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‘GT Sophy’ honed tactics and technique to beat 95% of human players of Playstation game after two days Having thrashed mortal champions at poker, chess, Go, and Starcraft, an artificial intelligence program has delivered another humiliation, leaving the world’s best video game racing drivers in the dust. Researchers at Sony trained an AI called GT …

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Ultra leads top-end phone line with S22 and Plus models, part-made from recycled plastic and fishing nets Samsung’s latest Android combines its Galaxy S and Note into one stylus-equipped superphone, which leads a new line of top-end S22 smartphones part-made from recycled plastic and fishing nets. Announced on Wednesday as part of its Unpacked livestreaming …

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Britain, the US and Australia point to growth in ‘sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents’ There have been further increases in “sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents” coming from Russia and other former Soviet states during 2021, Britain, the US and Australia said in a joint review of cyber-extortion trends. Universities and schools were one of the top sectors …

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Kryptovault’s operation is part of a fightback against criticism of the famously energy-intensive industry A line of large blue skips full of chopped wood sit at the back of a site belonging to Norway’s biggest bitcoin mining operation, a 5,000 sq metre warehouse on the outskirts of Hønefoss, a small town 40 miles west of …

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Social network users may be asked to submit passport or credit card details under plans outlined by ministers Reddit and Twitter users in the UK could be required to submit details of their passport or credit card as part of the government’s proposed age verification rules for pornography. The two sites are among the few …

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A hashtag relating to the death of man employed at video platform Bilibili has been viewed hundreds of millions of times but company denies claims he was overworked Claims that another Chinese tech worker has died after excessive overtime has reignited debate over the industry’s “996 culture”. The company denied that it overworked the employee, …

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Ursula von der Leyen says chips are ‘bedrock of our modern economies’ but the pandemic has exposed supply vulnerabilities The European Union has announced a €43bn ($48bn) plan to overcome its dependency on Asian computer chip makers as governments and businesses around the world battle with a global supply chain crisis that experts believe could …

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Husband and wife, a rapper on TikTok, are accused in the US’s biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft case The US justice department has announced the unraveling of its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft case, seizing a record-shattering $3.6bn in bitcoin tied to the 2016 hack of digital currency exchange Bitfinex. A husband-and-wife team of alleged money launderers was arrested …

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Exclusive: support for pledge on congestion and pollution as company unveils plans to expand zero-emission services Uber has swung its weight behind proposals from the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, for more road charges as it unveiled plans to expand zero-emission cab services. The ride-hailing firm said it had more than doubled the number of electric …

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Oversight Board of Meta recommends exception to privacy rules should be removed Facebook and Instagram should tighten privacy rules to protect against the revealing of private residential addresses and images online, known as doxxing, according to the independent body that decides if content should be on the social media platforms. The Oversight Board of Meta, …

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