Month: March 2023

Animal-friendly cosmetics brand Lush is releasing a range of Mario-themed products – so our reporter tried them, for science The announcement that cosmetics chain Lush would be running a collaboration with the Super Mario Bros Movie was met with some incredulity in the video game press last week. The animal-friendly brand is not exactly associated …

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France has banned not only TikTok from government phones, but Facebook and Twitter, too. Could this be a tipping point for big tech? Plus, AI-generated pictures of the pope signal a new type of viral image Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Government workers in the UK, …

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Compact wifi hifi with big sound supports hundreds of music services, multiple voice assistants and looks the part The Era 100 is the first of a brand new line of wifi speakers from multi-room audio specialists Sonos, taking what was good about its popular longstanding One series and adding more bass and stereo sound. The …

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Photos, emails, playlists: our phones and computers have become hosts for our pasts. What happens when the backups fail? No matter how much our computers assure us they’re backing everything up to a hard drive in the sky, memory failure remains a hardwired part of our lives. Writers reflect on when a digital loss created …

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Head of Norwegian manufacturer Nammo says plans to increase production at its largest factory are affected by demands of nearby data centre See all our Ukraine coverage One of Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturers has said efforts to meet surging demand from the war in Ukraine have been stymied by a new TikTok data centre that …

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Lawmakers, unconvinced after five hours of testimony from company chief Shou Zi Chew, are set on restricting the platform Lawmakers have said they’re moving forward with plans for a national ban on TikTok, as users including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez take to the app to protest. The snowballing effort to take action against TikTok comes after …

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Complaint alleges firm grew US business despite stated intent to block US customers from platform Binance and its chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, are being sued in the US by commodity market regulators in a complaint that claims the defendants committed “willful evasion of US law”. The move is the most significant US enforcement action yet …

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PC, smartphones (via Netflix); Free Lives/ Devolver DigitalThe rewarding environmental restoration game plays like a puzzle and is satisfyingly simple In the beginning, there is nothing before you but cracked, brown earth. This landscape of toxic soil and dried-out riverbeds is yours to restore in Terra Nil. But the ostensibly weighty task is made satisfyingly …

Terra Nil review – restore nature, and with it your hope for the future Read More »

Elon Musk-owned platform demands that GitHub identifies who posted parts of its code Twitter has revealed some of its source code has been released online and the social media platform owned by Elon Musk is taking legal action to identify the leaker. According to a court filing made on Friday, Twitter is demanding that GitHub, …

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Farming Simulator lets customers test out new trailers, balers and other machinery before buying the real thing Tractors are commonly sold to farmers at agricultural fairs and announced in the trade press. But machinery makers are falling over themselves to get a slice of a much more unlikely advertising vehicle: the Farming Simulator video game. …

How a video game has revolutionised the way farmers are buying tractors Read More »