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Would you go to a virtual rave? New film spotlighting Birmingham’s role in acid house party begins UK tour | UK News
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A new film that uses virtual reality (VR) technology to immerse users in the acid house party movement in 1989 has started its tour of the UK in Birmingham. The film, In Pursuit Of Repetitive Beats, sees the user become a character in a scene where, before mobile phones were available, party-goers listened to pirate…
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Inside Olivia Rodrigo’s virtual house party – and why music megastars are embracing the metaverse | Science & Tech News
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I don’t go to many parties, but I was hardly going to turn down an invitation to one hosted by pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo. I know what you’re thinking… a “grown man” whose idea of cool is getting Lego for Christmas, hanging out with superfans of one of the hottest properties in music. Bad idea,…
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Boss of AI firm’s ‘worst fears’ are more worrying than creepy Senate party trick | US News
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Normally when representatives of tech companies appear before the US Senate, they tend to rail against the prospect of regulation, and resist the suggestion that their technology is doing harm. And that’s what made this committee hearing on AI a rare thing. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI – the company that created ChatGPT and GPT4,…
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Party atmosphere turns quiet after space launch goes wrong – but crowd remains proud | UK News
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“Space is hard” – a mantra often repeated by Virgin Orbit and those in charge of Spaceport Cornwall in the last few months leading up to this mission – and last night proved that point. As an American Virgin Orbit presenter announced something had gone wrong on the big screen at the airport, an electric…
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Elon Musk writes column for Chinese Communist Party online censor agency’s magazine | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist”, has written a magazine column for China’s online censors. In the column, Musk celebrates his own businesses – in particular SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink – while setting what he says is “a better future for humanity”. It does not mention his conflict with Twitter,…