Month: October 2022

Mia Landsem, whose ex spread an intimate photo of her online, now spends hours each day helping others get images removed “Faces of exes,” Mia Landsem read out loud, as she clicked on a link to a forum exposing intimate images of ex-girlfriends, her frowning brow illuminated by a three-screen computer. On the 25-year-old’s neck, …

‘They said: aren’t you that porn star?’ The woman hunting down image-based abuse Read More »

Performers call for better and more equitable treatment in industry worth nearly $200bn Underpaid, undervalued and frustrated: video game voice actors are demanding change after one raised concerns over pay and explained why she would not be reprising her role in a multimillion dollar franchise. Now others are speaking out and calling for better and …

‘An insult’: video game voice actors speak out to demand fair pay Read More »

Jeremy Bash served on committee advising on sales of company’s Pegasus spyware to foreign agencies A former senior CIA official who was recently appointed by Joe Biden to an intelligence advisory board previously served as a key adviser to NSO Group, where he vetted deals for the Israeli spyware company and voted on whether sales …

Biden intelligence adviser previously vetted deals for Israeli NSO Group Read More »

CMA says takeover of gif creation website limits choice for social media users Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been ordered by the UK competition watchdog to sell the gif creation website Giphy, the first time the regulator has blocked a deal struck by a big Silicon Valley company. The Competition and Markets Authority told Meta …

Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confirms ruling Read More »

It tanked the game giant’s share price and was a gargantuan flop – but it’s the most endearingly weird console I’ve owned As I sprint down London’s Oxford Street, past a queue snaking down the puddle-soaked road, I spot a familiar face smiling back at me. “Sorry I’m late,” I splutter, muttering something about the …

Ten years on, here’s why I’ll always love Nintendo’s misunderstood Wii U Read More »

Stars of huge titles claim they get peanuts as games companies rake in millions. Now the lead actor on Bayonetta is asking fans to boycott its new game in protest Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I have spent a few weeks talking to video-game voice actors, the real humans …

Pushing Buttons: the voice actors speaking out against NDAs, code names and poor pay Read More »

The treasured mineral is critical for electric vehicles and could help slow global heating, but locals worry about the harmful extraction near tribal land Deep in the parched landscapes of Nevada, there is a stirring boom. The mining of lithium holds the promise of a treasured resource that can help slow disastrous global heating. Spurred …

There’s lithium in them thar hills – but fears grow over US ‘white gold’ boom Read More »

Government-backed scheme aims to crack down on road users who breach legal noise limits Noise-detecting traffic cameras will be trialled in four areas in England in an attempt to crack down on “boy racers” who rev engines and use illegal exhausts, the Department for Transport has announced. The so-called noise cameras will be installed on …

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Nintendo Switch; Ubisoft Milan/UbisoftNintendo’s deft touch is missing from this crossover game from Ubisoft that fails as a Mario outing but succeeds as a turn-based battler With a spotlight shining upon him in a crowded LA auditorium, game developer Davide Soliani starts to sob uncontrollably. After years sworn to secrecy, Davide’s dream game is finally …

Mario and Rabbids: Sparks of Hope review – a decent strategy game in flimsy Nintendo wrapping Read More »

Asobo; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/XAsobo’s medieval adventure sequel is bigger, bleaker and more battle-scarred, but suffers from uneven storytelling At a time when most video game blockbusters are sprawling open worlds that take dozens if not hundreds of hours to complete, there’s something refreshing about one that takes the more traditional approach of putting …

A Plague Tale: Requiem review – rat-infested sequel raises stakes and spectacle Read More »