A Bloomberg report gets out in front of the biggest video game announcement of the year, claiming a December trailer for Rockstar’s forthcoming game is imminent Take-Two and Rockstar Games are to officially announce the next instalment in its Grand Theft Auto series this week, according to a report from Bloomberg citing sources close to …
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Maze Runner director Wes Ball will direct film of beloved game franchise, which follows the hero Link on his quest to save Princess Zelda A live-action film based on the hit game franchise The Legend of Zelda is in development, gaming giant Nintendo confirmed on Wednesday. The film will be directed by Wes Ball, who …
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When the new Zelda film was announced, fans immediately began debating who should play Ganon, Zelda and Sidon. Here is one big fan’s dream cast The Legend of Zelda, one of the most successful and beloved gaming franchises of all time, is being made into a live-action film – and with such iconic characters as …
Australian IT company says ‘configuration issue’ may have been behind nationwide outage Optus outage live updates Optus service outage at a glance: what we know so far Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The lengthy outage of Optus’s internet and mobile services across the country could have been …
Arturo Béjar told Congress that he saw first-hand how the social media giant was not protecting his child from harassment On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who …
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Billionaires say they are desperate to give away their money – but their interests are misaligned with society’s. Just tax them! Almost exactly a year ago, Vox journalist Kelsey Piper was having a heart-to-heart with Sam Bankman-Fried. The “Crypto King” (people used to call him a lot of stupid things) had just declared bankruptcy, setting …
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Against the odds, world leaders agreed on a landmark declaration to bring stronger oversight to AI. Plus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s very bad week • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here For Max Tegmark, last week’s artificial intelligence summit at Bletchley Park was an emotional moment. The MIT professor and AI researcher was …
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Japan is seen as the home of games, but the sector is struggling – and China is poaching its talent. It’s a power shift that may change the gaming landscape for good In September, a quarter of a million people journeyed through Japan’s punishing late-summer heat to the cavernous expanse of the Makuhari Messe convention …
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UN announces plan to tackle phenomenon as survey finds people worry particularly about impact on elections More than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation and 87% believe it has already harmed their country’s politics, according to a global survey, as the United Nations announced a plan to tackle the phenomenon. …
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Big chip and graphics upgrades come at great cost to wallet and battery life for difficult second act Microsoft’s latest top-end laptop sticks with its novel screen-flipping form, with upgrades on the inside aimed at keeping up with the powerhouse competition – but these improvements come with a very steep price increase. The Surface Laptop …
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