Month: August 2026

Meta glasses – they’re everywhere, and people have a lot of opinions. Mostly about their ability to take photos and videos. Rafqa Touma speaks to Guardian Australia’s technology reporter, Josh Taylor, lifestyle editor, Alyx Gorman, and the Human Technology Institute’s responsible technology policy specialist, Lauren Perry. Continue reading… Meta glasses – they’re everywhere, and people …

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Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions On a sunny July day in Riga, Latvia, a Nato convoy drives down a street lined with kebab shops and a pharmacy. At a downtown intersection, there is the sound of an explosion and the lead …

‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers Read More »

PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Game Freak/FictionsGame Freak channels a post-apocalyptic reality that reflects our own repetitive erosion cycles, with a fair bit of hand-holding Most of your time in Beast of Reincarnation is spent collecting last words. You cross paths with robots lying on the ground, who muster whatever energy they have left to provide …

Beast of Reincarnation review – a taxing reflection of human-made damage Read More »

Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthFor the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess Unveiled the same week in which tech company Anthropic admitted that its AI model Claude had gone rogue during testing, Bayreuth …

Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac Read More »

Online multiplayer changed the trajectory of games, but the cost of keeping servers running means every virtual world is doomed to die – sooner or later Nevan Hagarty had an idea. If he and other Halo 3 players stayed online the night of 13 January 2022, they could delay the impending server shutdown. Players knew …

The end of the world: how players mourn the death of their favourite online games Read More »

Security lapse leaves sensitive information and contact details of 51 government officials exposed for 40 hours The public body in charge of the UK’s state investments has been pushed to improve its internal security after a data breach left “high-level management information” publicly accessible for nearly two days. UK Government Investments (UKGI), the agency that …

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Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today’s news live Good morning, and happy Monday. Nick Visser here to get the week’s news going. Here’s what’s on deck: The high-profile trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones for indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins today …

Australia news live: Chalmers asks regulator to watch service stations ‘like a hawk’ as fuel excise cut ends Read More »

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions commits the cash and presses the buttons on a vital consumer dilemma Read this week’s replies: What is the true Breakfast of Champions? I’ve heard that in Germany you can buy sausages in vending machines. What should be sold in machines that isn’t offered at …

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Investors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers Even for the rollercoaster world of AI, last week was particularly volatile as investors scrambled to keep up with developments that threatened the dominance of the largest western chipmakers. It began with a double whammy. On Monday, the Chinese …

Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy Read More »

As Pokémon Go celebrates its 10th anniversary, its devoted players explain how the game has created a vibrant intergenerational community spanning the globe Most Pokémon obsessives count rare, absurdly expensive playing cards or pristine, fully boxed game cartridges that have survived decades in the attic among their most prized possessions. But for Mairead Ralph, her …

‘The language of Pokémon is universal’: why fans are still catching ‘em all after 30 years Read More »