Month: May 2024

Researchers and Silicon Valley are using tools powered by AI to uncover lives of ancient philosophers More than 2,000 years after Plato died, the towering figure of Classical antiquity and founder of the Academy, regarded by many as the first university in the west, can still make front page news. Researchers this week claimed to …

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His youth support declining, the president needs ‘to be where the people are’. His account regularly mocks Trump – but remains silent on Gaza In Joe Biden’s TikTok debut, timed to the Super Bowl in February, the president answered rapid-fire questions like “Chiefs or Niners?” (neither, he picked the Eagles because his wife’s a “Philly …

Dark Brandon popping off: is Joe Biden’s ‘cringe’ TikTok helping or hurting him? Read More »

Foreign minister says investigation found Fancy Bear group was behind attack that took down several websites Germany has said it has evidence that Russian state-sponsored hackers were behind an “intolerable” cyber-attack last year in which several websites were knocked off line in apparent response to Berlin’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine. The German foreign …

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iPhone sales fell 10% compared with the same time period last year, but the company still beat Wall Street’s expectations Apple released its earnings report on Thursday, revealing a drop in overall revenue fueled by slackening iPhone sales. Earnings exceeded market expectations, however, and Apple’s shares rose in after-hours trading. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, …

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Andy Jassy said employees in a union would ‘find it harder to get things done quickly and would be better off’ without one A federal administrative law judge ruled that the the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago. Jassy said in 2022 that …

Amazon CEO broke US law with anti-union comments, judge rules Read More »

Microsoft; PS5 (version tested), Xbox, PC; RareYou’re pirates on the ocean wave, fighting sea monsters and digging up buried treasure, but you’re also larking about playing musical instruments When Sea of Thieves originally set sail on Xbox in 2018, it promised a journey filled with shared adventure, but set off a little short on supplies. …

Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 review – ‘You’ll laugh, you’ll sail, you’ll drink grog until you’re sick’ Read More »

Company says it is aware of issue as users complain alarms are playing too quietly or not going off Apple is working to fix a problem that has resulted in some users complaining that their iPhone alarms are not going off – or playing too quietly. The company said it was aware of the issue, …

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Bethesda has just released a huge ‘next gen update’ for 2015’s Fallout 4. Now that the TV series is a hit, is it worth returning to the wasteland? Last month, developer Bethesda released a hefty update for 2015’s Fallout 4, probably timed to welcome new fans eager to learn more about the inspiration behind Amazon’s …

In the wake of the TV series, is it worth playing Fallout 4 again? Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Delta can be used to play games on vintage consoles from the Game Boy to the Snes … but for how long? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A new app has been at the top of the charts on Apple’s store for a couple …

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Creative director and writer Dmitry Svetlov explains how his religious upbringing shaped this game about a nun with a rebellious streak A young woman stands amid the labyrinthine architecture of a Russian nunnery. At first glance, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the scene for one from Tomb Raider. Then the woman moves – slowly, and …

‘Like taking a shovel to your brain’: dark fairytale game Indika takes aim at the Russian Orthodox church Read More »