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‘Disgustingly educated’: will this trend make you cleverer?1:25 Social media is filling up with influencers telling us how to become much more intellectual. A great, enriching idea – or just another cue to show off? Name: Disgustingly educated. Age: About 18 months. Continue reading... How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?17:59 Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins here In the last 15 years, a linked series of unprecedented technologies have changed the experience of personhood across most of the world. It is estimated that nearly 70% of the human population of the Earth currently possesses a smartphone , and these devices constitute about 95% of internet access-points on the planet. Globally, on average, people seem to spend close to half their waking hours lo… I tested the best US pizza makers costing $129 to $2,800. Here's what was worth the price17:27 I spent weeks testing popular at-home pizza tools. Here’s what I found was worth the money, no matter your budget Far from ‘upcharged grape juice’: the 13 best nonalcoholic wines in the US Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things It’s never been easier to make pizza at home. And today’s pizza-making gear is more capable and approachable than you might… A beginner’s guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing16:55 Embark Studios’ multiplayer extraction shooter game has already sold 12m copies in just three months. Will it capture you too? Released last October Arc Raiders has swiftly become one of the most successful online shooters in the world, shifting 12m copies in barely three months and attracting as many players as established mega hits such as Counter-Strike 2 and Apex Legends. So what is it about … Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’9:25 His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was If some time in an entirely possible future they come to make a movie about “how the AI bubble burst”, Ed Zitron will doubtless be a main character. He’s the perfect outsider figure: the eccentric loner who saw all this… More than 60 Labour MPs urge Starmer to back under-16s social media ban9:25 Exclusive: Letter signed by figures on right and left of party says UK should follow Australia’s example by enacting ban More than 60 Labour MPs have written to Keir Starmer urging him to back a social media ban for under-16s, with peers due to vote on the issue this week. The MPs, who include select committee chairs, former frontbenchers and MPs from the right and left of the party, are looking … AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow9:25 AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots I am a science-fiction writer, which means that my job is to make up futuristic parables about our current techno-social arrangements to interrogate not just what a gadget does , but who it does it for , and who it does it to. What I do not do is predict the … Readers reply: should speed cameras be hidden?18.ledna The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts • This week’s question: How can we learn from unrequited love? What’s the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance – then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK governme… ‘Still here!’: X’s Grok AI tool accessible in Malaysia despite ban18.ledna Experts warn use of VPNs makes it hard to limit access to technology that can create nonconsensual explicit images Days after Malaysia made global headlines by announcing it would temporarily ban Grok over its ability to generate “grossly offensive and nonconsensual manipulated images”, the generative AI tool was conversing breezily with accounts registered in the country. “Still here! That DNS b… ‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward17.ledna Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI Will the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer. The figures are staggering: an estimated $2.9tn (£2.2tn) being spent on dat… He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?17.ledna How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly consequences Tiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out plans for distance learning after a Covid outbreak at … Prominent PR firm accused of commissioning favourable changes to Wikipedia pages16.ledna Portland Communications, founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief, linked to so-called black hat edits A high-profile PR company founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief has been accused of commissioning changes to Wikipedia pages to make them more favourable towards clients. Portland Communications, founded by Tim Allan , has been linked to the so-called black hat edits, sometimes re… ‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character16.ledna The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the protagonist – and how players have grown to love Nate as he struggles up a mountain “I don’t know why he is in a onesie and has a big ass,” shrugs game developer Gabe Cuzzillo. “Bennett just came in with that at some point.” “I thought it would be cute,” replies Bennett Foddy, who was formerly Cuzzillo’s professor at… Commodore 64 Ultimate review – it’s like 1982 all over again!15.ledna Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches The emotional hit was something I didn’t expect, although perhaps I should have. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, a new version of the legendary 8-bit computer, comes in a box designed to resemble the original packaging – a photo of the… What’s behind the phenomenon of ‘gamer brain’14.ledna If you’ve ever refused to knock down a game’s difficulty level, or chased a purposefully pointless achievement, you might have this pernicious but pleasurable affliction • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Studies on gaming’s effect on the brain usually focus on aggression or the cognitive benefits of playing games. The former topic has fallen out of fashion now, aft… |
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