Chau Chak Wing Museum is Australia’s first to offer visitors colour-vision-enhancing glasses. So what happens when one man tries them on? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast There are a few everyday situations that 24-year-old Mason Suljic struggles in. He can’t always read graphs, charts or maps very well. …
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US farmers’ struggles for the right to fix their own, now highly computer-controlled equipment, have implications for us all It was one of the few pieces of cheery news to emerge from the war in Ukraine. Russian looters, no doubt with the assistance of Russian troops, stole 27 pieces of John Deere farm equipment, worth …
Plummeting prices and lost life savings confirmed for many that the blockchain dream was too good to be true – and it may now struggle to hit past highs Even if you don’t live and breathe cryptocurrency, you’ve probably noticed some turmoil in the sector. Eye-catching headlines about missing apes and collapsing stablecoins are indicative …
The 21st century will be make or break for humanity, says Oxford University transhumanist Elise Bohan. If we get it right, she thinks we might find something better Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast Ageing cured. Death conquered. Work ended. The human brain reverse-engineered by AI. Babies born outside …
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The robotic electric cabs will be restricted to less congested times and places until regulators can assess its safety California regulators on Thursday gave a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco, a first in a state where dozens of companies have been trying to train …
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US regulators investigating hundreds of reports that self-driving models 3 and Y have braked on highways More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to US safety regulators that cars operating on the automaker’s partially automated driving systems have suddenly stopped on roadways for no apparent reason. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed the number …
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Email to executives also calls for hiring freeze at electric car maker, which has 100,000 staff worldwide Elon Musk is considering a hiring freeze and job cuts of up to 10% of staff at Tesla because he has a “super bad feeling” about the state of the economy, according to an internal email seen by …
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This seductive sandbox attracts Washington lawyers and real-life rocket scientists to a safe space for virtual villainy As the roar of revellers reverberates around a rowdy Reykjavik, you would be forgiven for thinking this was an average Friday night. Yet among the bearded Icelanders quietly sipping their Einstök is a different kind of drinker: multiplayer …
The return of the hit zombie sequel topped the bill during online showcase, which also featured a new Final Fantasy 16 trailer The long-awaited remake of acclaimed zombie adventure Resident Evil 4 was the highlight of Sony’s State of Play online showcase on Thursday evening. The 2005 original marked a radical change in direction for …
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Ex-employee of the NFT marketplace, Nathaniel Chastain, charged with wire fraud and money laundering An ex-employee of the leading NFT marketplace has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering offences in a sign that US law enforcement will no longer turn a blind eye to the crypto economy. Nathaniel Chastain left his job as …
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