Month: July 2025

This nicely put together Swedish UFO throwback is notable for its early use of ‘vlubbing’ – using tech to match lip movements to new English dialogue. What’s coming next? Here is a derivative but nicely put together sci-fi throwback, in which Inez Dahl Torhaug stars as Denise, a rebellious teenager in foster care whose father …

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The world’s richest person threatens to create the ‘America Party’ and the US president calls him a ‘TRAIN WRECK’ Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech news, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are back at it, warring over the passage of the president’s sweeping tax bill and the Tesla CEO’s threat to create …

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Tech firm’s chief Louis Mosley dismisses attacks that contract ‘threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems’ Palantir, the US data company which works with Israel’s defence ministry, has accused British doctors of choosing “ideology over patient interest” after they attacked the firm’s contract to process NHS data. Louis Mosley, Palantir’s executive vice-president, hit …

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Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases Counter-terrorism authorities have, for years, characterized keeping up with terrorist organizations and their use of digital tools and social media apps as a game of Whac-a-Mole. Jihadist terrorist groups such as Islamic State and its predecessor al-Qaida, or …

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Here’s a breakdown of how original Switch titles work on Switch 2, explaining everything from free Switch 2 updates to inbuilt backwards compatibility and the paid Switch 2 Edition upgrades Outside of the phenomenal Mario Kart World and next week’s Donkey Kong Bananza, there isn’t much new Nintendo software to keep early Switch 2 adopters …

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An deep dive into the surprising uses and linguistic shortfalls of the ubiquitous symbols In 2016, Apple announced that its gun emoji, previously a realistic grey-and-black revolver, would henceforth be a green water pistol. Gradually the other big tech companies followed suit, and now what is technically defined as the “pistol” emoji, supposed to represent …

Face With Tears of Joy: A natural History of Emoji by Keith Houston review Read More »

Exclusive: Amazon office workers in New York requested to donate time over to Fresh delivery process during firm’s busiest time Corporate employees of Amazon were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery as it heads into its annual discount spree known as Prime Day. In a …

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Meta wiped out a business account and all contacts without warning for not abiding by community guidelines I am the mentor of a young black entrepreneur, RM, who has had his personal and business social media accounts removed by Meta, which owns Instagram. There was no notice, no option to appeal and, from my understanding, …

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iPhone maker accuses European Commission of going ‘far beyond what the law requires’ in ruling Business live – latest updates Apple has launched an appeal against an “unprecedented” €500m (£430m) fine imposed by the EU on the company, in the latest clash between US tech companies and Brussels. The iPhone maker accused the European Commission …

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Fall of 7% in premarket trading would wipe $70bn off firm’s value as market frets CEO’s foray into politics will distract from role Shares in Tesla are heading for a sharp fall in the US as investors fear Elon Musk’s launch of a new political party will present further problems for the electric carmaker. Tesla …

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