Month: August 2023

Ultros, a psychedelic action game about gardening in deep space

Design director Mårten Brüggemann explains why he set out to make a sci-fi game that’s as much about cultivation as combat Video game action-platformers might have had their golden age in the 1980s and 90s with Metroid and Contra, but the genre’s modern resurgence has given us exceptional games such as Dead Cells and Hollow …

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UK’s CMA to hear more views on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

Competition and Markets Authority gives tech giant hope after it blocked acquisition of Call of Duty maker The UK competition watchdog has said it will decide whether to clear or block Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) takeover of the video game developer Activision Blizzard by 29 August, as it gave fresh hope for the transaction by opening …

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TikTok ban on Australian government devices should also cover WeChat, parliamentary committee recommends

Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media says it is ‘concerned’ with ‘unique national security risks’ the companies pose Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The ban on TikTok from government devices in Australia should be extended to the devices of government contractors, and should also cover …

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Giant glowing ‘X’ sign atop Twitter office in San Francisco removed

The city building department had logged 24 complaints after the new logo went up, with neighbors upset over its intrusive lights It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s company X, formerly known as Twitter. The city building department logged …

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August 2023 supermoon: how to take a good photograph of the sturgeon super full moon tonight on your phone or camera with the best settings

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the moon Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast With the August 2023 supermoon rising tonight, also known as a sturgeon full moon, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try to get an …

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