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The Nintendo Switch 2 is out today – here’s everything you need to know

It’s the first major console launch in five years, so is it worth forking out for? From new tech to add-ons, our guide will help you decide Since its announcement in January, anticipation has been building for the Nintendo Switch 2 – the followup to the gaming titan’s most successful home console, the 150m-selling Nintendo …

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Trump’s crypto firms spar with each other over rogue wallet announcement

Latest spat appears to stem from fight between president’s sons and Bill Zanker, longtime Trump business partner A splashy website featuring an illustration of Donald Trump, looking buff and pumping his fist in the air, appeared online on Tuesday. The image is the logo of one of Trump’s digital currencies, and the website claims to …

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Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection against artificial intelligence companies or risk losing a key piece of legislation. The government suffered a fifth defeat in …

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Reddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly ‘scraping’ user comments to train chatbot

Social media platform claims firm used bots to access content, without requesting consent, to train Claude The social media platform Reddit has sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude. Reddit claims that Anthropic has used automated bots to access the …

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100,000 UK taxpayer accounts hit in £47m phishing attack on HMRC

MPs on Treasury committee hear that those affected were being contacted and would face ‘no financial loss’ HM Revenue and Customs has lost £47m after a phishing scam breached tens of thousands of tax accounts, a group of MPs has heard. Two senior civil servants at the tax authority told the Treasury committee on Wednesday …

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Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope

The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. ​But it’s more of an update than a revolution Launch week is finally here, and though I would love to be bringing you a proper review of the Nintendo Switch 2 in this week’s newsletter, I still don’t have one at the time …

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Pornhub owner to suspend site in France in protest at new verification law

Parent company Aylo criticizes requirement that adult website visitors must confirm age with credit card or ID document French visitors to the adult sites Pornhub, Youporn and RedTube will on Wednesday be greeted with a message denouncing the country’s age verification requirements, the company said on Tuesday. Parent company Aylo, in reaction to a French …

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Noughties nostalgia trends on TikTok as fans revisit music and TV favourites

Older series from Vampire Diaries to Skins are among the most popular on the platform as decade enjoys a revival It is the social media platform that likes to see itself as being on the cutting edge of the latest youth culture and setting the latest trends for others to follow. But across music, television …

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What to do if your email account is stolen – and how to stop it happening again

A hacked or compromised account can be a nightmare. But with these tips, it need not be the end of the world Email accounts have become more than a longstanding method of communication, morphing into the centre of your digital world as the user login for hundreds of services from shopping to socials. So when …

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Surface Laptop 13in review: Microsoft’s cheaper, more compact Windows 11 machine

Cut-down version of top Windows 11 AI notebook offers premium experience in smaller and less expensive package Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop is smaller and cheaper, managing to condense most of what is great about its larger siblings into a more compact frame without compromising too much on power. The Surface Laptop 13in joins the current …

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