As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web? Audrey Tang didn’t have the easiest of starts in life. The Taiwanese hacker turned government minister was told at the age …
There is method to the apparent madness of the tycoon’s prolific 24-hour output Elon Musk doesn’t stop tweeting. Over just seven days last week, he made nearly 650 posts to the social network he bought in November 2022 and half-heartedly rebranded as X. In addition, he spent nearly three hours battling through technical problems he …
A week in tweets: Elon Musk doesn’t stop posting but what is he saying? Read More »
ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros Discovery and Hulu planned to offer sports streaming venture Venu Sports in February The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery. US district judge Margaret M Garnett …
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AI company bans accounts and says operation did not appear to have meaningful audience engagement OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the US presidential election and other issues. The operation, identified as Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to generate …
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The creators of the Lego Star Wars and Lego Harry Potter games bring similar energy and humour to this gentle action-adventure Ever since they first clambered into shops in 2010, Funko Pop figures have been an unavoidable part of pop culture fandom, lending their black-eyed large-headed charm to everything from Ms Marvel to Mr Bean. …
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Models, athletes and TikTokers shun phone cameras as 35mm sales surge and a new Pentax film camera is launched This week, a new range of Google smartphones capable of AI image generation has been launched. But for an increasing number of people, the appeal of a less cutting-edge piece of equipment is proving hard to …
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Jools Lebron has become TikTok’s satirical Emily Post, with etiquette for everything from job interviews to drag shows Rest in peace, brat summer. There’s a new buzzword-slash-ethos hitting TikTok, and it’s basically the opposite of Charli xcx’s party-girl character. Now, it’s all about being demure. At least, that’s according to Jools Lebron, the content creator …
‘Very demure, very mindful’: why everyone’s jumping on the modesty bandwagon Read More »
With a £34 mini computer and an emulator, gaming’s entire back catalogue opens up to you to play. But there are important points to consider – not least questions of legality In the past, whenever I have written enthusiastically about a modern retro console such as the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES or the Analogue Duo, …
A slice of Raspberry Pi: how to build your own retro games machine Read More »
New Meta security report finds that AI-powered deception campaigns ‘provide only incremental’ results for bad actors Russia is putting generative artificial intelligence to work in online deception campaigns, but its efforts have been unsuccessful, according to a Meta security report released on Thursday. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram found that so far AI-powered …
Russia’s AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says Read More »
Tech company says group linked to Revolutionary Guard still actively targeting Biden, Trump and Harris associates Google said on Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris since May. The …
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