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Technology
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Wind-down and liquidation plan follows mass withdrawal of deposits after collapse of FTX exchange
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Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in online safety bill
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Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide
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Sixth failure this year comes against backdrop of financial and regulatory pressures on the company
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Cybersecurity firm notes emergence of sophisticated email scams featuring improved linguistic complexity
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Haraldur Thorleifsson was locked out of his computer, but after nine days of no answer from the company, decided to tweet the CEO
News
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US regulators receive two complaints about Model Y SUVs with missing bolt in latest string of safety problems for company
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Certain prompts make the chatbot take on an uncensored persona who is free of the usual content standards
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Sprawling network of Twitter accounts post adoring words on the former president and ridicule his critics
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Users asking questions to be given option of ‘creative’, ‘balanced’ or ‘precise’ response
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Breach in the systems of DC Health Link, a health insurance company, led to 170,000 records being compromised
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Federal agency best known for tracking down fugitives suffered security breach on 17 February
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Opinion & analysis
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A dizzying new game lets players live out their alt-rock dreams. Its creators explain how its pioneering design had to be note-perfect
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Endnight Games’ sequel sold vast numbers on Steam. What’s behind its remarkable success – and what should you know before you play it?
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‘Keir Starmer just ordered an alpaca airstrike!’ The game that holds up a dystopian mirror to the UK
Dan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation – with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs -
3 out of 5 stars.
Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse review – a spine-chilling ghost story is exhumed
3 out of 5 stars.The original was originally launched on Wii 15 years ago and it still offers a highly atmospheric adventure with many moments of fear and dread -
What should be a victory for esports has brought criticism from competitive gamers, as the genre’s biggest names are left out of competition
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The Albanese government promises to treat video games as art – but developers must also be treated like artists, and supported to experiment, fail and flourish
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Trump has never shown the slightest repentance for his role in what Facebook gingerly calls ‘civil unrest’
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A new AI-assisted chatbot that can generate eerily fluent prose is only the latest in a long series of useful tech accessories
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Silicon Valley firm insists its new text generator, which writes human-sounding essays, can overcome fears over cheating
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Experts blame Elon Musk’s management style at Twitter for the electric carmaker’s financial problems
Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Person Spec review – disturbing show puts audience on an interview panel
4 out of 5 stars.In Alfie Heffer’s frightening play, theatregoers become recruitment reps as a candidate is put through her paces -
5 out of 5 stars.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: ultra camera, ultra power, ultra price
5 out of 5 stars.Feature-packed superphone has stylus, serious speed, longer battery life and unrivalled camera zoom -
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Oppo Find N2 Flip review: new hinge decreases the crease
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Mac mini M2 review: Apple’s cheaper, tiny but mighty computer
5 out of 5 stars.
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Devices
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