The games’ runaway success introduced a whole generation to hopped up US punk and metal. Bands including Less Than Jake, the Ataris and AFI pay tribute to a gaming megastar who loves them back When millions of parents bought their kids a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game in the late 90s and early 00s, they …
The Canadian electropop duo return with a new track (and forthcoming album) that sounds like a half-forgotten RPG you played in the 00s If you were around for the electropop zeitgeist of the early 2010s, chances are that Purity Ring feature prominently on your nostalgia playlist. And if you were a young adult at that …
Non-violent games about cooking, farming or tidying now rival the more traditional video game pursuits of shooting and fighting in popularity. So what will the #cozy genre tackle next? In 2017, a game design thinktank called Project Horseshoe gathered a group of developers together to define the concept of cosiness in video games. Games, of …
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Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her path In May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned …
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Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts say Children are increasingly taking breaks from their smartphones to better manage their mental health, personal safety and concentration spans, research has revealed. They are reacting to growing concerns that spending too much time online …
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Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuse The number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on developments in the technology. The Internet Watch Foundation said AI videos of abuse had “crossed the threshold” …
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Yaccarino announces she is leaving company after two years as chief executive officer The CEO of X, Elon Musk’s social network, announced on Wednesday she would step down after two years in the role. Linda Yaccarino wrote: “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity …
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Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers Google has agreed a sweeping deal with the UK government to provide free technology to the public sector from the NHS to local councils– a move campaigners have called “dangerously naive”. The US company will …
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At the Develop conference in Brighton this week, talk turns from cancelled deals and job cuts to replicating real human experiences and telling stories about diverse characters For anyone looking to gauge the mood of the UK games industry in 2025, there has been only one place to hang out this week: the bar of …
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Ongoing surge in demand for AI technology fueled stratospheric rise of chipmaker’s value Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company in history to scale a $4tn market value on Wednesday as its stock price continues a years-long stratospheric rise. Shares of the top chip designer rose roughly 2.4% to $164, benefiting from the ongoing surge …
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