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Nostalgic social media videos detailing Blair-Brown rivalry elicit cult following among young political fans This summer, TikTok has been revisiting very public, deeply personal and sometimes toxic feuds from the 1990s. And it is not just the Gallagher brothers – another psychodrama has taken hold: the rivalry between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Continue reading… …

‘I became obsessed’: New Labour psychodrama grips TikTok teenagers Read More »

Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grieving Rod Stewart had a few surprise guests at a recent concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. His old friend Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath who died last month, was apparently …

Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot Read More »

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined Tech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week. Law enforcement agencies, …

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children Read More »

Government rebates and grants have finally put the country back on the map for the quick-moving field of professional game development Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The idea that video games are not “serious things”, says Ross Symons, overlooks the …

Tax relief and Carmen Sandiego: Australia’s once-dismissed video game industry is finally getting a leg-up Read More »

As US and Chinese tech giants chase artificial general intelligence, experts warn the hype may be outrunning the science A significant step forward but not a leap over the finish line. That was how Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, described the latest upgrade to ChatGPT this week. The race Altman was referring to was …

‘It’s missing something’: AGI, superintelligence and a race for the future Read More »

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost In mid-2023, if a user asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT for a recipe for artichoke pasta or instructions on how to make a ritual offering to the ancient Canaanite deity Moloch, its response might have taken – very …

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Read More »

Concerns that tech company’s Israel-based staff may have concealed key details of work follow Guardian investigation Microsoft is investigating how Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns the company’s staff in Israel may have concealed key details about its work on sensitive military projects. Senior executives are …

Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage Read More »

Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited They are supposed to monitor you throughout the working day and help make sure that life is not getting on top of you. But a study has concluded that smartwatches cannot accurately measure your stress levels – and may think you are …

Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find Read More »

The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content Mehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, …

‘1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives’ – Mehdi Hasan on why he went on Surrounded Read More »

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad Hanin Al-Batsh estimates she has signed up for more than 80 Bluesky accounts in the last six months. Like hundreds of other Palestinians struggling to buy or even find food in Gaza, …

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam Read More »