Month: November 2025

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees Personal details submitted by applicants for a job at Tate art galleries have been leaked online, exposing their addresses, salaries and the phone numbers of their referees, the Guardian has learned. The records, running to hundreds of pages, appeared on a website unrelated to …

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online Read More »

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm We all live in history. A lot of the problems that face us, and the opportunities that present themselves, are defined not by our own choices or even the specific place or government we’re living under, but by …

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis Read More »

AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign

Anthropic says financial firms and government agencies were attacked ‘largely without human intervention’ A leading artificial intelligence company claims to have stopped a China-backed “cyber espionage” campaign that was able to infiltrate financial firms and government agencies with almost no human oversight. The US-based Anthropic said its coding tool, Claude Code, was “manipulated” by a …

AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign Read More »

Q: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz? A: Not according to these question setters

Bans on smart devices, dedicated apps for all players and plain old honesty can all combat trivial offences Who is older, Gary Numan or Gary Oldman? If you know the answer to this question (see below), you are likely one of hundreds of thousands of Brits who attend a pub quiz every week. As a …

Q: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz? A: Not according to these question setters Read More »

Porn Play review – Ambika Mod excels as an academic undone by pornography addiction

Royal Court theatre, London Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s drama toggles between digital and physical worlds as it traces a scholar’s grim compulsion ‘It’s not that deep,” Ani’s friend assures her. Who cares if she watches a lot of extreme pornography? But after the light is switched off, Ani can’t get through their impromptu sleepover without masturbating to …

Porn Play review – Ambika Mod excels as an academic undone by pornography addiction Read More »

AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads

Hits include country songs and a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts. Walk My Walk and Livin’ on Borrowed Time by the outfit Breaking Rust topped Spotify’s “Viral 50” songs in the …

AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads Read More »

New AI tool could cut wasted efforts to transplant organs by 60%

Machine learning model predicts whether donor is likely to die within the timeframe that liver remains viable Doctors have developed an AI tool that could reduce wasted efforts to transplant organs by 60%. Thousands of patients worldwide are waiting for a potentially life-saving donor, and more candidates are stuck on waiting lists than there are …

New AI tool could cut wasted efforts to transplant organs by 60% Read More »

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches rocket carrying twin Nasa spacecraft to Mars

A huge New Glenn rocket successfully took off to place two spacecraft in orbit for a later boost to the red planet Blue Origin successfully launched its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday with a pair of Nasa spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’s company …

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches rocket carrying twin Nasa spacecraft to Mars Read More »

Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 battery systems in US over fire risk

Firm had received 22 reports of overheating, raising risk of serious injury or death, though none have been reported Tesla announced on Thursday it is recalling about 10,500 units of its Powerwall 2 home battery power systems in the US for fire and burn hazards after receiving 22 reports of overheating. The US Consumer Product …

Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 battery systems in US over fire risk Read More »

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – hallucinogenic romp through dystopia is stupidly pleasurable

Activision; PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PCWith a deafening onslaught of massive shootout set-pieces in exotic locations, an evolving campaign mode and excellent multiplayer offerings, this maximalist instalment of crazed carnage is a hoot It seems like an anachronism now, in this age of live service “forever games”, that the annual release of a new Call of …

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – hallucinogenic romp through dystopia is stupidly pleasurable Read More »