Petrolheads are quick to scorn the idea of electric car racing, but the series’ chief executive is sure that time, technology – and even geography – are on his side Jeff Dodds has been a fan of Formula One “all my life”, he says. That is probably a good thing because, as chief executive of …
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The photographer had to gain the trust of women in south Iran to capture this image Iranian photographer Forough Alaei has a special interest in women’s rights: she has documented female football fans prohibited from entering her country’s stadiums, and for this project spent a month on Hengam Island. Alaei explains that here, in the south of Iran, …
Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed Big tech has succeeded in distracting the world from the existential risk to humanity that artificial intelligence still poses, a leading scientist and AI campaigner has warned. Speaking with the Guardian at the AI …
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Commons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents face uphill struggle MPs have urged the next government to consider a total ban on smartphones for under 16-year-olds and a statutory ban on mobile phone use in schools as part of a crackdown on screen time for children. Members of the House …
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Firm’s AI overviews feature has been rolled out to users in US, but many have reported strange responses Google’s new AI overviews feature for search results has reportedly told users who asked questions about depression to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, recommended glue as a pizza ingredient and has apparently sourced some of its …
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Billionaire makes U-turn over levies, telling Paris tech conference they distort the market and inhibit trade Elon Musk has criticised US government tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, describing the levies as “not good” and a distortion of the car market. The Tesla chief executive had previously supported trade barriers but he performed a U-turn on …
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Ubisoft; PC, PS5, XboxYou may feel a touch of deja vu as you mow down rivals with your M16 – but although it’s unoriginal, this free six-person shooter is slick and enjoyable It is not difficult to sum up XDefiant, Ubisoft’s new free-to-play arena-based shooter. It’s Overwatch crossed with Call of Duty. Or maybe Apex …
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Die Aktuelle promoted 2023 piece that ‘sounds deceptively real’ Publisher had sacked editor and apologised to F1 great’s family The family of Michael Schumacher have won their legal action against the publisher of a magazine that printed an artificial intelligence-generated interview with the multiple Formula One champion. The German celebrity magazine Die Aktuelle promoted on …
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UK founder, accused of inflating sales and misleading regulators, takes stand and says he wasn’t fully responsible for firm’s decisions The British entrepreneur Mike Lynch took the stand on Thursday in a San Francisco federal courthouse as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, defending his role at Autonomy, the tech firm he …
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Xbox Series, PC; Ninja Theory/ MicrosoftStunning Icelandic landscapes merge with nightmarish hallucinations in this big-budget battle sequel As the stench of rotting corpses fills the air, I hear the screams of my butchered kinsmen, and my lips begin to tremble. “You let them die,” a voice in my head accuses, as I crawl hopelessly towards …
