Tesla boss says decision in January last year was ‘morally bad and foolish in the extreme’ Elon Musk has said he will reverse Twitter’s ban on the former US president Donald Trump if the Tesla boss completes a takeover of the social media platform. Twitter permanently banned Trump in January 2021, citing repeated violations of …
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Apple is discontinuing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing an end to a device that transformed how we listen to music Apple has discontinued the iPod more than 20 years after it was launched. The most recent iteration of the music player, the iPod Touch, has not been updated since 2019, and many of …
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The publisher has revealed EA Sports FC as the new brand for its bestselling series and promises innovations Electronic Arts has announced that it will cease making Fifa-branded football games next year. From 2023, the series will continue under a new brand, EA Sports FC. In a press release on the decision, EA stated that …
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Spain’s Pegasus spyware revelations have come to a head with the sacking of the country’s spy chief Two years after a joint investigation by the Guardian and El País revealed the apparent use of Pegasus spyware to target senior pro-independence Catalan politicians, the Spanish government finds itself beset by internal and external cyber espionage scandals …
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Quick delivery became a pandemic lifeline for many – but is the endless cycle of cardboard putting an undue strain on the planet, our infrastructure and workers? The pandemic turned the US into a next-day delivery nation. Amazon, in particular, saw sales surge during the dark days of Covid. In the first three months of …
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In this week’s newsletter: When the New York Times removed the word ‘fetus’ from the game out of fear of making a political statement, they did just that Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The New York Times’s acquisition of viral word game Wordle has not been without its controversies: …
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Russian operatives trying to escalate online conflict and seeking targets in countries opposing war, says Jeremy Fleming Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russian hackers are seeking to target western countries supporting Ukraine in its efforts to resist Moscow’s invasion, the head of GCHQ warned in a speech on Tuesday. Jeremy Fleming, the director of the British …
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Petition alleges local workers subjected to irregular pay and inadequate mental health support A former Facebook moderator has filed a lawsuit against its owner, Meta Platforms, alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution. The petition, also filed against Meta’s local outsourcing company Sama, alleges that workers moderating Facebook posts …
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‘Significant chance’ of lowered offer owing to slump in tech stocks and social media firm’s weak performance A US firm known for betting against companies’ share prices has said Elon Musk could submit a lower bid for Twitter, owing to a slump in tech stocks and a weak financial performance at the social media platform. …
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Read Graves; Yogscast Games; WindowsPresenting a series of impossible choices, this darkly comedic game stretches the player’s moral scaffolding to its limits Should a hospital introduce a mandatory vaccination programme to stop a breakout of infant disease when one of five children will become ill from the vaccine? Should an AI company programme a self-driving …
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