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They promise more energy and a vastly improved range for EV drivers. But can they deliver on the hype? Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Working in the dry room at Deakin University’s Battery Research and Innovation Hub is …

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The improved surveillance bill would force tech firms to tell the government about any new security measures – before they are introduced. Strangely, Apple won’t stomach it Way back in 2000 the Blair government introduced the regulation of investigatory powers bill, a legislative dog’s breakfast that put formidable surveillance powers on the statute book. This …

Farewell FaceTime? That’s in store if the UK’s new snooper’s charter becomes law | John Naughton Read More »

One-way video interviews, CV screeners and digital monitoring are among the ways employers are using tech to save time and money on recruitment. But do they work? Investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of work, Hilke Schellmann thought she had better try some of the tools. Among them was a one-way …

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At a religious festival in Bangladesh, the photographer captured an extraordinary sight From a highway in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Azim Khan Ronnie surveyed his fellow worshippers. Ronnie, a Bangladeshi who now lives in France, had travelled back to his home country to attend Bishwa Ijtema. The annual meeting of millions of Muslims from …

‘Every inch of tarmac was filled with worshippers’: Azim Khan Ronnie’s best phone picture Read More »

Rogan’s podcast has been exclusive to the app since 2020, with the firm saying its revenue grew by 80% last year compared with 2021 Spotify Technology announced a new multi-year deal with the comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday, in a bid to tap into the popularity of his show to drive its advertising …

Spotify signs new deal with Joe Rogan reportedly worth up to $250m Read More »

Recall of more than 2m Teslas will be done with a software update as company comes under increasing scrutiny from US officials Tesla is recalling nearly all of the vehicles it has sold in the US because some warning lights on the instrument panel are too small. The recall of nearly 2.2m vehicles announced on …

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Two years after Robyn Cory’s daughter was groomed at 15 on Meta’s platform and sold for sex by a gang, she is still missing Robyn Cory’s daughter Kristen was 15 when she was allowed to open her own Instagram account. “We thought we’d been responsible and done everything we could to make it safe,” says …

‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter Read More »

We want to hear from young people and those who work with them about the misinformation and divisive narratives they are seeing Following research finding that a third of UK teenagers believe the climate crisis is “exaggerated” and a backlash against feminism among young men, we want to learn more about the spread of misinformation …

Young people in the UK: are you exposed to conspiracy theories? Read More »

The fighting game was once at the bleeding edge of what games could do – as well as being great fun to play with your mates after the pub Friday night, back from the pub with your housemates and a few hangers on. Staple 1990s yoof TV show The Word has just finished with a …

Street fighting years: when Tekken and its enemies ruled the world Read More »

Genuine moral dilemmas are frustratingly rare in gaming – change that, and we could learn more about ourselves than any book might teach us I am at a fortunate stage of my parenting journey where I have a son old enough to have a girlfriend smart enough to give genuinely thoughtful gifts to her boyfriend’s …

Video games can teach us more about philosophy than books – if only they’d dare Read More »