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The age assurance technology trial found errors are inevitable – meaning users might have to provide other ID or appeal against wrongful bans Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It could take just 40 seconds: that’s how long Australians might have to wait for age assurance technology to assess they’re …

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Low-budget puzzle game is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachable One of the most interesting trends in game design is the use of familiar mechanics and genres to explore real-world power systems and how to challenge them. Forthcoming deck-building game, All Will Rise, seeks to interest players …

Mythmatch – taking on ancient Greek tech bros to rebuild a broken world Read More »

With tiny cameras disguised as everyday objects freely available, Anna Moore looks at the sinister ways they can be used – and the worrying rise in voyeurism cases in the UK When Heidi Murray moved into the home of a family friend, she was thrilled to find a cheap place to live with someone she …

Spy cameras: are you being watched? – podcast Read More »

Exclusive: Workers say £500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises ‘serious ethical questions’ Public sector workers have voiced “deep concern” after Coventry city council signed a £500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir. The deal is the first of its kind between a UK local authority and …

Coventry council to use Palantir AI in social work, Send and children’s services Read More »

Slim, lightweight and with a bright 4K picture, Sky’s low-cost TV shines because of its software and service Sky’s latest streaming TV aims to be a good, all-in-one budget option for your sitting room – and it achieves all those aims, leaving it standing strong in a field of mediocre, similarly priced appliances. The Glass …

Sky Glass Air review: a surprisingly good budget smart TV Read More »

People are understandably wary of new technology, but human error is often more lethal We expect our doctors to be demi-gods – flawless, tireless, always right. But they are only human. Increasingly, they are stretched thin, working long hours, under immense pressure, and often with limited resources. Of course, better conditions would help, including more …

The Big Idea: why we should embrace AI doctors Read More »

Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problems Adam Raine was just 16 when he started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. While his initial prompts to the AI chatbot were about subjects like geometry and chemistry – questions like: “What does it mean …

ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken Read More »

Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms Doctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds. Invented in 1816, the traditional stethoscope – used to listen to sounds within the body – has been a vital part of …

Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds Read More »

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from June: he’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast …

Best of 2025 … so far: ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star – podcast Read More »

I’ve been playing Wheel World. It’s silly hipster fun, but I’d rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash? I have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball veterans in an assault on a despot’s …

Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games? | Dominik Diamond Read More »