Month: April 2026

Narwhal Labs ad for ‘AI employee’ contains strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise’ A British AI company that recently secured millions of pounds of investment has been accused of running a misogynistic and sexist advertising campaign. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received at least seven complaints about the campaign …

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Once you start noticing “it’s not X, it’s Y” as you scroll online, you can’t fail to register it. I’ve become so hypervigilant that it has seeped into my subconscious thoughts If you’ve never seen Jim Carrey’s 2007 psychological thriller The Number 23, then congratulations. It is a film about a man who sees the …

ChatGPT’s latest stylistic quirk is sinister, infuriating – and absolutely everywhere | Stuart Heritage Read More »

Cuts by Snapchat’s parent company come in response to a declining stock price and pressure from an activist investor Snapchat’s parent company plans to lay off 16% of its employees, around 1,000 people, citing “rapid advancements in artificial intelligence”, the social media company told staff on Wednesday in an internal memo. The staff reduction is …

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‘Unc’ is meant to disparage older players who favour slow-paced shooters and epic narrative games, but the industry should make games for all generations • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here While researching women’s experiences in multiplayer video games recently, I came across this thread on the subreddit about Bungie’s …

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In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike The video game Arc Raiders is set in a lethal imagining of an apocalyptic future for humanity. Survivors have been forced to live deep underground in colonies …

‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking Read More »

Deal, subject to regulatory approval, would give Bezos firm access to Globalstar’s network of two dozen satellites Amazon said on Tuesday it would acquire a satellite company in an $11.57bn deal, bolstering its own fledgling space business as it looks to take on Elon Musk-led bigger rival Starlink. The deal gives Amazon access to Globalstar’s …

Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar for $11.57bn in challenge to Musk’s Starlink Read More »

Experts say China is backing attempts at global governance, while US has set up race between profit-hungry companies China is now the “good guy” on AI rather than Donald Trump’s US, where the technology is being pursued in a dangerous “wild west” manner, a former UN and UK government adviser has told MPs. Prof Dame …

China now the ‘good guy’ on AI as Trump takes ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told Read More »

Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenter in the Memphis area A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi. The suit, filed on Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is …

NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis Read More »

Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the Air now faces real competition Apple’s latest MacBook Air is its most powerful yet, comes with double the starting storage and is better than ever for getting work done and as the benchmark for a consumer laptop. But this year the …

MacBook Air M5 review: Apple’s best consumer laptop speeds up Read More »

Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections Ken, a copywriter for a large, Miami-based cybersecurity firm, used to enjoy his job. But then the “workslop” started piling up. Workslop is an unintended consequence of the AI boom. It’s what happens when employees use AI to …

Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ Read More »