Month: May 2023

CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves ‘discourages tech innovation and investment’ in UK Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK competition watchdog’s decision to block its $69bn (£56bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard. The US tech company confirmed that it had formally lodged an …

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Other payment companies do business with Palestinians in the occupied territories, but PayPal only provides services to Israelis there Eleven members of the US Congress have demanded PayPal end a ban on doing business with Palestinians in the occupied territories while permitting Israeli settlers to use the digital payment platform. The letter, authored by Representative …

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Job cuts are part of plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles, bringing headcount to where it stood mid-2021 Meta started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. …

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In this week’s newsletter: I suck at fighters, but the delightfully camp latest in the franchise is deliberately designed to be easy on new players – for once Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When I got my first job on a games magazine, there were a few games on …

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Top multisport tracker gets bigger, crisper OLED touchscreen – but at high cost to wallet and battery The Forerunner 965 is Garmin’s new top of the range running and triathlon watch that comes with a crisp and bright OLED screen for the first time – but at a hefty price. The new watch tops the …

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Team behind ChatGPT say equivalent of atomic watchdog is needed to guard against risks of ‘superintelligent’ AIs The leaders of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI have called for the regulation of “superintelligent” AIs, arguing that an equivalent to the International Atomic Energy Agency is needed to protect humanity from the risk of accidentally creating something with …

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The social network has floundered since the tech billionaire took over – political live streams may give the platform relevance The news that Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential campaign during a live Twitter appearance with Elon Musk has put a spotlight on the the tech billionaire’s latest attempts to shore up engagement with the …

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Caes Gruesbeck was killed earlier this month from blunt-force trauma while clearing a conveyor belt at an Indiana facility US regulators have launched an investigation into the death of a 20-year-old worker at an Amazon warehouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Caes Gruesbeck was killed on 9 May while working during his shift at the FWA4 …

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Paper menus were replaced by QR codes to protect diners during Covid. But the hi-tech approach has lost its appeal Name: QR-code menus. Age: Around for decades, mainstream for three years. Continue reading… Paper menus were replaced by QR codes to protect diners during Covid. But the hi-tech approach has lost its appeal Name: QR-code …

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Stock image service Shutterstock buys gif search engine after Meta’s acquisition blocked by regulators The owner of Facebook has taken a more than $260m (£210m) loss on Giphy – selling off the gif search engine to the stock image service Shutterstock for $53m after the deal was blocked by regulators. Meta said on Tuesday it …

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