Technology news, features and analysis from Guardian US
Technology
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Support for Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to reshape global finance is slipping away slowly but surely
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Prof Stuart Russell wrote the book on artificial intelligence back in 1995, when the next few decades of AI were uncertain. Sitting down with Ian Sample, he talks about his latest book, which warns of a dystopian future in which humans are outsmarted by machines. But how did we get here? -
Colin wants a laptop with easily replaceable parts such as memory and hard drives -
CEO faces quick backlash over highlighted policies, including on hate speech and voter suppression -
Sale is a sealed-bid auction, in which each potential buyer is blind to what others offer, but is expected to get $300,000 or more
News
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Billy Foister died last month after a heart attack at work. The incident was just one in a series of recent accidents and fatalities -
South Korean-based site accepted digital currency for access to videos, with victims rescued in US, UK and Spain -
Climbdown follows difficulties with implementing plan to ensure users are over 18 -
Ookla report rated Australia 61st in the world for fixed broadband
Privacy
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Urgent action needed to prevent ‘abuse and deception’ of democratic process, say experts -
Group called ‘Phosphorus’ made more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts and attacked 241 of those -
Spotlight
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5 out of 5 stars.
OnePlus 7T review The new cut-price flagship king
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Opinion & analysis
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It’s back on! Out of the black hole, a whole new world begins, bringing fresh characters, weapons and maybe a redesigned progress system -
Season 10 of Fortnite climaxed in apocalyptic fashion – sucking gamers into a black hole. Whatever the future brings, it has transformed video-game storytelling
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Sony’s PS5 will have haptic feedback, while Microsoft’s competing console will have four times the power of Xbox One. Here’s how the two high-end machines compare -
Presenter Jessica Curry says she wants to prove it’s not all about soundtracking battle scenes – there are plenty of beautiful, relaxing sounds, too -
Chung ‘blitzchung’ Ng Wai, expelled from a Hearthstone tournament after showing support for Hong Kong’s protest movement, said he has no regrets -
It’s the most eagerly awaited game of the year – and it stars everyone from Guillermo del Toro to the Bionic Woman. We tell the inside story of the dystopian thriller
Inside Silicon Valley
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The CEO argues essentially, that the arc of the moral universe is long, but as long as people have a voice (on Facebook) it bends toward justice
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Sanders and Warren want to break up the industry. That has not dented their popularity with its workers, Guardian analysis finds -
Big tech isn’t interested in a better world, just a more profitable one. We need to break its stranglehold on us, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit -
Jordan Erica Webber chats to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac about Super Pumped, his new book on the rise and fall of Travis Kalanick
Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Just nipping out for a zero-gravity mocha! Moving to Mars review
4 out of 5 stars.Design Museum, London
As this fascinating show makes clear, colonising the Red Planet will require technical genius – plus an eye for fashion and coffee you can drink upside-down -
The author of Hooked, a bible of addictive tech design, now offers advice on how not to be distracted. But is his self-help argument convincing? -
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iPhone 11 Pro Max review: salvaged by epic battery life
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iPhone 11 Pro review: the best small phone available
5 out of 5 stars.
In depth
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John Lewis says sales of portable video cameras are ‘non-existent’. This may mark the end of an era defined by the hulking around of VHS monsters to create poor-quality home movies, but the alternative is even more troubling -
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