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The Door in Question uses VR headsets, sound and even smells to create an immersive experience inspired by its creator’s experience with mental illness Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I’ve visited the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Footscray many times but last week I saw it in an entirely different light: as a nightmarish …

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Ride hailing app’s ‘take rate’ – or cut – sometimes reaches more than 50% since introduction of dynamic pricing Uber drivers’ earnings cut after changes to secretive algorithm More than a decade after being one of 19 Uber drivers who took the company to court in 2015, Abdurzak Hadi continues to drive for – and …

Rough ride: how Uber quietly took more of your fare with its algorithm change Read More »

Wondering how to keep your cool as the temperature rises? Experts share their top tips, from face mists to fans, anti-chafe cream to sun hats • The best fans to keep you cool: 14 tried and tested favourites Heatwaves used to be marked by years, recalled misty-eyed by those who remembered them with fondness, like …

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Premium sports tracker adds built-in torch, smartwatch and accuracy upgrades, plus useful new training tools, but costs far more than rivals Garmin’s new top running watch, the Forerunner 970, has very big shoes to fill as it attempts to replace one of the best training and race companions available. Can a built-in torch, a software …

Garmin Forerunner 970 review: the new benchmark for running watches Read More »

The legendary video game designer discusses directing actors in Mexico from Japan, how Mad Max inspired his career and the unique reason why he wants to go to space Hideo Kojima – the acclaimed video game director who helmed the stealth-action Metal Gear series for decades before founding his own company to make Death Stranding, …

‘We’re all connected – but it’s not the connection I imagined’: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding 2 Read More »

Algorithm’s launch coincided with company taking bigger cut from fares and raising trip prices, researchers say Many Uber drivers are earning “substantially less” an hour since the ride hailing app introduced a “dynamic pricing” algorithm in 2023 that coincided with the company taking a significantly higher share of fares, research has revealed. The findings are …

Many UK Uber drivers earning far less an hour under dynamic pricing, study finds Read More »

Poppins connects people who have things they use rarely with those who want to buy or rent them Do you need a kitchen mixer, a drill, a tent or a raclette machine? Perhaps you have a bread machine, an ice-cream maker or a toastie maker in the cupboard gathering dust? If the answer to either …

‘Own less, have more’: French app rents out underused household items Read More »

Sam Altman describes offer from Mark Zuckerberg’s company as ‘crazy’, as scramble for talent intensifies The boss of OpenAI has claimed that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has tried to poach his top artificial intelligence experts with “crazy” signing bonuses of $100m (£74m), as the scramble for talent in the booming sector intensifies. Sam Altman spoke about …

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Splitgate 2’s Ian Proulx thought his Musk gag was funny – but what it revealed was the major blind spots still in the business One thing most game developers can agree on in the modern industry is that it’s hard to drum up any awareness for your latest project without a mammoth marketing budget. Last …

The Maga-flavoured faux pas that shook the games industry Read More »

Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline The Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called it “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”. But Barry Smethurst, 41, a record shop worker trying to travel by rail from Saddleworth to Manchester Piccadilly, did …

‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Read More »