The internet is abuzz with the results of this year’s rundown, with Taylor Swift coming out on top as 2023’s most streamed artist There’s a flurry of activities inside Spotify’s New York City’s offices in the Financial District. “It’s almost like election night,” Louisa Ferguson, Spotify’s global head of marketing experience says, referring to a …
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The People v Gary McKinnon to dramatise what US authorities called ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’ The story of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon and his long battle against extradition to the US is to be turned into a feature film. It will tell the story of how a young man hunting for …
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The ‘next gen’ consoles of 2013 invented high-definition gaming and cleared the way for streaming – but a decade on, what did they get wrong? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It was at this point 10 years ago that the future began. I am referring to the almost …
The graphic designer and comedian (AKA elliotisacoolguy) lives online. His list includes several human-sounding animals – and one animal-sounding human Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I love the internet so much. I think it is so funny. And as someone who has built their entire career off being funny online in the incredibly …
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Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; The Station/Thunderful GamesWestworld meets Dungeon Keeper in this characterful city-builder, where you design the perfect town for a population of robots I’m building a farm for robocows, which will be made into roboburgers to feed a population of steam-powered humanoid robots. None of this makes sense, but who cares. …
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Employees at facility in Kentucky allege Amazon is retaliating against them as they push for union representation Workers at Amazon’s largest air hub in the world allege Amazon is retaliating against them as they try to organize their first union. The workers at the 882-acre KCVG air hub in Hebron, Kentucky, have been organizing “March …
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Invitation comes after tech billionaire accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to inspect Israeli kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas Hamas has invited Elon Musk to Gaza to witness the devastation of the Palestinian territory under Israeli attack after the hi-tech billionaire accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to inspect a kibbutz targeted by Hamas. “We invite him to visit Gaza …
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Private businesses, motivated by profit, can’t be relied on to police themselves against the horrors unfettered AI could bring How do we gain access to artificial intelligence’s huge potential benefits – such as devising new life-saving drugs or finding new ways to teach children – without opening a box of horrors? If we’re not careful, …
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Ardent Health, which oversees hospitals in states including Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma said it was targeted over Thanksgiving A cyber-attack has shut down emergency rooms in at least three states, a hospital operator warned on Monday, forcing the organization to divert patients to other facilities. Ardent Health, which oversees 30 hospitals in states across …
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Changpeng Zhao has pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money-laundering laws but will the enforcement end there? Plus, OpenAI’s endless coup • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Binance is guilty. The world’s largest crypto exchange admitted to a range of violations in a massive US court action, including unlicensed money transmitting, …
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