Month: October 2026

Article in the Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, just days after it won Caine prize The Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story, after an article in The Atlantic said software flagged it as almost completely AI-generated. Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter was announced as …

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Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to “change the stakes” on existing and even new bioweapons. Here we …

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Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters. Periodic flashing in his spectacles could be seen as the Senedd member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr spoke for five minutes without a glance at his notes on 30 September. In the following days, other Welsh assembly members said the …

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Dispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its values Palantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims the Labour mayor was blocking the US tech company from signing a contract with the Metropolitan police because of its …

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Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in the Senedd reignites debate over the AI-enabled devices It was a flowing speech packed full of precise statistics – but Jason O’Connell, a Reform UK Senedd member, was not quite the gifted orator he had first appeared. The periodic flashing in his spectacles …

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The Meta boss looked traumatised when he sipped stout on the Cheeky Pint podcast. An hour later, his glass was still half full Name: Guinness. Age: Arthur Guinness began brewing porter in the 1770s. Guinness draft was first poured in 1959. Continue reading… The Meta boss looked traumatised when he sipped stout on the Cheeky …

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After years of sprawling ‘forever’ games, players are rediscovering the pleasures of more focused experiences. Could a new wave of independent arcades bring back the social side of gaming? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There’s an important semi-nostalgic movement happening in games, and I’m excited about where it’s …

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The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of a 1998 game-changer When beloved art is revisited and revised, a familiar cry is often heard: “You’re ruining my childhood!” But with …

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Congress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer Mary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that …

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From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats In May 2025, a 25-year-old man detonated a car bomb outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, killing himself and injuring four others. For many, it was a wake up call about …

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