Month: August 2022

Be the GOAT in the return of one of gaming’s most ridiculously enjoyable success stories Dolly Parton once said, “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” Likewise, making an intentionally janky game seems trickier than it looks. Working on the sequel to 2014’s divisively meme-rich Goat Simulator, Stockholm-based studio Coffee Stain North …

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Meta is finally taking the impact of a Facebook ban seriously. Plus, Joe Rogan and Zuck have a heart to heart Would you rather be banned for life from Tesco or Apple? Or, to go further: would you find it easier to cope with losing access to all major supermarkets, or Google alone? The answer …

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Force says tactic is ‘easy way to get drivers to slow down’ after budget cuts reduced traffic policing numbers Surrey’s police force has been accused of operating “phantom units” after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app. Officers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the …

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Thevamanogari Manivel used money to buy Melbourne property before supreme court granted Crypto.com freeze on her bank account Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com accidentally transferred $10.5m to an Australian woman when processing a $100 …

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Legislation will require companies to install guardrails for those under age 18 and use higher privacy settings California lawmakers passed first-of-its-kind legislation on Monday designed to improve the online safety and privacy protections for children. The bill, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, will require firms such as TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to install guardrails …

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Prices of PlayStation 5 consoles are rising despite the tough financial situations many are in – even as PS sales are at $20bn I am back from a week of running around Gamescom at a convention centre in Cologne, drinking German beer out of deceptively tiny-looking glasses, only to discover that Sony is – in …

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Tesla chief is trying to withdraw from his agreement to a $44bn takeover of the social media platform Elon Musk has formally added last week’s whistleblower allegations against Twitter as a reason for terminating his $44bn takeover of the social media platform. Representatives of the Tesla CEO said accusations of “far reaching misconduct” at Twitter …

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The lawsuit against data broker Kochava seeks to halt the sale of sensitive geolocation data and delete what was collected The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday sued Idaho-based data broker Kochava for selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that could be used to track consumers. The FTC said consumer …

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Billionaire seeking documents on company’s spam, claiming it misled him about true number of bot accounts Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company’s spam and alleged security vulnerabilities as the billionaire battles to end his agreement to buy Twitter for $44bn, according to a court filing on Monday. …

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Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts French tax authorities using AI software have found thousands of undeclared private swimming pools, landing the owners with bills totalling about €10m. The system, developed by Google and Capgemini, can identify pools on aerial images and …

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