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California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn
San Bruno officers pull over Waymo but say a ticket wasn’t issued, as ‘our citation books don’t have a box for “robot”’ If a driver makes an illegal U-turn, but no one is behind the wheel, does the car still get a ticket? A police department in California grappled with this existential question last week.…
OnlyFans, AI girlfriends and ‘stepdads’: the porn industry in 2025 – podcast
What does Europe’s biggest porn conference reveal about the future of the porn industry? Amelia Gentleman reports The Xbiz Adult Industry Conference is Europe’s largest porn industry gathering. About a thousand content creators travelled to Amsterdam for the event earlier this month. The Guardian reporter Amelia Gentleman was there and describes to Helen Pidd the…
Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out
Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England Labour plans to consult on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology before expanding it across England, the new policing minister has told the party’s annual conference. Sarah Jones, a Home Office minister, said the government would “put some parameters” over…
Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI ‘actor’?
A bunch of code is being pushed as the next Scarlett Johansson, a creation that is already causing pushback from real human actors It takes a lot to be the most controversial figure in Hollywood, especially when Mel Gibson still exists. And yet somehow, in a career yet to even begin, Tilly Norwood has been…
Dyson’s profits fall by nearly 50% in ‘difficult’ year
Revenues down more than £500m after company cut more than a quarter of UK workforce Profits at Dyson nearly halved during a “difficult” year in which the home appliances business, founded by the billionaire Sir James Dyson, cut more than a quarter of its UK workforce. Dyson, which has been based in Singapore since 2019…
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for I was 34 years old when I first had the idea for the world wide web. I took every opportunity to talk about it: pitching it in meetings, sketching it out on a whiteboard for anyone who was…
Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid Hackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children…
Starmer to unveil digital ID cards in plan set to ignite civil liberties row
‘Brit card’ already facing opposition from privacy campaigners as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration All working adults will need digital ID cards under plans to be announced by Keir Starmer, in a move that will spark a battle with civil liberties campaigners. The prime minister will set out the measures on Friday…