused British doctors of choosing “ideology over patient interest” after they attacked the firm’s contract to process NHS data. Louis Mosley, Palantir’s executive vice-president, hit …
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Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases Counter-terrorism authorities have, for years, characterized keeping up with terrorist organizations and their use of digital tools and social media apps as a game of Whac-a-Mole. Jihadist terrorist groups such as Islamic State and its predecessor al-Qaida, or …
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Here’s a breakdown of how original Switch titles work on Switch 2, explaining everything from free Switch 2 updates to inbuilt backwards compatibility and the paid Switch 2 Edition upgrades Outside of the phenomenal Mario Kart World and next week’s Donkey Kong Bananza, there isn’t much new Nintendo software to keep early Switch 2 adopters …
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An deep dive into the surprising uses and linguistic shortfalls of the ubiquitous symbols In 2016, Apple announced that its gun emoji, previously a realistic grey-and-black revolver, would henceforth be a green water pistol. Gradually the other big tech companies followed suit, and now what is technically defined as the “pistol” emoji, supposed to represent …
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