
The Guardian - 1 day 4 hours ago
More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they like Name: Cosy gaming. Age: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 9 hours ago
This article is brought to you by DAIMON Robotics . This April, Hong Kong-based DAIMON Robotics has released Daimon-Infinity , which it describes as the largest omni-modal robotic dataset for physical AI, featuring high resolution tactile sensing and spanning a wide range of tasks from folding laundry at home to manufacturing on factory assembly lines. The project is supported by collaborative efforts of partners across China and the globe, including Google DeepMind, Northwestern University, and...

Sky News - 1 day 10 hours ago
UK food prices by November could be 50% higher than they were at the start of the cost-of-living crisis five years ago, analysts have said.

The Atlantic - 1 day 23 hours ago
Spirit was awful. But a world without it is worse.

NY Post - 1 day 23 hours ago
Power the Future, a pro-energy advocacy group, is asking Congress to take a closer look at opposition to data centers springing up across the country.

NY Post - 2 days 18 min ago
Kaelyn Lunglhofer, a student at the University of Tennessee, is suing Quantum Communications and its dating app, "Meete," after the British Virgin Islands-based company ran suggestive ads using stolen TikTok videos to boost its "hook-up" app.

The Guardian - 2 days 4 hours ago
Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition Britain's biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered face scanning to catch criminals is lagging far behind the technology's rapid growth. With the Metropolitan police almost doubling the number...

The Guardian - 2 days 4 hours ago
People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then given no help' to investigate verdicts AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home Bargains one February lunchtime, he was suddenly approached by a stern-looking member of staff. "Excuse me, can you please put everything down...

NPR - 2 days 6 hours ago
In Germany, robotic AI dogs with the faces of tech's most powerful men are on the loose courtesy of American artist Beeple. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 1, 2026.)...