Month: September 2025

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch 2; Gearbox Software/2K GamesFamiliar and predictable, but also well-honed and significantly less juvenile, the fourth Borderlands game is a blast Once a games franchise hits its fourth outing, it is certainly mature – yet maturity is not a word generally associated with Borderlands, the colourful and performatively edgy looter-shooter …

Borderlands 4 review – the chaotic, colourful shooter has finally grown up a little Read More »

More women are entering the US ranching and agriculture field. Their struggles – and aspirations – defy the traditional Marlboro cowboy stereotype Savanah McCarty was not riding across the wide-open prairie when a horse accident nearly killed her. She was in the driveway of her leased farm outside Bozeman, Montana, waiting for a student’s mother …

‘This is the hardest I’ve ever lived’: meet the US cowgirls making it as ranchers Read More »

The clown duo share what makes them laugh, including pop divas, unhinged mobile game ads and Kermit unmasked Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email We are Rae and Will AKA raeandwill, a clown duo who specialise in mime – so asking us to write about the 10 funniest things we’ve seen on the internet …

Will Bartolo and Rae Colquhoun-Fairweather: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

From famous Street Fighter lines to quips from 90s classics, these are the quotes we hear again and again – and even incorporate into our own lives Some snippets of video game dialogue, like classic movie quotes, are immediately recognisable to a swathe of fans. From Street Fighter’s “hadouken!” to Call of Duty’s “remember, no …

Why random lines of video game dialogue get stuck in our heads Read More »

Super-budget Chinese retailer reports revenues of $63.3m last year, almost double its $32m in 2023 Business live – latest updates The UK operation of the Chinese online marketplace Temu doubled revenues and pre-tax profits last year, as British consumers snapped up products offered by the super-budget retailer. Temu UK reported revenues of $63.3m (£46.4m) last …

Temu’s UK operation doubles revenues and pre-tax profits Read More »

A growing number of shooters are in conversation with their digital communities, which are becoming extreme On the day that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson shot and killed rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, prosecutors say, he texted his roommate to confess what he’d done. While appearing to admit to the murder and describe how he was planning to …

Memes and nihilistic in-jokes: the online world of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer Read More »

Preteens are parroting influencer speak, stealing and demanding anti-ageing products. Experts say the pressure to fit in is intense – and the beauty stores aren’t helping Jessica, 25, was working a shift at Sephora when a little girl who looked about 10 ran up to one of her colleagues, crying. “Her skin was burning,” Jessica …

Sephora workers on the rise of chaotic child shoppers: ‘She looked 10 years old and her skin was burning’ Read More »

Comments from Chinese official in Madrid have raised questions over who could control the algorithm that powers Tik Tok’s video feed Donald Trump has claimed his administration has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the US, amid uncertainty over what shape the final agreement will take, with suggestions from the Chinese …

Trump celebrates TikTok deal as Beijing suggests US app would use China’s algorithm Read More »

Sam Altman said if there is doubt the system will default to the under-18 experience putting ‘safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens’ OpenAI will restrict how ChatGPT responds to a user it suspects is under 18, unless that user passes the company’s age estimation technology or provides ID, following legal action from the …

ChatGPT developing age verification system to identify under-18 users after teen death Read More »

Kirk’s rise to fame was largely bolstered by being extremely online – and it seems the suspect has that in common Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Dara Kerr here, filling in for Blake Montgomery, who promises he’ll come back from vacation. Meanwhile, I’m looking at the memes, gaming and internet culture behind the shooting of …

How memes, gaming and internet culture all relate to the Charlie Kirk shooting Read More »