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Some popular accounts likely to disappear from Twitter as Elon Musk ends free access to API

Move to pay-for-access application program interface continues platform owner’s push for revenue Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The latest set of changes to Twitter will likely spell the end of some of your favourite accounts, tools and …

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ChatGPT reaches 100 million users two months after launch

Unprecedented take-up may make AI chatbot the fastest-growing consumer internet app ever, analysts say ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, has reached 100 million users just two months after launching, according to analysts. It had about 590m visits in January from 100 million unique visitors, according to analysis by data firm Similarweb. Analysts at investment …

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: mother of Archie Battersbee says he was bullied online

Exclusive: Hollie Dance, who fought legal battle to stop her son’s life support being switched off, says he received threatening messages From discovering her son unconscious with a ligature over his head to the lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal battle to stop his life support being switched off, Archie Battersbee’s mother has experienced heartbreak that …

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Dead Space review – an intensely horrible sci-fi classic returns

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC; EA Motive/EAThis remake of 2008’s urgent sci-fi horror from Visceral Games resists big changes in favour of some laser-focused improvements Originally released in 2008, Dead Space was EA’s sci-fi riff on 2005’s Resident Evil 4. It took the revolutionary design ideas of Shinji Mikami’s horror masterpiece – the over-the-shoulder …

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Best podcasts of the week: Jon Snow swaps news broadcasts for his ‘Snowcast’

In this week’s newsletter: The giant of British journalism starts his post-Channel 4 career with his new interview show. Plus: five of the best podcasts for women in midlife Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here SnowcastFrom Tues 7 Feb, widely available, episodes weeklyAfter three decades anchoring Channel 4 News, the …

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MEPs launch site for EU officials to report ‘shady lobbying’ by big tech

Exclusive: Dutch MEP hopes site will give early warning of suspicious tactics such as use of front organisations A group of MEPs are launching a website for European parliament staff and EU officials to raise the alarm about “shady lobbying” by big tech firms and other interest groups. Paul Tang, a Dutch Social Democrat MEP …

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A touch-screen fridge? A seven-blade razor? Why is everything suddenly so complicated? | Adrian Chiles

Modern technology is supposed to make our world better. But my flat’s ‘lighting system’ is broken, and I long for a single, simple light switch I started shaving, tackling the wispiest of bumfluff, 40 years ago. I did so in an attempt to stimulate growth in order to make me look older, so I would …

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