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Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip

Google reveals new quantum chip

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Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years It measures just 4cm squared but it possesses almost inconceivable speed. Google has built a computing chip that takes just five minutes to complete tasks that would take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years for some of the world’s fastest conventional computers to complete. Continue readin

Marvel Rivals review – discomfitingly slick hero shooter makes you worry about gaming’s future

Hawkeye joins Marvel Rivals launch

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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; NetEase Games It’s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it’s well-made and fun to play – but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste The history of video games is, to an extent, a history of subtle iterations of other people’s ideas. The interstellar success of Taito’s Space Invaders spawned the entire shoot-’em-up genre, with title

Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle

Oxford names Brain Rot 2024

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‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter If you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words “ skibidi toilet ” into YouTube. The 11-second video features an animated human head protruding from a toilet bowl while singing the nonsensical lyr

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Tesla lobbied UK to strengthen rules on carbon emissions from cars and lorries

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Elon Musk carmaker pushed for British government to introduce rules for HGVs, as it readies Semi truck Tesla lobbied the UK government to strengthen rules on carbon emissions from cars and lorries, according to documents that also show the electric carmaker continued to push for increased taxes on fossil fuel cars. The US carmaker, which is run by Elon Musk, pushed for the British government to s

‘What does AI mean?’: Amazon reveals UK’s most asked Alexa questions of 2024

Alexa's most popular queries 2024

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From football to food to Taylor Swift, many of the most common subjects were what you expect – but others less so Virtual assistant units have become a staple in many UK households, telling people whether it is expected to rain, what the time is, and what the result in the football was. Among the most common used is Alexa, whose parent company Amazon has released the top questions and requests gi

OpenAI makes AI video generator Sora publicly available in US

OpenAI to launch Sora soon

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Firm announces tool that can create AI video clip based on user’s written prompts will be available to anyone in the US Anyone in the US can now use OpenAI’s artificial intelligence video generator, Sora , which the company announced on Monday would become publicly available. OpenAI first presented Sora in February , but it was only accessible to select artists, film-makers and safety testers. At

Nvidia shares fall as China launches antitrust investigation into company

China probes Nvidia for antitrust violations

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Tech corporation suspected of violating anti-monopoly law after Washington’s latest curbs on Chinese chip sector China said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, in a move widely seen as a retaliatory shot against Washington’s latest curbs on the Chinese chip sector. The statement from the State Administration for Mark

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review – whip-smart, fascist-fighting, open-world adventuring

Indiana Jones game launches December 9

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The archeologist heads to Vatican City and the Egyptian Pyramids in this unconventional blockbuster, for lots of cleverly designed stealth, combat and puzzle-solving fun Making an Indiana Jones game today seems like a straightforward endeavour: you take Uncharted’s Nathan Drake , send him back in time 80-odd years, give him a fedora and a bullwhip and sit back and watch the golden idols roll in.

Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting

Grand Theft Hamlet blends Shakespeare and gaming

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In a hilarious and surreal documentary, two out-of-work actors decide to stage the tragedy within Los Santos with dreamlike and fascinating results A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed; hilarious, surreal and, yes, in its weird way, genuinely exciting. This could be a Marat/Sade for the 21st century. During the lockdown, two out-of-work actors called Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen were (remotely

How do you save a dying mobile game? Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has the answer

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The mortality rate for such games is high when developers stop updating them. But when Nintendo killed off Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, it found a novel way to extend its life – and now it’s even better At some point, most mobile games die. Apple’s iOS software updates have killed thousands of App Store games over the years: older games simply disappear, unless their developers make them compati

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‘It feels like admin’: why are people falling out of love with dating apps?

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About 1.4 million people have left online dating in the past year as experts say users see it as a chore rather than social activity About 1.4 million people in the UK have left the online dating scene in the past 12 months, but is that a sign that the apps don’t work or that people are turning away from dating altogether? Ofcom’s 2024 Online Nation report shows that dating app use declined signi

Facebook UK cut 700 staff and reduced tax bill last year, accounts show

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10% of Facebook’s UK workforce was axed while revenue fell slightly but pre-tax profits rose despite advertising slowdown Facebook cut more than 700 employees in the UK last year at a cost of £79m, after parent company Meta embarked on its first ever round of redundancies as part of a global cost-cutting drive to offset a disastrous collapse in revenues. The company – which is one of the most val

‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

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Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts When the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira’s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely a month old, and showed signs of underfeeding. The parrots – along with a pair of y

Lord of the ringtones: Nokia celebrates pop-culture status by opening design archive

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The mobile phones we loved then lost are honoured by an online archive which reveals history of bestselling brand “Everyone remembers their first Nokia,” says Mark Mason, who joined the telecoms company’s design team back in its 1990s heyday. “When you say the name, it evokes a memory.” This is not as hyperbolic as it sounds – in 1998, the Finnish consumer electronics company was the bestselling

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