Virtual reality gamble is not paying off as Mark Zuckerberg appears to be going out on a limb with avatars After shares in Facebook’s parent, Meta, slumped by as much as 25% in the wake of abysmal quarterly results, critics intensified their calls for its chief executive to abandon his astronomically expensive pivot to the …
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Tweet comes as advertisers fear one of his first moves as chief will be to restore Donald Trump’s account Elon Musk has claimed he has “acquired Twitter” in a post to the social network reassuring advertisers it will stay a safe place for their brands, amid fears one of his first actions as chief executive …
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Speculation is rife about whether the insurer will pay a hacker who claims to have extracted 200GB of files Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Two weeks after the Medibank cyber-attack, the question that remains unanswered is: will the company pay a ransom? Medibank said it has determined …
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Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standards Police should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces because they are breaking ethical standards and human rights laws, a study has concluded. LFR involves linking cameras to databases containing photos of people. …
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In this week’s newsletter: from zipline stunts to illegal parties, British Scandal charts the highs and lows of the former prime minister’s career. Plus: the five spookiest podcasts fit for Halloween. Sign up for the full article here High Low With EmRataWidely available, three episodes weeklyEmily Ratajkowski (above) has come a long way since exhibiting …
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The performance-capture body suits, the annoying helmet cams, the makeshift props … actors describe the experience of making video games ‘where there’s nowhere to hide’ The Call of Duty series is the action-movie blockbuster of the video game world. Loud, violent and filled with crazy stunts, these globetrotting military romps put their fictitious heroes through …
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Tesla CEO changes his profile to ‘Chief Twit’ as Friday deadline to finalize his takeover deal nears Elon Musk paid a visit to Twitter’s headquarters ahead of an end-of-week deadline to close his deal to buy the company, posting a video of himself in the company’s San Francisco lobby carrying a sink. “Entering Twitter HQ …
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Facebook parent company’s revenue was 4% less than the same period last year as it struggles to compete with TikTok Shares in Meta dropped on Wednesday after the company announced mixed results in its third quarter earnings report, beating analyst predictions for revenue but offering a weak forecast for the upcoming quarter. The Facebook parent …
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Reuters learns US DoJ launched investigation last year after more than a dozen crashes, some fatal, involving Autopilot system Tesla is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company’s electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) launched the previously undisclosed …
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Metallopolymer conducts electricity and can be painted, sprayed or moulded into any shape A plastic material that has metallic properties and remains stable even when heated, chilled, left in the air or exposed to acid has been revealed, with researchers saying it could prove valuable in wearable electronics. What’s more, the material can be made …
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