Month: October 2025

Dan and Phil’s relationship revelation is a reminder of how toxic fandoms can be | Eilish Gilligan

In the British YouTubers’ latest video, the pair confirm their romantic relationship – after suffering frenzied speculation for the last 16 years This week, longtime British YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester uploaded a new video confirming they have been in a secret romantic relationship for the past 16 years. If you weren’t a deeply …

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Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing ‘fictitious’ cases

Judge rules Chowdhury Rahman used ChatGPT-like software and then tried to hide it, wasting immigration tribunal’s time An immigration barrister was found by a judge to be using AI to do his work for a tribunal hearing after citing cases that were “entirely fictitious” or “wholly irrelevant”. Chowdhury Rahman was discovered using ChatGPT-like software to …

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Spotify partnering with multinational music companies to develop ‘responsible’ AI products

Market-leading music streamer collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups to create new AI features Spotify has announced it is teaming up with the world’s biggest music companies to develop “responsible” artificial intelligence products that respect artists’ copyright. The market-leading music streamer is collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups – …

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Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews

Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversity Italian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival. FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal …

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ROG Xbox Ally X review – like nothing handheld gaming has seen before, for better or worse

Xbox’s portable console combines the openness of PC gaming and Microsoft’s desire for you to play its titles anywhere – but it doesn’t come cheap or without hitches The ROG Xbox Ally X, the handheld console collaboration from Asus and Microsoft, is an impressive, yet expensive, piece of gaming tech. The pricier of the two …

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Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out nearly five times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show, a report has found. The cars, which can run on electric batteries as well as combustion engines, have been promoted …

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‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped? A company’s opaque plan to build a huge datacenter outside Tucson, Arizona has roiled the desert city over the past few months, the latest US community to push back as tech companies aggressively seek …

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Space Live: the new TV channel streaming absolutely spellbinding footage of Earth … forever

ITVX’s perpetual real-time broadcast from the International Space Station is awe-inspiring … until it gets boring. But even though it’s hard to watch for long, it’s a humbling reminder of who we are I realise that, at this point, there are already far too many shows. Every channel, every streaming service is teeming with content …

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Battlefield 6 is yet another cliche-ridden war game. We deserve better

In this week’s newsletter: The series is known for its massive multiplayer shootouts, but there’s a missed opportunity to tell a meaningful story about war And so Battlefield is back. The long-running military shooter series, which specialises in gigantic online multiplayer conflicts involving dozens of ground troops, tanks and aircraft, has returned for its sixth …

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Driverless taxis from Waymo will be on London’s roads next year, US firm announces

Cars with human safety drivers will appear in coming weeks as permissions are sought for fully autonomous rides Driverless taxis from Waymo will be available for hire on London’s roads next year, the US company has announced. The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind …

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