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  • An illustration of a heart made of jigsaw pieces, with a missing piece and a hand holding a smartphone

    ‘The science isn’t there’
    Do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

    The effectiveness of Tinder and Hinge are hard to judge without access to their data. But now researchers are creating a free alternative with full transparency
  • Workers remove letters from the Twitter sign in San Francisco

    The demise of Twitter
    How a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’

  • Liz Bonnin stands in front of wood panelling, framed by tall plants.

    Artificial intelligence
    BBC presenter’s likeness used in advert after firm tricked by AI-generated voice

  • The philosopher Nick Bostrom in Oxford

    ‘Eugenics on steroids’
    The toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

  • A view of a computer screen mounted on a dashboard, seen in a car at night.

    Tesla
    Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

  • shoes and children's clothes on the ground alongside a child holding a large Palestinian flag

    Google
    Workers accuse company of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest

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News

  • Elon Musk gets out of a dark Tesla vehicle

    Elon Musk makes unannounced visit to China

  • a stream of fire erupts from a flamethrower atop a robot dog in what appears to be a wooded area, which is in no way concerning at all

    Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator

  • Black sign with TikTok logo in front of bushes and building windows

    ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say

  • Microsoft logo on black background

    Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in latest quarter

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  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure

  • John Naughton

    One engineer’s curiosity may have saved us from a devastating cyber-attack

    John Naughton
    • China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns

    • US reprimands Microsoft for security failures that allowed Chinese hack

    • At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack

    • Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking

    • Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?

    • Hackers obtain patient data from NHS Dumfries and Galloway

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Spotlight

  • Piers Garrett with an old phone. London, 26/4/24

    The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

  • three side by side images of apartment photos that might be seen on social media, with captions advertising rooms with disclaimers like "must be ok with rabbits", "must be ok with five other housemates if anyone asks please say you are my cousin visiting on a foreign exchange program", "very cheap deal as long as you can water my plants and do my laundry"

    ‘Must love dogs and rude roommates’: the scramble to get around New York’s Airbnb crackdown

  • Matt Hicks, the star of I Wanna Marry Harry and very much not Prince Harry.

    Best podcasts of the week: The reality show that duped women into falling for a fake Prince Harry

  • Looty’s Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor in front of the Benin brass plaques at the British Museum, London.

    ‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone

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Opinion & analysis

  • 3D rendering of the head and face of a child robot against a futuristic space background in pink and blue.

    Can AI image generators be policed to prevent explicit deepfakes of children?

  • A gun-metal gray, space-age-looking, boxy car.

    What the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for Tesla

  • Reesa Teesa filmed a 50-part series describing her ordeal after meeting a man she calls ‘Legion’.

    Who TF Did I Marry captivated millions. What made the TikTok series so relatable?

    Lottie L Joiner
  • Google logo and the words ‘artificial Intelligence’

    If costs force Google to charge for AI, competitors will cheer

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  • Children playing the OG Game Boy in 1989.

    Pushing Buttons: readers’ memories of the game-changing Game Boy at 35

    The little grey box – 35 years old this month – has kept you going, helped you through grief and long journeys, and been your companion through childhood
  • Top Spin 2K25 video game screenshot

    TopSpin 2K25 review – game, set and match to an engrossing tennis sim

  • Hangzhou Opens First Hello Kitty Theme Restaurant<br>HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 29: Two girls chat at a Hello Kitty theme restaurant on June 29, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A Hello Kitty theme restaurant was authorized opened firstly in Hangzhou. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade?

  • The original 1989 Nintendo Game Boy

    The Game Boy at 35: a portal to other magical worlds

  • Kyle MacLachlan stands at a podium with a microphone against a hazy orange background

    Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream

  • Monument Valley 2.

    ‘I was trying to create the sound of a really warm hug’: the poignant story behind Monument Valley 2’s music

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  • A woman wearing augmented-reality goggles, touching the 'screen' at the foreground of the image

    Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion?

  • Derek Shaw

    Derek Shaw obituary

  • American tech journalist and author Kara Swisher, known for her newly released "Burn Book," poses for a portrait in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

    ‘Musk needs to be adored … Zuckerberg is out of his depth’: Kara Swisher on the toxic giants of Big Tech

  • woman speaking at a lectern

    Crypto Super Pac spends $10m on Katie Porter attack ads in California race

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Reviews

  • Nothing Ear a review earbuds visible through the transparent lid of their charging case on a table.

    Nothing Ear (a) review: cheaper, smaller, longer-lasting earbuds

  • Fairphone Fairbuds review earbuds sitting on top of their charging case.

    Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceable batteries

    • Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 review: best-sounding noise-cancelling earbuds

    • Apple MacBook Air M3 review: the laptop to beat

    • Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen review – the deep roots of AI

    • A Million Days review – low-budget sci-fi thriller asks if we should trust AI with our survival

    • The Lie Detectives: Trump, US politics and the disinformation damage done

    • Nothing Phone 2a review: a standout budget Android

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Devices

  • A jumper displaying an electronic message

    Wearables
    Wearable tech: how the human body can help power the future of smart textiles

  • Piers Garrett with an old phone. London, 26/4/24

    Smartphones
    The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

  • The inside tablet screen of the Honor Magic V2.

    Tablets
    Honor Magic V2 review: exquisite hardware let down by software

  • Emma Beddington

    Internet of things
    I am being terrorised by my robot vacuum cleaner

    Emma Beddington

In depth

  • Harry Daniels and Dua Lipa.

    ‘I may be a troll but I’m not stupid’: super-stan Harry Daniels on singing loudly at Biden, Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour for clout

    • The text AI assistants spit out is ineffably generated … ChatGPT.

      TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English

    • A robot-powered fast food kitchen.

      ‘Eat the future, pay with your face’: my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

    • a child uses a laptop

      Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills

    • neopets

      How Neopets’ nostalgic revival tripled users in six months

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