David Cronenberg has suggested the AI controversy over Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was an issue manufactured by the campaign of a rival
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Women in business held back by mobile data’s cost in developing world – report
The cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research. While social
The Thinking Game review – DeepMind study offers wide-lens view of our tech lords and AGI
If you don’t follow science news much, you may only be aware of Artificial Intelligence as a new-fangled thingy that somehow makes TikToks of kittens
Daveed Diggs’ sci-fi rap trio Clipping: ‘We are at war all the time. It’s one of the great tricks of capitalism’
As a child, Daveed Diggs and his schoolfriend William Hutson drew pictures inspired by the space-age album covers of funk legends Parliament, filled with gleaming
Twins! Rivals! Clones! Hollywood is doubling down on dual roles
For years, dual roles have been played largely for laughs. Think of Adam Sandler’s Razzie-sweeping twin turn in Jack and Jill, or Lisa Kudrow as
Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’
A quarter of England’s most important A-roads have electric car charging “cold spots”, according to government figures that suggest significant gaps remain in the infrastructure
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any
Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers
Pornography depicting strangulation should be made illegal along with other kinds of “legal but harmful” sexual material, according to an independent government review. The recommendation
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let
‘Revenge porn’ abusers allowed to keep devices with explicit images
Perpetrators of “revenge porn” offences are being allowed to keep explicit images of their victims on their devices, after a failure by prosecutors to obtain