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Next month, on September 8, MIT Technology Review will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems. By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they’re focused on in their work, […]
How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers Read More »
After the success of space horror Mouthwashing, Swedish developer Wrong Organ has created a Battlefield-inspired co-op with a supernatural twist‘Claustrophobic”, “oppressive”, “pretty depressing” – these are the words Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom volunteer when I ask them to reflect on their work as part of Swedish indie developer Wrong Organ. I’d add “nightmare-inducing”,
Carcass Clad: stifling tank combat promises tension, terror and surprising laughs Read More »
PlayStation 5, PC; Arc System Works/Sony Interactive EntertainmentWith tremendous visuals and accessible controls, this superhero-themed fighter has the chops to inspire a new generation of champsArriving at the turn of the millennium and the twilight of the video arcade, Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes has long been a high-water mark for fighting
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review – an anime-style rumble that’s rooting for you Read More »
In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like herSign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsQin has never said “I love you” to her parents or friends. She has only ever said those three special
Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performersSpotify is to label AI artists and exclude them from algorithm recommendations as part of a crackdown on fake performers.The world’s largest music streaming platform is creating a label for AI-generated artist identities called “AI personas”
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What do you do when you return to your home town, with your dead mother in your car boot, to find the inhabitants have been turned into robots?In the boot of her car, Pratelle carries the corpse of her mother and a giant sledgehammer. Her mission is simple: take the hammer to her home town.
Virtue and a Sledgehammer – take a literal hammer to your past Read More »
Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech companyWhen Massachusetts husband-and-wife team Ina and David Steiner launched their reporting careers covering Silicon Valley at the turn of the century, the tech beat was still cozy enough to feel personal. The startups were still emerging
‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal Read More »
Game developer David Ashby and Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly talk about their chaotic and silly sport game – involving meat pies with legs and Ford Falcons on the ovalTry explaining Australian rules football to anyone outside Australia, and “it sounds like you’re making it up,” says David Ashby, the multi-hyphenate comedic mind behind deeply silly
Sunset Visitor studio’s founder tells us about their new, unnerving Captcha-filled world which prompts players to ask what it means to have a ‘meat body’Sunset Visitor is a studio that has long engaged with the idea that video games are an effective vehicle for ruminating on societal problems. Its Peabody award-winning project, 1000XResist, incorporated the
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Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI. You would cherish it for its ability to destabilise
