The Guardian
The Elden Ring creator is known for epic single-player RPGs, but its new action game is all about multiplayer interactions: fighting, chasing, befriending, even … proposing?Lowanro City's skyline is dominated by an oppressive clock tower, silhouetted against a moody red sky and an impossibly lar...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 2:00 pm
The Guardian
Despite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company - or unable to remove the original camerasActivists in Colorado thought they would be celebrating a victory against mass surveillance in December when the Longmont city council decided t...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 1:00 pm
BBC
Richard Haldenby says his average monthly bill for Harvest had risen from $130 (£95.50) to $2,110.
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 9:44 am
The Guardian
'Emma' the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm - but health watchdog says system struggling with local 'twangs'Patients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by an AI GP receptionist not understanding their "broad accents", a health watchdog has said.Healthwatch Rotherha...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 9:25 am
The Guardian
It's simple, says the SpaceX boss - according to something called the 'Kardashev scale', we just have to move energy production 'off-planet'Next time the weather gives the UK 61 days without rain and we wonder idly if this is the end, there is a term we may whistle up to soothe us. Like ...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 7:00 am
The Guardian
For most of modern history, technology sought to imitate humans. Humans increasingly seek to imitate technologyTwo faces that appeared on my Instagram feed in recent months gave me pause. One belonged to John Travolta at Cannes. The other to Carla Bruni on a date night with her husband, former Frenc...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 4:00 am
The Guardian
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to 'help edit' an article about some of her students being 'five to eight years' behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a "severe" math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard, admitt...
Posted on 20 August 2026 | 12:35 am
The Guardian
Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products' potential harm to childrenMeta has taken a "don't ask, don't tell" strategy when it comes to the safety of children on its social media platforms, according to a whistleblower who testified during a ...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 9:30 pm
BBC
According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request the number of letters sent has almost tripled since 2024.
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 4:14 pm
BBC
The digital bank said all of its services were now "back up and running"
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 4:04 pm
The Guardian
Regulator says verifiable safety measures are 'critical' to the online service's viabilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRoblox has committed to making changes to its online gaming platform after Australia's eS...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 3:00 pm
The Guardian
After their hit Untitled Goose Game, Australian studio House House is back with a new game where your only goal is to go exploring with friends - so we took them on a big walk inside Big WalkWhen I arrive to meet with the tiny team at Melbourne game developer House House, they're sitting in a ci...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 3:00 pm
The Guardian
People say they've been secretly filmed in their own homes, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy?"I've had one person who told me that their intentions were creepy," a man tells me over a video call, on condition of ano...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 2:13 pm
The Guardian
As gaming's biggest publishers retreat into safer bets, a new generation of independents are building an alternative from the ground up• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDuring the 1990s, a new strata of independent film studios and distributors revitalised the Ho...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 11:50 am
BBC
The ChatGPT-maker said training will be slowed for two weeks while it puts the upgrades in place.
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 11:19 am
The Guardian
A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fireFor the last four years, Erin Kistler has applied for thousands of jobs at companies like Paypal, Microsoft and Netflix, only to find her résumé disappear into a black hole. A product manag...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 11:00 am
The Guardian
Human by day, vampire by night, Coen has difficult choices to make - beginning here in the 1300s, his adventure could span centuries in upcoming sequelsThe Blood of Dawnwalker could be the start of an epic saga. Created by some of the talent behind The Witcher 3, this dark fantasy role-playing gam...
Posted on 19 August 2026 | 9:00 am
BBC
The war in Ukraine has spurred people to consider putting vital infrastructure underground.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 11:25 pm
BBC
Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states started.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 10:11 pm
The Guardian
Amid race with Anthropic, firm plans to overhaul research and training and require more safety parameters after hackOpenAI on Tuesday said it had slowed down the pace of its AI development while it overhauled its research and training systems.The company's researchers were caught...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 8:47 pm
BBC
Vapour trails from aircraft contribute to warming in the atmosphere.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 8:00 pm
The Guardian
Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta's platforms were addictive by designIn 1994, more than 40 US states came together to sue one of the most powerful industries on Earth: big tobacco.The suits brought together diverse claims centred on tobacco companies' misleading adve...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 6:27 pm
The Guardian
Patrons at two of the chain's London pubs were all for Tim Martin's ban on playing music or taking calls on speakerThe terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in Leicester Square was full of people enjoying the warm weather and chatting between tables - without a TikTok video or speak...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 5:32 pm
The Guardian
Teen version is intended for children aged 13 to 17 and includes content protections on self-harm and sexual chatsOpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers - the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence - who are already using it for schoolwork, questions ab...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 3:28 pm
The Guardian
Tech Transparency Project's report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety featuresIn July 2025, Meta gathered parenting influencers from all over Australia at a waterfront venue overlooking the Sydney Opera House. It was a camping-t...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 1:00 pm
The Guardian
Sonic's creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of 'attitude in the face of adversity'One day in the early 1990s, I came home from university for the weekend and discovered that my dad had bought himself a Sega Mega Drive, bundled wit...
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 11:30 am
BBC
OpenAI insisted this was not in response to a particular issue with children believing ChatGPT to be alive.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 11:26 am
BBC
A new UK trial hopes to reduce the condensation trails from planes, which can trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 9:26 am
BBC
US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.
Posted on 18 August 2026 | 9:00 am
The Guardian
Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulationThe world is familiar by now with the usual tropes of machine-generated text: overuse of the word "delve", an excess of em dashes, and the chirpy, relentless construction of "it's not X but Y�...
Posted on 17 August 2026 | 4:52 pm