Tech company has signed on to nine deals as it aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040

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Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the Air now faces real competition

Apple’s latest MacBook Air is its most powerful yet, comes with double the starting storage and is better than ever for getting w

Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections

Ken, a copywriter for a large, Miami-based cybersecurity firm, used to enjoy his job. But then the “workslop” started piling up.

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Report finds Axel Rudakubana bypassed X age controls and likely viewed footage of Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing before carrying out UK attack

A major inquiry into the stabbing of three girls in the UK has detailed how a British teenager likely viewe

Just when parents thought they could decode teenage text speak, a new list comes along that raises more questions than answers

Name: Confusing text abbreviations.

Age: As old as texts themselves.

Elle Hunt on her month wearing Meta’s smart glasses and the privacy concerns around the technology

According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s AI-powered glasses are “personal super intelligence” that “let you stay present in the moment”.

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What’s it like to have a diary that talks back to you, offering comments and advice on your hopes, fears and lunch plans? I spent two months finding out

Ever since I was a teenager, I have kept some form of diary. These days I favour a paper one

Just as the industry is set to capitalize on country’s political and economic instability, president accused in $5m scheme

The Argentinian president, Javier Milei, is facing his lowest approval ratings since taking office in 2023 as newly publish

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TikTok users increasingly say the app has steered them toward diagnosing medical problems not yet identified

Malina Lee, a 31-year-old wedding baker based in San Antonio, Texas, joined TikTok during the Covid pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Like many

New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

In 2026, its easy to see why generative AI is bad. The internet has nicknamed its excretions “slop”. The CEOs of AI companies prance about on stage like supe

The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show increasing public disapproval of AI

OpenAI made a surprise announcement this week – not an update to ChatGPT or another multibillion-dollar datacenter – but a poli

The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investment

This week, the AI company Anthropic said it had created an AI model so powerful that, out of a sense of overwhelming responsibility,

Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal details

For a while you’ve been getting messages from Apple saying “your iCloud storage is full”. They say

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Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it

Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month. The friend, bassist Burniss Earl

Claude Mythos’s apparent superhuman hacking abilities are alarming experts as the Trump administration remains blinded by hostility

In June 2024, a cyber-attack on a pathology services company caused chaos across London’s hospitals. More than 10,

Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented

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As The Super Mario Galaxy Movie storms the box office, we look back at the best forgotten games inspired by Tetris, Lemmings and … vitamins?

It should be no surprise that the latest Super Mario movie is smashing box office records – despite the,

Fed chair Jerome Powell reportedly attends meeting in Washington following release of Claude Mythos

The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned major American bank chiefs to a meeting in Washington this week amid concerns over the cyber ri

Experts warn lapse could sharply reduce reports of abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021

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Thinktank says algorithms are fuelling isolation and division after analysing posts shown to social media users

Reform UK voters are the least likely to see posts from friends and family on social media and most likely to see content from brands

Company claims law regulating AI systems, set to go into effect in June, infringes on its first amendment rights

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over a new AI law set to take eff

These are the best USB chargers in the US to keep devices juiced up quickly and safely for all your tech needs

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Artificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation for putting landmark project on hold

OpenAI has put on hold plans for a landmark UK investment citing high energy costs and regulation, in a blow to the government which has p

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Housing corporations are adopting rainwater storage in garden fences, reducing pressure during downpours and preserving water for times of drought

Good fences make good neighbours – but rain fences could make even better ones.

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AI company says purpose of its Claude Mythos model is to bolster defenses against hacking in common applications

Anthropic on Tuesday said its yet-to-be-released artificial intelligence model called Claude Mythos has proven keenly adept at exposi

New York Times report claims London-born Adam Back is creator of the cryptocurrency after comparing writings

A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator

Our seasoned traveller braved obstacles and mud to put the best cabin bags to the test – from hard-shell to budget, wheeled to lightweight

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As real astronauts vanish behind the moon, games have long tried to evoke the fragile quiet of drifting through space

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Expert stresses importance of staying alert for unusual activity, as hackers could ‘take you to fake sites’

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Russian hackers are exploiting commonly sold internet routers to harvest informa

Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime

A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s f

Elon Musk’s aerospace to AI company will host summer event to try to convince buyers it is worth $2tn

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SpaceX will kick off the marketing for its highly anticipated stock exchange debut by hos

Scale AI gig workers describe desperation of using people’s personal profiles and copyrighted work to train AI

Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts, harvesting copyri

They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market

When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn’t find work for nearly a year, his family’s

Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining traction

It is not just Europe and the US that are grappling with a growing landscape

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%

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AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of work

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Hundreds of thousands of tech workers are facing a

Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny nation on Australia’s doorstep, raising concerns about global spread of online fraud industry

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Conservationists say move could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead

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Meta has just lost a multimillion-dollar legal battle over its failure to prevent children being sold on its platforms. Here’s how we uncovered evidence that became part of the case against it

It started with a tipoff. I was reporting on the traf

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This week’s replies: has a call for restraint from an authority figure ev

After forgetting the nibbles, refusing my costume requests and emailing GCHQ, ‘Gaskell’ did at least get us to show up

Two weeks ago, an AI bot invited me to a party it was organising in Manchester. It then promptly lied to dozens of potential sp

Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

Posting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many oth

Use of unmanned ground vehicles has grown exponentially since 2024 turning the war into a technological contest

Victor Pavlov showed off Ukraine’s newest and most versatile weapon: a battery-powered land robot.

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Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns

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Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money after board was reminded of legal duties by watchdog

The UK’s leading AI research institute has been told to make “significant” changes by its main source of t

From a subtle Princess Peach lip jelly to a Yoshi egg that’s been traumatising children, the cosmetic chain’s latest tie-in is out of this world

When The Super Mario Bros Movie came out in 2023, it came with a rather unlikely tie-in: a range of s

At a time when the populist right is on the rise, progressives are shooting blanks while history rushes headlong into an automated future

Canberra rolled out the red carpet this week to one of the AI overlords whose technology is driving the worl