From the ex-military air dispatcher who enjoys flight sims over Bournemouth to the train driver who copies his real-life routes, gamers explain the peculiar joy of playing at their jobs The cliche about video games is that they’re all about escapism. When people switch on a PlayStation or souped-up PC, they do it to lose …
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Alex Belfield’s online harassment made life misery for BBC presenters Jeremy Vine, Liz Green and many others. Why did it take so long to bring him to justice? Why do the four women involved feel let down? And what did he mean by: ‘We will be back’? When Alex Belfield was sent to prison for …
Tesla boss, who recently floated his own peace plan, rejects claim he talked to Russian president about the war in Ukraine Elon Musk has denied a report that he spoke to Vladimir Putin, including about the potential for using nuclear weapons, before floating a peace plan that suggested that Ukraine cede territory to Russia. The …
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A worker describes conditions in the Coventry warehouse and why he ended up joining a union Amazon: Coventry workers balloted for strike action in UK first “I don’t want Jeff Bezos’s boat, I definitely don’t want his rocket – but I just want to live,” says George [not his real name] who works at Amazon’s …
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New iPhones which can detect car crashes and notify emergency services appear confused by thrill rides Apple’s newest phone has been automatically calling emergency services from the pockets of people riding rollercoasters in the US, mistaking the bumps and jerks of the rides as car crashes. The latest iPhone 14, as well as newer Apple …
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Comments on China-owned app come after Liz Truss expressed a desire to crack down The director of GCHQ, Jeremy Fleming, said he would encourage young people to use TikTok, despite a campaign pledge by the prime minister, Liz Truss, to “crack down” on the Chinese video app and companies like it. The spy chief was …
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Ofcom study covers Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and YouTube, all of which have age limits of 13 A third of social media users aged between eight and 17 have the online age of an adult because they sign up with a false date of birth, according to new research. The fake age issue means …
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Back in April this year, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk signed a $44bn (£40bn) takeover agreement for Twitter. But, in July, the world’s richest man said he was walking away from the controversial deal, arguing Twitter has more spam accounts than it claims. Then, last week, Musk offered to complete the acquisition in a dramatic …
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Money from crypto exchange was allegedly used to buy four houses worth $4m, vehicles, art and furniture, police officer tells court Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast A Victorian woman accused of theft over a $10.5m mistaken cryptocurrency refund …
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Geography of Robots; Raw Fury; Xbox, PlayStationThis award-winning single-person adventure, set in a run-down refinery town, is full of compelling mysteries Kay returns reluctantly to Norco (a real place in Louisiana, here semi-fictionalised) after learning of her mother’s death. She fled this dead-end town, built to serve an oil refinery, years earlier, and arrives to …
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