My generation became a target for abuse on the video-chat site – and our parents had no idea This article contains descriptions of online child abuse and self-harm It was usually only a matter of minutes before we’d see the first penis. As we huddled giggling around someone’s family computer, hauled into a bedroom for …
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Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time Everyone who grew up with a tape deck remembers mixtapes, or compilation tapes, as we used to call them in the UK. They remember sitting with a …
PlayStation, Xbox, PC; Sledgehammer Games/ActivisionCall of Duty’s developers are clearly struggling to fit this sprawling game into the business plan devised for them, but for now they are still managing Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Call of Duty series has always been a game of two halves. The first: a cinematic dash through several …
CEO to testify in antitrust trial as Fortnite maker says tech giant stopped rivals from launching their own stores Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, is set to testify Tuesday as a witness in the antitrust trial between the company he leads and Fortnite developer Epic Games, which has accused the internet search giant of abusive, monopolistic …
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As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying opinions have their say Booths, a high-end supermarket chain in northern England, has announced it is removing self-checkouts in the majority of its stores. The retailer said it was not a fan of the machines and prided itself on great customer …
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Record companies will be able to request removal of content that mimics an artist’s ‘unique singing or rapping’ Record companies can request the removal of songs that use artificial intelligence-generated versions of artists’ voices under new guidelines issued by YouTube. The video platform is introducing a tool that will allow music labels and distributors to …
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In this week’s newsletter: in early 2022 ‘non-fungible tokens’ were a supposedly revolutionary million-dollar asset. Now, they’re practically worthless • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A funny thing happened in Hong Kong earlier this month. Well, funny unless you were there. The annual ApeFest, where collectors of Bored Ape NFTs …
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Minister for communications and information technology says the popular video-sharing platform ‘disrupts family structures’ Nepal has said it will ban TikTok, citing negative effects on the country’s “social harmony”. The popular video-sharing platform, which has around a billion monthly users, has faced restrictions in many countries for alleged breaches of data rules and for the …
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Photographs were seen as less realistic than computer images but there was no difference with pictures of people of colour It sounds like a scenario straight out of a Ridley Scott film: technology that not only sounds more “real” than actual humans, but looks more convincing, too. Yet it seems that moment has already arrived. …
White faces generated by AI are more convincing than photos, finds survey Read More »
New immersive sound and better Bluetooth update for comfortable and popular earbuds Bose’s commuter favourite QuietComfort earbuds have been given an upgrade, setting the standard with best-in-class noise cancelling and new immersive audio features. Costing £300 (€350/$300/A$450) the QC Ultra earbuds are £20 more than the excellent QC Earbuds II they effectively replace, rubbing shoulders …
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