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‘It started with a tipoff’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram

Meta has just lost a multimillion-dollar legal battle over its failure to prevent children being sold on its platforms. Here’s how we uncovered evidence that became part of the case against itIt st...

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‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed

From a subtle Princess Peach lip jelly to a Yoshi egg that’s been traumatising children, the cosmetic chain’s latest tie-in is out of this worldWhen The Super Mario Bros Movie came out in 2023, it ...

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Life Is Strange: Reunion review – a decade-long story comes to an impassioned close

PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox, Nintendo Switch 2, PC; Deck Nine/Square EnixMax and Chloe, the two teen protagonists of the 2015 game, reunite as adults – giving players the chance to finally...

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I have always seen myself as ‘progressive’ – but with AI it’s time to hit the brakes | Peter Lewis

At a time when the populist right is on the rise, progressives are shooting blanks while history rushes headlong into an automated futureCanberra rolled out the red carpet this week to one of the A...

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Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI

We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox?...

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Pixels and paintings: video games return to the V&A

From an interactive session of Sex With Friends to improvised Robot Karaoke, the Friday Live celebration of play and performance amid the museum’s venerable halls was a reminder of gaming’s cultura...

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Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point

Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagreeHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I’m hoping futilely for warm spring ...

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Including online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

As calls for restrictions on under-16s’ online activities gather pace, some are urging curbs on online gaming. The idea is a mess from top to bottomLast week, Meta and YouTube were found liable for...

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I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril

Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world …For years I walked the streets of London w...

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Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Dominik Diamond

Retail sims aren’t my thing, but the tactile, nostalgic pleasures of hit indie title Retro Rewind have me yearning for the era of physical media, smoking indoors and uncomplicated geopolitics It’s ...

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Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounterTow...

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Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters

Julius Pursaill, Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson’s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new gameJosh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure ...

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My quest to preserve VHS-era gaming culture, one eBay bid at a time

As physical media makes an unlikely comeback among younger gamers, the humble VHS emerges as an unexpected archive of gaming’s messy, magical evolution that I saw first time around• Don’t get Pu...

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Anthropic and Pentagon face off in court over ban on company’s AI model

After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using itSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inb...

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New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say

Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s crypto projectsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOn Tuesday, major US...

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We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware

Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HRThe birth of ransomware was a stunt that got out of hand. In 1989, an evolutionary biologist called Josep...

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‘Thank God they’re still alive’: Kaiser therapists claim its new screening system puts patients at higher risk by delaying their care

Kaiser pushed back on striking workers’ claims and AI fears, saying it delivers ‘timely, high-quality care to meet members’ needs’Ilana Marcucci-Morris is worried about the patients she treats and ...

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Technology

‘It started with a tipoff’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram

‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed

Life Is Strange: Reunion review – a decade-long story comes to an impassioned close

I have always seen myself as ‘progressive’ – but with AI it’s time to hit the brakes | Peter Lewis

Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI

Pixels and paintings: video games return to the V&A

Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point

Including online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril

Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Dominik Diamond

Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters

My quest to preserve VHS-era gaming culture, one eBay bid at a time

Anthropic and Pentagon face off in court over ban on company’s AI model

New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say

We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware

‘Thank God they’re still alive’: Kaiser therapists claim its new screening system puts patients at higher risk by delaying their care

Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived

‘We don’t tell the car what it should do’: my ride in a self-driving taxi

Inside China’s robotics revolution

Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsoft’s money