Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy
Social media users get around government crackdown on negativity via US embassy conservation update
AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79
Researchers used AI to read letters on papyrus scroll damaged by the blast of heat, ash and pumice that destroyed Pompeii
My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also changed my life
Two months after Rhik Samadder ended his phone detox, he realises some of its lessons actually stuck with him
Houthis may sabotage western internet cables in Red Sea, Yemen telecoms firms warn
UN-recognised government and telecoms firms speak of threat to digital infrastructure, with some cables lying 100m below surface
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: the Swiss army knife of phones, now with AI
Titanium superphone has serious speed, battery life and unrivalled camera zoom but is ultra-priced
Dagr review – perma-snarking YouTubers cancel the fear in paganistic slasher
Matthew Butler-Hart’s film lurches from social-media comedy to shaky-cam bloodletting, but never comes near the primeval emotions of the Blair Witch Project it so often references
Sam Lee appears in video promoting new investment scheme days after US fraud charges
Australian blockchain entrepreneur urges followers to ‘continue the journey’ with him in a video recorded days after he was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud
Labour would force AI firms to share their technology’s test data
Party plans to replace voluntary agreement with statutory regime ‘so we can see where this is taking us’
Sometimes I long for the life of a tradwife. Then I remember it’s a reactionary fantasy
It’s easy to get lost in the idea that the traditional housewife role is a soothing existence of baking bread and Agas. The reality is so much darker, writes Emma Beddington
‘Elevated’ risk of hackers targeting UK drinking water, says credit agency
Moody’s warning over hacking’s effect on debts may bolster water utilities’ plans to hike bills to cover needed investments
‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny
As experts worry over privacy issues, ineffectiveness and even harm, the UK is looking at whether the plethora of digital mental health tools need regulating
Self-checkout is turning us into thieves – but it’s not our fault
Big retailers in the US are scaling back or eliminating their self-service checkouts because of theft – but ‘it can be hard not to steal from them’
Case backed by Jack Dorsey seeks court ruling on bitcoin founder’s identity
Crypto Open Patent Alliance wants court in London to declare that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto
Brianna Ghey’s mother says she is open to meeting mother of daughter’s killer
Esther Ghey says she does not blame Scarlett Jenkinson’s mother and calls for children to be barred from social media apps
Meta and Mark Zuckerberg must not be allowed to shape the next era of humanity
As big tech celebrates AI, it’s time to demand accountability for the harms tech has caused before they wreak further havoc