Month: March 2022

Regulators will consider the techniques the company implements to attract young users and keep them watching A bipartisan group of attorneys general are launching an investigation into whether TikTok is designed and promoted in a “manner that causes or exacerbates physical and mental health harms” for children and young people. Led by the Massachusetts attorney …

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The comedian has missed other being around other people – specifically people doing absurd things. Luckily, the internet has that in spades I’ve missed people. Thanks to something called Covid-19 (look it up), I’ve been around other human beings less and less over the past couple of years. And I’ve missed you! I’ve missed overhearing …

Cameron James: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

US safety commission said recall was due to the fitness watch’s lithium-ion battery overheating The fitness-tracking device maker Fitbit is recalling 1.7m of its Ionic smartwatches after reports of the battery overheating and burning some users. The company, which was acquired by Google in 2021, had sold about 1m of the model in the US …

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It is being hailed as one of the greatest games of all time, but if you don’t yet know your Margit from your Elden, here is a guide to get you roaming the Lands Between like a pro Elden Ring has a Metacritic rating of 97%. If you type its name into Twitter you will …

A beginner’s guide to Elden Ring: what it is and why you should play it Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Google, Meta, Twitter, TikTok (and Elon Musk, obviously) have been dragged into the conflict Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Russia-Ukraine war was always going to have a very major cyber component. And, in the past week, we have seen just how much the war is …

TechScape: How the internet became a key front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Read More »

Advertisements named after Elon Musk’s dog allegedly took advantage of consumers’ naivety The UK advertising watchdog has banned a London underground campaign for Floki Inu, a cryptocurrency named after a dog owned by Tesla chief Elon Musk, for allegedly taking advantage of naive consumers unaware of the potential dangers of investing in digital crypto assets. …

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Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, says exchanges will comply with curbs on individuals, but rejects blanket ban Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news It is not the place for cryptocurrency exchanges to block transactions by Russian users, the founder of one of the largest trading platforms has said, amid concern that digital currencies will be used to …

Crypto exchange boss resists calls for ban on all Russia transactions Read More »

Tech giant details range of responses to invasion as Facebook faces calls for ‘more aggressive action’ after curbs on Russian media Apple has said it will pause all product sales in Russia, heeding requests from Ukrainian officials to take action against the country in response to its invasion. “We are deeply concerned about the Russian …

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Jack Sweeney has amassed 162,000 Twitter followers on a new account monitoring the private jets of billionaires and tycoons The teenager known for tracking Elon Musk’s jet has started to monitor the flight paths of Russian oligarchs as their movements come under increasing scrutiny following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a new Twitter account created …

Teen who tracked Elon Musk’s jet turns his attention to Russian oligarchs Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: in bleak moments, games can satisfy our urge to take action and make things better Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below …

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