Innovation
GCHQ releases puzzle to appeal to potential new recruits – are you smart enough to solve it?
The UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency GCHQ has released a puzzle to appeal to potential new recruits who can "think out of the box".The visual puzzle, which is...
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini no longer talks about elections out of an ‘abundance of caution’
Google is restricting its AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, as the company tries to avoid spreading disinformation.Now, when you...
NASA’s SpaceX crew leave treats behind on International Space Station as they splash down after months in orbit
Four astronauts from four different countries have safely returned to Earth as they splashed down near Florida after 199 days in orbit.NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 went around the planet 3,184...
‘I did not expect so many games about people’s pets’: why Downpour is a great alternative to doomscrolling
Last week, while slowly suffocating on a packed train from Frome to London, I took out my phone and instead of doomscrolling social media, I made a game. It...
Woman ‘chats’ to dead mother using AI – with ‘spooky’ results
After her mother's death, Sirine Malas was desperate for an outlet for her grief."When you're weak, you accept anything," she says. The actress was separated from her mother Najah...
Love Island star says ‘cyber flashers’ bombard her with penis photos – and threaten to turn up at her home
After Amy Hart appeared on Love Island, men started sending her unsolicited pictures of their penises online.As her social media following grew to one million after being on the...
Bitcoin hits another new high as UK regulator paves way for more crypto trading
The value of Bitcoin has reached a new high, just days after the previous record was broken.On Monday morning one Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, could buy $72,219 (£56,303). Money...
CorpoNation review – will you betray the 1990s Orwellian megacorp?
As a lab technician at the Orwellian megacorp Ringo, your job is to sort strangely unspecific genetic samples into four different tubes – all day, every day. Each sample...
