Kendall Jenner, Pope Leo XIV and Prince Harry are just a few celebrities that have hit the headlines recently, and these famous faces also feature in this month’s quiz. But can you spot which of the images are real and which are AI generated? Challenge yourself to get full marks in this month’s AI or…
In today’s hybrid workplaces, productivity is often mistaken for busyness. It sounds like clacking keyboards, looks like back-to-back video calls, and pings endlessly with notifications. But most of the time, these are just indications of activity, not achievement, and the pressure to be constantly visible has quietly overtaken the drive to be effective and productive….
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Netflix In Netflix’s Adolescence the camera had to be attached to a drone while filming Three strong knocks from the police battering ram and the front door bursts open. There’s a lot of shouting. We follow heavily-armed officers as they stream into the house, a woman drops to the floor as…
Christine Ro Technology Reporter Getty Images Climate change is making staying cool more challenging Sneha Sachar, who spent half her life in Delhi and now lives in California, is used to heat. But her hometown feels much hotter now than when she was growing up. Even commuting by car is so uncomfortable in certain months,…
Devina Gupta Business reporter Mansukh Prajapati An earthquake changed the life of Mansukh Prajapati For Mansukh Prajapati, childhood in the western Indian city of Morbi began before sunrise, with a six-mile walk to collect clay for their family business. “My father was a potter,” he recalls. Often he would wake up to the rhythmic sound…
Zoe Corbyn Technology Reporter Reporting fromSan Francisco Getty Images President Trump has described windfarms as “disgusting” and “ugly” US green fuel company HIF Global has a big vision for Texas’s Matagorda County: a $7bn (£5.2bn) commercial scale e-methanol factory to supply the world market. The plant, which it claims would be the largest to date…
Michael Dempsey Technology Reporter Reaction Engines Reaction Engines hoped one day its tech would power a reusable space plane “It was going great until it fell apart.” Richard Varvill recalls the emotional shock that hits home when a high-tech venture goes off the rails. The former chief technology officer speaks ruefully about his long career…
Sam Gruet Business reporter Getty Images Airlines in the US alone made $7.27bn from check-in luggage fees last year With Air Canada and Southwest the latest airlines to charge passengers for check-in luggage, the ballooning cost of such ancillary or “junk fees” is provoking anger among politicians and consumer groups. At the same time, sales…
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Drone show opens Glastonbury Festival in 2024 The wedding ceremony was almost over when newlywed Bobby Underwood stepped on a napkin-covered glass to break it, as is Jewish tradition, and everyone shouted “Mazel Tov!”. But as he and his new wife Siobhan turned to walk back down the aisle, their wedding…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be removed from Call of Duty HQ today Both games will need to be reinstalled as standalone downloads Legacy content related to Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 modes will be automatically removed from the main Call of Duty install…
