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Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters19:29 Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on the construction of new datacenters. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the temporary ban on Tuesday. A major tech hub whose metro area is home to Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle is the largest US city to have passed such a moratori… Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after police AI facial recognition error18:58 Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away, and charges were later dropped Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Florida man is suing several law enforcement agencies for his arrest and prosecution for allegedly luring a child after he was wrongly identified using faulty AI facial recognition software. According to the Jacksonville Beach police depar… Eight trends I’ve noticed from watching hour of livestreams from Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and more14:41 From horror galore to Chinese action games and YRK nostalgia, the key trends, trailers and surprises from the Summer Game Fest • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Did you spend hours of your weekend watching a relentless series of video game adverts? No? I don’t blame you – Summer Game Fest, the collection of livestreams that has arisen in place of the giant annual E… They expect you to die! The history of James Bond video games, from the good to the bad to the downright ugly13:37 Interactive takes on MI6’s globetrotting spy have been around almost as long as the films, but that doesn’t mean all of them were a success. Here’s 007’s chequered past of hits, flops and oddities ‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond Bond finally arrived in an official video game capacity in 1984, courtesy of Parker Brothers. The game grouped sev… ‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond13:37 As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture’s most sought-after role – and how he’s taking 007 back to basics They expect you to die! The history of Bond in video games, from the good to the bad Is any acting gig more contested than James Bond? Each week seems to bring a din of audition speculation so loud that it must be exhausting f… Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette11:28 What about using voice notes, or calling someone totally unannounced? Experts give their verdict on how to use your phone without causing offence It is not news that many of us are addicted to our phones and nor is it a revelation that inconsiderate public behaviour now appears to be the norm, but when the two collide it can cause anger. Last week, at the end of a performance of the drama Inter A… Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules9:50 Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict was told that the abuse did not breach the rules of Elon Musk’s platform. Apple Peiqing Ni, the 27-year-old founder of the UK-based China Dissent Network, had been advised by UK police to complain to the US-headquartered platform after she was t… Anthropic releases ‘safe’ version of Claude Mythos AI model to public10.června AI company restricted access to Fable 5, its most powerful Mythos model, for months over cybersecurity concerns Anthropic , the maker of the Claude artificial intelligence ( AI ) models, made a new version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas. Dubbed Fable 5, the model is the first to be made widely available from the company’s … Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 1010.června US embassy came out against UK’s proposed under-16 social media ban, which would affect American firms White House displeasure over the prospect of an under-16 social media ban will not deter the UK from cracking down on tech platforms, the British government has said. The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, told the Guardian she was not concerned “in the slightest” by the Trump administration’s i… Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask actually help you snooze better? I tested to find out10.června Bluetooth sleep masks block out light and let you stream audio. I spent weeks testing some of the top-rated ones on the market The best sleep masks in the US: I spent nine weeks testing 32 masks, and these are my favorites Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things My sister has fallen asleep to the dulcet tones of Law & Order every night for years. I m… Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread9.června Governor urges people to report videos on X that falsely show the men clashing in the Question Time studio The Bank of England has warned the public against falling for AI-generated scams after deepfake videos of Nigel Farage fighting its governor spread online. Andrew Bailey, the head of the BoE, said AI-generated content related to central banks was spreading and urged people to be “vigilant”. … Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract9.června US spy-tech company to challenge London mayor’s intervention after he raised concerns over breach of procurement rules Palantir intends to sue the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, after he blocked a contract between the US spy-tech firm and the Metropolitan police. The Met had planned to use Palantir’s software to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, until Khan intervened in late M… Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says9.června Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said. In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts” by NSO Group, which a spokesperson said targeted a handful of… All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth9.června Also: Anthropic advocates for a ‘pause’ on AI advancement – days after filing to go public on the US stock market Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the US tech editor at the Guardian. Today we’re discussing Donald Trump’s neediness for AI and the contradictions of Anthropic’s safety-first posture. OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock … Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns9.června Medical Protection Society calls for law to be overhauled to help medics avoid liability for errors made by technology Doctors and the NHS could be sued for medical negligence over mistakes made by artificial intelligence tools used in diagnosing patients and suggesting their treatment, ministers are being warned. Under the law as it stands, medics and the health service can be held liable for pa… |
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