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Arrest warrants issued for ringleaders after investigation by police in Europe and North America European and North American cybercrime investigators say they have dismantled the heart of a malware operation directed by Russian criminals after a global operation involving British, Canadian, Danish, Dutch, French, German and US police. International arrest warrants have been issued for …

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Successful podcasters are filming their shows, putting traditional platforms under pressure. Does it add value or reflect YouTube’s increasing might? It is four in the afternoon at Pellicci’s, a family-run cafe on Bethnal Green Road in London that has been an East End institution for 125 years. Its famously loudmouthed owners, British-Italian siblings Nevio and …

Your favourite podcast is now a video – but are vodcasts the future, or just ‘crap telly’? Read More »

Murderous mansions with carnivorous toilets or a fantasy lighthouse on misty shores, every gamer has a favourite property – we list our favourites This year’s surprise hit Blue Prince is a proper video game wonder. It’s an architectural puzzler in which you explore a transforming mansion left to you by an eccentric relative. The place …

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Starbase in Texas, where the world’s richest man has a rocket-launching facility, was incorporated this week. Mars obsessives are flocking there – but some long-term locals are far from happy Along a flat coastal highway in south-east Texas, surrounded by wetlands and open plains, the artefacts of a new American oligarchy appear in quick succession. …

Fear, hope and loathing in Elon Musk’s new city: ‘It’s the wild, wild west and the future’ Read More »

Analysis comes as energy agency predicts systems will need as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today Artificial intelligence systems could account for nearly half of datacentre power consumption by the end of this year, analysis has revealed. The estimates by Alex de Vries-Gao, the founder of the Digiconomist tech sustainability website, …

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In Brazil, the Chinese social media giant TikTok is said to be the latest company planning a supercomputer warehouse that will use vast amounts of water and energy It is a warehouse the size of 12 football pitches that promises to create much-needed jobs and development​ in Caucaia city, north-east Brazil​. But it won’t have …

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The untested hardware startup, called io, was founded by Apple design guru Jony Ive OpenAI is buying an untested startup for $6.4bn, the ChatGPT maker’s biggest acquisition yet. The hardware startup, called io, was founded by Apple design guru Jony Ive, known best as one of the principal architects of the iPhone. Ive and OpenAI’s …

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Sam Altman and Jony Ive say mystery product created by their partnership will be the coolest thing ever Everything over the last 30 years, according to Sir Jony Ive, has led to this moment: a partnership between the iPhone designer and the developer of ChatGPT. Ive has sold his hardware startup, io, to OpenAI and …

iPhone design guru and OpenAI chief promise an AI device revolution Read More »

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state The Cannes film festival isn’t typically associated with video games, but this year it’s playing host to an unusual collaboration. Lili is a co-production between the New York-based game studio …

‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth Read More »

For years, the Switch has been ​a companion through life’s changes​, gaming milestones​ and a lifeline to fun in chaotic times The lifespan of a games console has extended a lot since I was a child. In the 1990s, this kind of technology would be out of date after just a couple of years. There …

Is the Nintendo Switch the best console of its generation – or just the most meaningful to me? Read More »