Sick of space, shooting and samey franchises? Find something to grab you in our critics’ selection of the strangest, most interesting forthcoming video games we played at this year’s Gamescom Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo SwitchRelease date: 2024 Continue reading… Sick of space, shooting and samey franchises? Find something to grab you in our …
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Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user …
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Mintrocket; Nexon Korea; PC, MacA sushi waiter is on a mission to bring exotic fish to the table in this stylish, satisfying game that delivers a vital message on sustainability Dave is a diver: a powerful deep-sea swimmer – despite, or maybe because of, his rotundity – who has been summoned overseas to work for …
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Criminals are cloning voices and making calls to trick victims into sending them money. How can they be stopped? Jennifer DiStefano, a mother of four, got a call one day from an unknown number. Two of her children were off snowboarding, so she picked up, worried that one of them might have been injured. It …
With its exposé of digital scammers, fraud farms and gangmasters, Ao Shen’s thriller is inventive and snappily directed. A shame, then, that it morphs into a public health warning It is a shame that either Chinese authorities had a word, or producers decided to aim for brownie points by fitting No More Bets out as …
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Entrepreneurs want Haredi men, many of whom live in poverty, to have access to the opportunities of Tel Aviv Entering Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood just a few kilometres away from the gleaming towers that testify to Tel Aviv’s prowess as a global hi-tech hub, feels like stepping into a different world. Despite the startups …
Four years ago the venerable retailer fell out of the FTSE 100, suffering a humiliating blow to its prestige. But now it has turned things around It’s four years to the day since Marks & Spencer dropped out of the FTSE 100 for the first time since the City share index’s 1984 inception. It was …
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Experts aim to draw up UK legislation to protect against misuse of artificial intelligence “We can’t let existential risks blind us to the challenges we face today,” says Gina Neff, a tech expert at the University of Cambridge and co-chair of a new TUC taskforce on artificial intelligence in the workplace. “Those challenges are real, …
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Officials reflected policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settings Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according to internal government emails seen by …
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In unseen notes to be published in a new book, Douglas Adams foresaw the success of a host of technology we now take for granted Douglas Adams created the most famous ebook reader – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – almost 30 years before the first Kindle was released, but he didn’t restrict his …
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