Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthFor the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to genera…
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Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs
Xbox consoles now cost significantly more in the UK, with one model increasing in price by 43%.
Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
Investors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakersEven for the rolle…
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then de…
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industryOver the pa…
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun an…
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New technologies measuring forests and exclusive access to a hacker rehab programme.
The best cordless vacuum cleaners for a spotless home: 10 tried and tested favourites
Stick vacuums are a convenient alternative to corded designs, but which model wins for overall cleaning prowess? Our e…
A self-emptying, frictionless marvel: Shark PowerDetect Speed Clean and Empty Pet Pro review
Shark’s cordless vacuum is a whiz at cleaning hard floors and pet hair, but a disarmingly short battery life caught ou…
What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse
The academic’s ambitious guide to the ethics of tech falls short of its promise to provide meaningful answersThe AI et…
When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer
Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs backFol…
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willin…