Revenue at Amazon Web Services increases to $25bn as retail giant releases earnings report surpassing Wall Street expectations Amazon profits soared once again in the first quarter of 2024, the...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/30/amazon-sales-report-ai
Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as CEO of the crypto trading company last year Changpeng Zhao, the former head of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading company, was senten...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/30/binance-founder-sentenced-money-laundering
The Chicago Tribune, Denver Post and others file suit saying the tech companies ‘purloin millions’ of articles without permission A group of eight US newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenA...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/30/us-newspaper-openai-lawsuit
Children should be banned from most social media until 18 amid attempts to ‘monetise’ them, says Macron-commissioned study Children should not be allowed to use smartphones until they are 1...
Action against Facebook owner comes amid concerns about how it is dealing with fake news EU to investigate Meta over misinformation before June polls Fears that Vladimir Putin is trying to fil...
In 2021, the web felt dead because algorithms were driving people to act like robots. Now, the robots are posting like people • DON’T GET TECHSCAPE DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX? SIGN UP FOR THE ...
RACHEL COSTER’S TIKTOK SHOW, WHICH DOCUMENTS THE EXTREMELY MESSY DWELLING SPACES OF NEW YORK’S YOUNG MEN, HAS CLEARLY STRUCK A NERVE Snowboarding boots on the kitchen table. A steering whee...
Justices reject appeal from CEO, who said requirement amounts to ‘prior restraint’ on his speech in violation of first amendment The supreme court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Mus...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/elon-musk-tweet-tesla-lawyer
Under deal, ChatGPT users will receive summaries and quotes from Financial Times content and links to articles The Financial Times has struck a deal with the ChatGPT developer OpenAI that allow...
The writer and podcaster has made a career from dissecting the lore of 2010s memes – many of which she shares here Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email My adolescence can be bookmarke...
Deal to use mapping data from web search giant Baidu is a big step towards launching driver assistance tech in world’s biggest car market Elon Musk’s visit to China has reportedly reaped im...
Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminals Tech that comes with weak passwords such as “admin” or “12345” will be ban...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-uk
The effectiveness of Tinder and Hinge is hard to judge without access to their data. But now researchers are creating a free alternative with full transparency A class-action lawsuit filed in ...
Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests previously finished past her bedtime A girl scored a win at one of Japan’s top fighting video game contests,...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/28/schoolgirl-win-japanese-gamer-event-evo-japan
The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people’s concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacy It’s almost enough to make you st...
EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary Elon Musk became the world’s richest man by evangelising about electric cars – and deliverin...
It may have looked like something you’d see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I kno...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/26/my-undying-love-for-the-painfully-uncool-amiga
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 • DON’T GET PUSHING BUTTONS DEL...
PC, PS4/5, Xbox; 2K Games Whether you’re playing as a real-life pro or your own wacky avatar, this subtly calibrated title will have you perfecting your lobs and dropshots for hours Tennis is...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/24/topspin-2k25-review-tennis-sim
Harry Daniels’s TikToks of him singing awkwardly at stars alternate between trolling and displays of love for celebrities – but how does he do it? Billie Eilish has run from him. Doja Cat ...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/24/harry-daniels-tiktok-singing-celebrities
The head of the company’s gaming subscription service explains its priorities as it anticipates the Vision Pro revolution, and tries to bring originality to a market still dominated by free to ...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/23/apple-arcade-future-alex-rofman-interview
In this week’s newsletter: While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on. Plus, how a ban in the US could change TikTok ev...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/23/techscape-apple-app-store-china-tiktok-meta-llama
As one of the largest ‘training’ datasets has been found to contain child sexual abuse material, can bans on creating such imagery be feasible? Child abusers are creating AI-generated “de...
The handheld console introduced millions to the joy of video games, and remains one of the best-selling consoles ever On April 21, 1989, Nintendo released a chunky grey game-playing rectangle t...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/21/the-game-boy-at-35-a-portal-to-other-magical-worlds
Recall represents another ‘black eye’ for the company, which saw its share prices fall this week, wiping away all its gains this year Tesla recalled all Cybertrucks Friday after federal saf...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/20/cybertruck-failures-tesla-elon-musk
Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christopher Wray Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infra...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/fbi-china-hack-infrastructure
Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget buds winners The tech firm Nothing’s latest set of cut-price Bluetooth earbuds offer great sound and noise...
Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots, then by having their own words become AI-ese. Plus, new AI gadgets are coming for your smartphones �...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape-ai-gadgest-humane-ai-pin-chatgpt
If the experience of robot-served fast-food dining is any indication, the future of sex robots is going to be very unpleasant On 1 April, the same day California’s new $20 hourly minimum wage...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/15/ai-burger-joint-flippy-caliexpress
Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve got On 6 April, Maryland became the first state in the US to pass a �...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/15/online-child-safety-bills-big-tech
Reesa Teesa chronicled how she ‘met, dated, married and divorced’ a ‘pathological liar’, leaving viewers obsessed April Reign watched all 50 parts of the viral TikTok series, Who TF Did...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/13/tiktok-who-tf-did-i-marry-reesa-teesa
Repairable electronics pioneer shows noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds do not have to be disposable Fairphone, the repairable and ethical electronics pioneer, is back with a pair of some of th...
Quality earbuds with improved Bluetooth, great battery life, good controls and future-proofed tech Sennheiser’s latest high-end earbuds aim to retake the crown as the best-sounding noise-canc...
Faster chip, tremendous battery life, premium touch points and a price cut make the best even better Apple’s latest MacBook Air adds more power to an already potent package while maintaining ...
In discovering malicious code that endangered global networks in open-source software, Andres Freund exposed our reliance on insecure, volunteer-maintained tech On Good Friday, a Microsoft engi...
Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate China will attempt to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India th...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/05/china-using-ai-disrupt-elections
Researchers have created fibre-based electronics that use the human body to power T-shirts that display changing messages Whether it is a T-shirt that can display changing messages or a carpet ...
AI is not only scarily expensive to run, it is also antithetical to the advertising that is Google’s bread and butter Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say Goo...
Federal report says ‘cascade of errors’ by tech giant let Chinese operators break into senior government officials’ email accounts In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/03/microsoft-errors-security-chinese-hack
A minister, political advisers and journalists were among those who received potentially compromising messages over six-month period More than a dozen politicians, advisers and journalists have...
Portable AI-powered devices that connect directly to a chatbot without the need for apps or a touchscreen are set to hit the market. Are they the emperor’s new clothes or a gamechanger? Imagi...
Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Beijing With the announcement that the UK government would be imposing sanctions on tw...
A secret history of machine intelligence, from 14th-century horoscopes to 1930s ‘plot genies’ for coming up with storylines Hark. The end is nigh. “In the industrial age, automation came ...
New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber-attacks Politicians, journalists and critics of Beijing were among those tar...
My husband, Derek Shaw, who has died aged 83, worked throughout his professional life in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a technology which has since become central to...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/27/derek-shaw-obituary
Cyber-attack by Inc Ransom yielded data on at least a ‘small number’ of patients, health board says A hacker group is in possession of at least a “small number” of patients’ data afte...
In the near future humanity is doomed and our options are being determined by AI simulation – unfortunately for us, the AI doesn’t seem particularly bothered if we survive This intriguing s...
Sasha Issenberg considers attempts to distort electoral reality on both sides of the great American divide Most of Joe Biden’s past supporters see him as too old . An 81-year-old president wi...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/09/the-lie-detectives-review-sasha-issenberg
Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the money London-based tech firm Nothing’s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone...
The journalist and podcaster has been scrutinising Silicon Valley for decades, knows all the big players – and once believed that tech could save the world. But that was before greed and ego go...
Fairshake Pac spends millions opposing progressive Senate candidate known for tough stance on crypto industry A Super Pac backed by the crypto industry has spent $10m on ads opposing Katie Port...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/01/crypto-super-pac-katie-porter-attack-ads
Super-premium phone-tablet is the thinnest and lightest ‘folder’ yet – but compromises on camera Honor’s Magic V2 is the best designed folding phone-tablet yet. It feels just like a reg...
Morning, noon and night, it’s there, whirring and whirling around. It’s so industrious I feel simultaneously scared and shamed In domestic news, an issue has arisen with the robot vacuum cl...