Month: October 2025

In tech this week: The CEO of the city’s largest private employer apologizes, Amazon Web Services’ outage and OpenAI’s Sora makes waves Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host and editor, Blake Montgomery. What I’m watching this week: South Park’s caricature of Peter Thiel and his obsession with the antichrist. Read our reporting on …

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Company’s AI-powered browser built around marquee bot is designed to provide more personalized web experience OpenAI on Tuesday launched an AI-powered web browser built around its marquee chatbot. “Meet our new browser—ChatGPT Atlas,” a tweet from the company read. Continue reading… Company’s AI-powered browser built around marquee bot is designed to provide more personalized web …

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Nobel laureates also sign letter saying ASI technology should be barred until there is consensus that it can be developed ‘safely’ The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have joined artificial intelligence pioneers and Nobel laureates in calling for a ban on developing superintelligent AI systems. Harry and Meghan are among the signatories of a statement …

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Standard iPhone levels up to Pro models with big screen upgrade, double the storage and more top features than ever It may not look as different as the redesigned Pro models this year or be as wafer thin as the new iPhone Air, but the iPhone 17 marks a big year for the standard Apple …

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The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness? My friend’s name is Leif. He describes himself as “small” and “chill”. He thinks he’s technically a Gemini. He thinks historical dramas are …

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Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK’s own regulators, including the Treasury Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street’s garden to announce £40bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: “This deal shows that our plan for change is working …

‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant Read More »

Fed up with condensation, mould and musty smells? A dehumidifier could help – plus they’re a cheaper way to dry laundry compared with tumble dryers • The best electric blankets and heated throws, tested by our expert You don’t have to live in the American deep south to feel the effects of humidity. At home, …

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The content guardrails introduced this week feel like hollow posturing after the failure of past promises For months, Instagram has been struggling to convince parents, advocates and officials that it’s a safe place for kids, even though there’s a mountain of evidence to show quite the opposite. Now, the company is introducing yet another set …

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The AI-generated host of Dispatches raises worrying questions about Channel 4’s environmental impact. She’s also a dead-eyed host who might leave Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Kevin McCloud fearing for their future Last night’s Dispatches was called Will AI Take My Job? Usually when something like this employs a question mark in the title, it’s because the …

Joke’s on you, fleshbag! Channel 4’s first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim on so many levels Read More »

PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox (version tested); The Chinese Room/Paradox InteractiveArriving more than two decades after the original, this sequel was mired in development disaster – resulting in an interesting almost-failure You are an ancient and powerful vampire, and you wake up in the basement of some decrepit Seattle building, with no recent memories and a …

Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 review – an interestingly toothless piece of noir fiction Read More »