Microsoft’s claims it has made major breakthroughs in quantum computing have been questioned by a UK-based physicist, in a paper published by the science journal Nature. Dr Henry Legg, a long-term critic of Microsoft’s quantum work, argued a software tool used by the tech giant to check its research contained coding errors and was not…
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Pre-orders are available at midnight local time on 25 June. The game itself – which some analysts say could be the most expensive ever made – will be released on 19 November on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Rockstar added that players who pre-order digital versions of the game will be able…
To put it simply, the GTA franchise is one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment properties in history. GTA 5 has sold nearly 230 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games of all time – which has generated billions of dollars in revenue for Rockstar. The game’s sandbox gameplay, where players can…
John Edwards, the UK’s information commissioner, has resigned following a workplace investigation. “I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence,” he said in a statement on Friday. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating AI in the…
Google’s YouTube has settled a social media addiction case brought by a 15-year-old in Florida, in a fresh legal blow for online platforms accused of fuelling a mental health crisis among children. The teenager, who used the initials R.K.C. in court documents, alleged that YouTube and other social media firms had designed their platforms to…
The Playground presents itself as “an alternative to passive or open-ended digital entertainment” amid “a growing national conversation around children’s screen time habits”. Anyone using the device will still be looking at a television screen, so the benefits for children may be more a “compromise” to include some healthy activity alongside it, Nick said. The…
Available for over a year Shiona McCallum visits a huge technology show in Paris. There, she finds some of the latest kit that could be in your home or workplace before too long. And we’re talking about data centres. They are central to our modern online lives. But not everyone thinks they are great. Shiona…
When it comes to age verification, it is expected that the tech giants will do the checking. “The methods available to platforms are well established. Identity document scanning with a face match, email-based age checks and facial age estimation are proven to work at scale,” says Andy Lulham, Chief Operating Officer at Verifymy. That is…
Meta has paused a new company-wide program of tracking its employees’ computer usage which has been plagued by internal frustration. The program was started only two months ago as part of an effort by Meta to gather data on how people used computers, including mouse clicks and keystrokes, that could be used to train artificial…
