Month: August 2025

Electric car business run by Elon Musk continues to lose ground to Chinese rival despite recent revamp of Model Y Business live – latest updates Tesla sales slumped 40% across Europe in July compared with a year earlier as Elon Musk’s electric car company faces increasingly tough competition from its Chinese rival BYD. There were …

Tesla sales in Europe slump 40% as BYD new car registrations more than triple Read More »

Become the world’s worst cleric, speak to the dead or pick a fight with sea birds in this Monty Python-esque magical mystery from Swedish developer Christoffer Bodegård Dungeons & Dragons is a rich playground of fantastical tales where warriors, wizards and elves can take on monstrous foes for unimaginable spoils … or you can spend …

Esoteric Ebb: a Dungeons & Dragons-style campaign that lets you be as stupid as you like Read More »

Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safe The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of …

Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims Read More »

ByteDance plans to offer employees $200.41 per share, up 5.5% from $189.9 six months ago, as revenue grows ByteDance, the owner of the short-video app TikTok, is set to launch a new employee share buyback that will value the Chinese technology giant at more than $330bn, driven by continued revenue growth, said three people with …

TikTok owner set to launch share buyback valuing company at $330bn Read More »

Despite surpassing Wall Street expectations for its AI chips, company shares drop 2.3% in after hours trading Chipmaker Nvidia set a fresh sales record in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations for its artificial intelligence chips. But shares of the chip giant still dropped 2.3% in after hours trading, in a sign that investors’ …

Nvidia sets fresh sales record amid fears of an AI bubble and Trump’s trade wars Read More »

There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, dubbed ‘AI psychosis’, has raised concerns that features built into large language models may contribute to some users losing touch with reality. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and researcher at King’s College London, about his …

‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking? – podcast Read More »

When is a racing game not a racing game? When there’s more joy to be had in pootling around enjoying the view Here’s an admission: I am 37 years old and have never learned to drive. I tried once, in the summer of 2021, and during my second lesson my instructor asked me if I …

Saddle up for Wheel World, a leisurely, Lycra-less feelgood hit Read More »

Double Fine’s latest is a whimsical action-adventure that takes inspiration from real-life biology as much as cult fantasy movies from the 1980s Keeper is staking a bold claim to be the oddest game ever published by Microsoft. The setting is weird: an iridescent, far-future imagining of New England where organic and non-organic matter mingle in …

Keeper is the ecological ‘fever dream’ where you play as – checks notes – a lighthouse Read More »

Test flight comes after explosive failures raised doubts over founder Elon Musk’s goals to reach Mars and moon Third time was the charm on Tuesday for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days. The success of this 10th flight proved the spacecraft had overcome …

Starships are meant to fly: SpaceX’s rocket finally launches after setbacks Read More »

The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployed Half of adults in the UK are concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on their job, according to a poll, as union leaders call for a “step change” in the country’s approach to new technologies. …

Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds Read More »