Month: November 2025

US technology company’s engineers want to exploit solar power and the falling cost of rocket launches Google is hatching plans to put artificial intelligence datacentres into space, with its first trial equipment sent into orbit in early 2027. Its scientists and engineers believe tightly packed constellations of about 80 solar-powered satellites could be arranged in …

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Research uses eye-tracking data to examine some people’s extraordinary recognition ability They have been used in the search for the Salisbury novichok poisoners, finding murder suspects and even spotting sexual predators. Now, research has revealed fresh insights into why super-recognisers are so good at identifying faces. Previous research has suggested people with an extraordinary ability …

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Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women online Gaatha Sarvaiya would like to post on social media and share her work online. An Indian law graduate in her early 20s, she is in the earliest stages of her career and trying to build a public profile. The problem …

‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet Read More »

From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep up with the ever-changing rules? Name: “LOL”. Age: The Oxford English Dictionary first included LOL in 1997. Continue reading… From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep …

LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)? Read More »

You try wrapping your head around a string of deals worth nearly $600bn Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. If you like reading our newsletter, forward this email to five friends with a demand they sign up like it’s a chain letter warning of bad luck for five years. In this …

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A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privately When 73-year-old Tom Brown*, a retired police officer from Seattle, received a letter from Comcast, he might have mistaken it for a broadband bill. Instead, it was a subpoena. …

Rise of the ‘porno-trolls’: how one porn platform made millions suing its viewers Read More »

Sports Interactive; PC (version tested), PS5, Switch, XboxAfter a two-year wait, Football Manager 26 upgrades every aspect of the football sim, but it may take some getting used to You can imagine what the home fans are singing in the Stadium of Light: “Top of the league, you’re having a laugh!” Your Liverpool team, who …

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Ruling in case brought by Getty Images against Stability AI is seen as a blow to copyright owners A London-based artificial intelligence firm has won a landmark high court case examining the legality of AI models using vast troves of copyrighted data without permission. Stability AI, whose directors include the Oscar-winning film-maker behind Avatar, James …

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Modelling has changed hugely over the decades. Two models from different generations discuss the highs and lows of the industry, from the joy of travel and dressing up to predatory behaviour and physical pressures It’s easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who “don’t wake up for …

‘You definitely felt disposable’: models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI Read More »

Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting Business live – latest updates Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk. The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while …

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