Why are Nintendo releasing a straight-up remake of the space-flight shooter - with many of its original limitations - rather than a fresh new take? T he Nintendo 64 was not my first video game console, but it was my formative one. Getting to grips with 3D movement in Super Mario 64 with that weird three-pronged controller is one of my most visceral childhood memories; the long, wait for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the background noise to a huge chunk of my youth. But back in the 1990s (in the UK at least), it felt as if had an N64. When everybody had a PlayStation instead, I felt I was the only kid in my whole city who cared more about Banjo-Kazooie than Crash Bandicoot. If even Zelda seemed comparatively niche in Europe in the 90s, Lylat Wars (known elsewhere as Star Fox 64) was a real deep cut.

Petitioners react as the Box Elder county commission announces approval of a large datacenter on 4 May 2026 in Tremonton, Utah. Petitioners react as the Box Elder county commission announces approval of a large datacenter on 4 May 2026 in Tremonton, Utah. 'Irresponsible': backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan A plan to create one of the world's largest datacenters, a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan, has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state's stressed water supplies. The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years.

Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It's not a shrink - it's a snitch In a case of'oh dear diary', the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. T he hottest new read of 2026 may well be The Secret Diary of Greg Brockman, Aged 38 . It's got everything: feuding billionaires, scheming CEOs and a perhaps somewhat unreliable narrator. You won't find it in the library, but you can watch Brockman, a co-founder and president of OpenAI, being forced to read the juiciest bits out loud in court. Before you ask ChatGPT to explain, here's the backstory: Elon Musk is in a legal battle with Brockman and the OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman .

Matt Keightley in his 2015 Chelsea garden, designed for Prince Harry. This year he is launching an AI app that has'designed' three full-size gardens for the show. Matt Keightley in his 2015 Chelsea garden, designed for Prince Harry. This year he is launching an AI app that has'designed' three full-size gardens for the show. Wed 13 May 2026 01.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 13 May 2026 01.01 EDT With glasses of champagne sipped among the peonies, Chelsea flower show is generally a friendly and genteel occasion.

Is Big Brother watching you shop? - podcast From supermarkets to corner shops, live facial recognition could be coming to retailers near you. Live facial recognition is being hailed as a powerful new frontier in the fight against crime, not only by police but by private companies too. Retailers from supermarkets to corner shops hope it will help them fight back against shoplifting. And the technology doesn't always get it right. With more police forces wanting to take up the technology, what could the consequences be?

Sam Altman is questioned by OpenAI's attorney, Bill Savitt, before Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US district judge, at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, on 12 May 2026 in a courtroom sketch. Sam Altman is questioned by OpenAI's attorney, Bill Savitt, before Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US district judge, at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, on 12 May 2026 in a courtroom sketch. The OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, took the stand on Tuesday to defend himself and his company against a lawsuit by Elon Musk . Altman is set to be one of the final witnesses in the trial, which has pitted two of the tech industry's most powerful men against each other in a dramatic courtroom showdown. Musk has accused Altman and OpenAI of breaking the AI firm's founding agreement by restructuring it into a for-profit enterprise, alleging that Altman essentially swindled him into co-founding the company and providing tens of millions in financial backing.

Florida students boo graduation speaker who called AI'next Industrial Revolution' Real estate executive got an unexpected earful when she spoke of'living in a time of profound change' Though college graduations usually consist of a speaker giving advice to students, one recent ceremony featured students giving the speaker their opinions - loudly. The University of Central Florida's 2026 graduating class booed as a real estate development executive spoke about how "the rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution" and about "living in a time of profound change". US university's commencement speaker reveals he will pay off students' final-year loans The crowd of students was so loud that Gloria Caulfield paused, turned away from the podium and threw her hands up in the air. As the crowd calmed down, Caulfield proceeded. "Only a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives."

'To be voicepilled is to glimpse the future.' 'To be voicepilled is to glimpse the future.' Employees are now whispering to AI voice dictation tools rather than clacking the keys. Reid Hoffman first declared himself "voicepilled" in the autumn of last year. Actually, I still haven't really got it.

GameStop has built up a stake of 5% in eBay and is offering to acquire the company at $125 a share. GameStop has built up a stake of 5% in eBay and is offering to acquire the company at $125 a share. GameStop's $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as'neither credible nor attractive' Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer's financing proposal The board of eBay has rejected the US video games retailer GameStop's surprise $55.5bn bid (£41bn) for the online marketplace, describing the proposal as "neither credible nor attractive". Earlier this month, GameStop made an unsolicited bid for eBay, publishing a letter on its website outlining a half-cash, half-stock proposal. This was despite the US games company - which became a global household name during the meme stock craze of 2021 - being worth far less than its takeover target.

Delivering much information about the scale of what's coming, documentary also follows Gawdat's campaign to get the programs with empathy A nother day, another warning about AI; vis-a-vis the reality we all know, this has roughly the same reassuring effect as a plane fuselage ripping off mid-flight. Starting off with familiar criticisms, such as putting the world out of work and handing over power to tech barons, Alex Holmes and Lina Zilinskaite's film blasts an concentrated stream of AI concerns in its 83-minute runtime. By the time it is talking about current efforts to create computers out of human brain cells, potentially integrable into our own craniums, and implying this might be a good thing, it is (ironically) hard to know how to process all of this. The Cassandra at the film's centre is Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer at Google X, now a touring cautionary voice trying to get the world to listen about the perils of AI. Once overseeing advanced projects for the tech giants, his biggest moonshot lies ahead: to introduce a moral dimension into a tech race that looks increasingly like the frenzied season finale of late capitalism. He talks about feeling parental pride in watching Google's AI-driven robotic arms learn to grasp objects, as children do.