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The Guardian spoke with therapists, media experts and journalists about helping kids process bad news and develop healthy media habits When rightwing commentator Charlie Kirk was killed last month, footage of his shooting spread rapidly across social media. Today, anyone with a smartphone can access gruesome videos and images – as well as troves of …

Experts on how to talk with kids about violence in the news: ‘No topic is off limits’ Read More »

Top Apple buds get upgraded sound, improved fit, live translation and built-in heart rate sensors, but are still unrepairable Apple’s extremely popular AirPods Pro Bluetooth earbuds are back for their third generation with a better fit, longer battery life, built-in heart rate sensors and more effective noise cancelling, and look set to be just as …

AirPods Pro 3 review: better battery, better noise cancelling, better earbuds Read More »

The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months Police have disrupted an international network suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of stolen phones from the UK in its largest operation to tackle phone theft in London, the Metropolitan police said. …

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Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider Video game chat platform Discord has suffered a data breach, informing users that their personal information – including identity documents of those required to prove their age – were compromised. The …

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach Read More »

The deal offers the ChatGPT maker an opportunity to buy a 10% stake in chipmaker AMD OpenAI and the chipmaker AMD announced on Monday that they had signed a multibillion-dollar chip deal that would also give the ChatGPT creator the option to buy a large stake in the chipmaker. The deal offers OpenAI an opportunity …

OpenAI signs multibillion-dollar chip deal with AMD Read More »

Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution Warehouse laborers from Asia say the world’s second largest employer, Amazon, has failed to live up to its promises to compensate them for financial abuses tied to their work for the online retailer in Saudi …

‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress Read More »

Your September favourites are all about getting cosy – with a little side of glam • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the weather turns colder, we all crave a little comfort. For some, that’s a cosier bed, complete with a new memory foam mattress topper, or a more …

From non-toxic pans to letterbox cheese: 12 things you loved (and bought) in September Read More »

Company behind the AI video app says it will work with rights holders to ‘block characters from Sora at their request’ OpenAI is promising to give copyright holders “more granular control” over character generation after its new app Sora 2 produced a flood of videos that depicted copyrighted characters. Sora 2, a video generator powered …

OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters Read More »

Hexecutable; PCA teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat If you accept the received wisdom that the Game awards are the Oscars of the interactive industry, then you could say the Independent Games Festival is its Cannes, and the Seumas McNally Grand …

Consume Me review – anything but empty calories Read More »

AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes Eleanor, 24, is a Polish historian and lecturer at a university in Warsaw; Isabelle, 25, is a detective serving with the NYPD; Brooke, 39, is an American housewife who enjoys an opulent Miami lifestyle financed by her frequently …

‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends Read More »