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Civilization VIIThe rules of Civilization remain the same in this long-standing strategy series, but Civilization VII is set to receive a much-needed update. With a release…
I In the summer of 2020, amidst the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic on economies worldwide, an overlooked American software company made a bold decision…
The Chinese government has responded to allegations linking Chinese government-supported attackers to the recent cyber breach at the U.S. Treasury Department, dismissing the accusations as “baseless.”The…
aIn recent years, affordable new electric family cars have become scarce in Europe, particularly those manufactured in the EU. Campaign group Transport and Environment reports that…
25 years ago on New Year’s Eve, concerns arose about the impact of the Millennium Bug on the modern world. The threat of computer systems crashing…
Feeling exhausted from writing dating profiles or swiping endlessly on dating apps? Wondering if dating apps are even worth it? Let a digital buddy handle the…
Britain’s Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has reached out to video-sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok, urging them to prioritize the promotion of high-quality educational content for…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that artificial intelligence (AI) tools have the ability to influence online viewers into making decisions, such as what…
2024 was the year of large-scale language models (LLMs), and 2025 looks set to be the year of AI “agents.” These are semi-intelligent systems that leverage…
DOhmscroll is the best thing for us. Algorithms across social platforms are finely tuned to serve content and posts that keep users locked up. Even when…
TThere's a lot to admire about America here. Some 200 years ago, the great French social observer Alexis de Tocqueville extolled the legacy of our Puritan…
A prominent British-Canadian computer scientist often referred to as the “godfather” of artificial intelligence has reduced the likelihood of AI causing the extinction of humanity in…
OpenAI has announced plans to reorganize its corporate structure in the coming year, noting that it will establish a public benefit corporation to oversee its expanding…
Being a freelance writer means that my daily routine can vary greatly. Some days, I have too much work to handle, while on other days, I…
I I feel as if I have lost days of my life to digital. I’m an extrovert, but the near-constant communication on WhatsApp can be exhausting.…
TAs my children grow up, it gets more challenging to involve them in Christmas and our old traditions. My youngest daughter, who was traveling, sent me…
This was supposed to be the year of Gen Z’s “summer of the kids,” inspired by Charli XCX’s hit album. The trend was chaotic and scrappy,…
II’m writing this from a room slowly orbiting the Earth. Behind a screen that floats in front of me, through a huge opening where a wall…
Hello. Welcome to Techscape. After enduring the recent impact of COVID-19, I’ve been reflecting on screen time and isolation. Just a few days of isolation and…
The Guardian’s investigation has found that OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool can be manipulated with hidden content, potentially returning malicious code from websites it searches. The Guardian’s…
aAt the end of an unmarked path on a small island on the edge of Stockholm's vast Baltic Sea archipelago, there is a small, unremarkable wooden…
The recent gathering between Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, and Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy was not just a meeting of Donald Trump supporters but a meeting…
Suthir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower, revealed that he played a role in training the artificial intelligence system powering ChatGPT. He later expressed concerns…
LIna Nielsen recalls the moment when inspiration struck. While lounging around the Olympic Village in Paris with her sprinting comrades, she felt bored. “I turned to…
W Jorge Rivera Herrans unveils some aspects of the Epic: Musical. Last Christmas, he managed to dethrone Taylor Swift from the number one spot on the…
aFirst, mysterious lights were spotted flashing across the New Jersey night sky in mid-November. These sightings then extended to New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and even as…
For Pope, it was the wrong kind of Madonna. The pop legend behind the ’80s anthem “Like a Prayer” has been at the center of controversy…
○On a recent Sunday afternoon in Nairobi’s upscale neighborhood, Daniel Badu had his headphones wrapped around his head, his elbow resting on a pillow, and he…
LLetters to Santa used to be filled with ideas from Argos catalogs and children’s TV ads, but for today’s kids who have grown up ‘swiping and…
Research from Harvard University published in the British Medical Journal shows that taxi and ambulance drivers have a lower risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease compared…
Enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence. Experts utilized this method to anticipate the scents emanating from whiskey and distinguish whether it was produced in the United…
F For over a decade, from the late ’80s to the early 21st century, Sega was one of the coolest video game companies on the planet.…
A computer scientist from Australia who falsely claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence after the High Court…
Elon Musk utilizes his social media platforms and threat to spend millions against Republicans in primaries to advocate for a bipartisan Congressional spending bill to keep…
IIf you own an Xbox and have some sense, you’ll probably be spending this Christmas playing the new Indiana Jones game. And perhaps feeling smug about…
a The third Sonic movie came out with a strong sense of inevitability, creating excitement among its core pre-teen fanbase. The Marvel Cinematic Universe could learn…
aDeserving winners – Balatro, Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio dominates the board – game award Last Thursday brought us many end-of-the-year announcements, like unexpected gifts under the…
Authors, publishers, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, and newspaper publishers have all opposed the Labor government’s proposal to create a copyright exemption for training algorithms by artificial intelligence…
The UK’s data protection regulator has condemned Google for enabling advertisers to track customers’ digital “fingerprints,” expressing concerns about the difficulty of blocking online surveillance technology…
Over 140 Facebook content moderators have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of being exposed to distressing social media content, including violent…