Will the hit game imminently be locked behind a paywall or stay as it is? What about ads? The NYT’s head of games explains the plan In a month of spectacular video game industry buyouts, symbolised by Microsoft’s incredible $68bn swoop for Activision Blizzard, there is one purchase that has sent paroxysms of fear across …
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The puzzle’s global success has turned Josh Wardle into a megastar in the gaming world and bemused his family He is the toast of New York, of London – and of a small village called Llanddewi Rhydderch. Just four months after Josh Wardle invented the wonderfully simple and soothing puzzle Wordle, he is a megastar …
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In this week’s newsletter: a radical rethink of how the company uses cookies seems at first to be a win for privacy advocates. Here’s what you need to know Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Cookies are one of the many questionable pacts we have made online, …
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Watch Duty, launched last year, sends users push notifications about new and spreading fire, giving them vital time to prepare Growing threats from wildfires loom large across the American west as blazes burn with greater ferocity and frequency. Alongside them, residents’ calls for on-demand information during disasters has only continued to grow. In California, just …
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Whether you’re boycotting the service over Joe Rogan or just looking for something new, it’s a cinch to cancel and you can take your playlists too How do you switch over from Spotify to another music service? What are the options? And which service pays artists the most? The ongoing controversy over Spotify’s flagship podcaster …
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Jack Sweeney, who wants Tesla CEO to hand over $50k to remove flight tracker bot, sets sights on other celebrities The Florida teenager demanding Elon Musk hand over $50,000 to stop him tweeting the location of the billionaire’s private jet has said he is creating dozens more accounts tracking the movements of other rich and …
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The Netflix documentary unravels the financial and emotional cons of Simon Leviev, who scammed women who thought he was their friend or boyfriend When Cecilie Fjellhøy first met the man she knew as Simon Leviev for a 10am coffee date at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in January 2018, he seemed to align with …
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The feud between major artists and Spotify has overlooked problems faced by those with less power and finances The past week has seen artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and Nils Lofgren stand up to Spotify, boycotting the streaming giant because of Covid-19 misinformation spread on its popular and exclusively available The …
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Struggling to hit the right notes over email and chat? Perhaps you need the ‘sarcasm converter’ Who am I when I’m behind a screen? It’s a question we face more and more as the pandemic minimizes face-to-face contact, forcing even more workplace communication to take place over email and messaging apps. Continue reading… Struggling to …
Are you short on personality? These email-writing apps can fix that Read More »
Fourth-quarter revenues of $75.3bn for parent firm Alphabet Big tech faces growing scrutiny over digital ad dominance Google’s parent company, Alphabet, ended 2021 on another high note, reporting better than expected results in a year when it nearly doubled profits despite growing regulatory scrutiny of its business. The company reported revenues of $75.3bn for the …
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