Month: October 2025

Move comes as lawmakers move to bar minors from using AI companions and require companies to verify users’ age The chatbot company Character.AI will ban users 18 and under from conversing with its virtual companions beginning in late November after months of legal scrutiny. The announced change comes after the company, which enables its users …

Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child’s suicide Read More »

Dyson’s latest cleaner is the company’s biggest redesign in years. We put it through its paces on everything from flour to pet hair • The best cordless vacuum cleaners for a spotless home The arrival of a new Dyson vacuum cleaner is always exciting for a couple of reasons. First, it’s interesting to see what …

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Spending eight hours in a theatre with 70 people playing through political donkey epic asses.masses was gruelling – and a tribute to gaming’s shared joy This weekend, I spent more than eight hours in a theatre playing a video game about donkeys, reincarnation and organised labour with about 70 other people. Political, unpredictable and replete …

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The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become …

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders Read More »

Silicon Valley chipmaker hits $5tn valuation just three months after it was first to break through the $4tn barrier Nvidia has become the world’s first $5tn company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the barrier of $4tn in market value. In comparison, Nvidia’s value is greater than the …

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A recent spate of posts has garnered attention, but Trump and his allies have long been using gaming imagery to mobilise a toxic subculture of ‘rootless white males’ Just days after Microsoft announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, the next game in its famous science-fiction series, the White House shared an interesting picture on X. The image, …

Why Trump’s White House is using video game memes to recruit for ICE Read More »

AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett says online crime networks of young boys and men are targeting vulnerable teen and preteen girls Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian federal police will develop an AI tool to decode gen Z and Alpha slang …

AFP developing AI tool to decode gen Z slang amid warning about ‘crimefluencers’ hunting girls Read More »

Restructuring paves way for ChatGPT maker to more easily raise capital and profit off its AI technology OpenAI said on Tuesday it had converted its main business into a for-profit corporation, the conclusion of a lengthy and fraught legal saga. A crucial regulator, Kathy Jennings, the Delaware attorney general, said she approved the plan for …

OpenAI completes conversion to for-profit business after lengthy legal saga Read More »

Tech company’s stock enters positive territory for first time this year after gaining about 13% since new iPhone launches Apple topped $4tn in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third tech company to hit the milestone, as robust demand for its latest iPhones allayed fears over its slow progress in the AI …

Apple hits $4tn market value as new iPhone models revitalize sales Read More »

Programme is designed to defend energy, transport and utilities amid concern over vulnerability to internet outages Britain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the chair resigned amid ministerial …

Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks Read More »