Exclusive: Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’ The Met commissioner should scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) at next weekend’s Notting Hill carnival because the technology is riven with “racial bias” and subject to a legal challenge, 11 civil liberty and anti-racist groups have demanded. …
When Kevin Toms created the first footie tactics simulation in the early days of the gaming industry, it became a phenomenon – and a source of cherished memories If you were a football fan who owned a computer in the early 1980s, there is one game you will instantly recall. The box had an illustration …
It’s thought the product may resemble Samsung’s clamshell-style Flip model, or its Fold, more like a foldable iPad Back in 2005, nothing felt more high-powered and sophisticated than ending a call by snapping shut a clamshell flip phone. Now, two decades since they hit peak popularity, they’re back – with Apple rumoured to be working …
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Nostalgic millennial parents are increasingly keen to replicate their own childhoods. But were the 90s as blissful as we remember? When I look back on my 1990s childhood, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic. We roamed for miles without supervision, riding our bikes, building dens and swimming in streams. After school, we did crafts or …
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PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S; Hangar 13/2KThis Cosa Nostra caper has few fresh ideas to revitalise the cover shooter, but benefits from a well-researched time and place Once upon a time, the industry was drowning in games like this. Single-player, story-led action experiences with a weekend’s worth of choreographed set pieces and an open world …
Market value passes $104bn despite White House saying claims of talks to invest in factories are ‘speculation’ Shares in Intel have jumped 7.4% after it was reported that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the struggling US chipmaker. The potential investment, which would be paid for by the US government, would be …
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The game’s launch 20 years ago coincided with the rapper’s meteoric success with his album The Massacre. Here, the team that made the shooter reflect on how it all happened The rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was inescapable back in 2005. There wasn’t a British classroom without a teenager wearing Jackson’s G-Unit clothing, …
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Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians Yossi Sariel was in charge of one of the branches of Israel’s intelligence agency. When he took over Unit 8200 he arrived with ambitious plans – to use tech to change the way intelligence was gathered and analysed. The Guardian’s Harry …
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New research finds generative AI depicts Australian themes riddled with sexist and racist caricatures Big tech company hype sells generative artificial intelligence (AI) as intelligent, creative, desirable, inevitable and about to radically reshape the future in many ways. Published by Oxford University Press, our new research on how generative AI depicts Australian themes directly challenges …
Ditched single-use plastic bottles but can’t find a good reusable one? I spent two months putting dozens through their paces – these are the ones worth buying • The best travel mugs and reusable coffee cups for hot drinks, tested If you think a water bottle is just a water bottle, it’s time to wake …
