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PC, Microsoft/Relic EntertainmentRelic returns with this safe but solid modern revitalisation of the classic real-time strategy series Back in 2003, BBC2 show Time Commanders somewhat sneakily used the strategy game Rome: Total War as the basis for its entire high concept: to give normal people the chance to take on military leaders in famous historical …

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Report by MPs and peers says monitoring worker performance using AI should be regulated by law Monitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees’ mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and peers. An “accountability for algorithms act’” would ensure that companies …

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Company was briefly worth over £100bn after flotation, more than Ford or General Motors The Jeff Bezos-backed electric carmaker Rivian has raised more than $11bn in a stock market sale that briefly valued the company at more than $100bn in one of the world’s biggest ever floats. The share sale on Wednesday was the largest …

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Ride-hailing app says increase will provide better rider experience after lockdown led to driver departures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Uber is to increase its rates by 10% in London in an attempt to lure drivers back on to its platform, as cab companies across the UK struggle to meet booming …

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Speech is out. Daft captions are in. Nearly everyone is beautiful. And one guy amassed 11m followers while living in emergency accommodation with his mum. Our critic samples TikTok comedy I’m used to consuming jokes and sketches as part of shows, as components of a bigger whole. But that experience leaves me rudderless on TikTok, …

Homeless stars, endless spaghetti and amplified farts: the comedians of TikTok Read More »

As the billionaire offloads shares worth $1bn, financial filings show the move was planned weeks before he asked followers’ opinion Elon Musk’s recent Twitter poll asking if he should offload 10% of his Tesla stocks to pay taxes was met with a clear “yes”. Financial filings released late on Wednesday showed the billionaire has since …

Elon Musk sells some Tesla stock – but was it really because of Twitter poll? Read More »

Thrilling but not forbidding, Hidetaka Miyazaki’s forthcoming fantasy epic is like Dark Souls meets Zelda: Breath of the Wild Before Hidetaka Miyazaki was given the job of salvaging his company’s embattled medieval fantasy game Demon’s Souls (2009), he was just another rank-and-file designer. For a child who grew up a voracious reader of sword-and-sorcery genre …

Elden Ring – Dark Souls’ creators and George RR Martin team up on an enticing fantasy Read More »

Campaigners sought to sue for £3bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales A £3bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the internet activity of millions of iPhone users has been blocked by the UK supreme court. Legal experts said the decision meant the “floodgates” remained closed …

Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking Read More »

Platform says it is responding to feedback on preventing firms from abusing targeting options Facebook and Instagram are to stop allowing advertisers to target users based on their history of posting, reading or liking content related to subjects such as sexual orientation, religion and political beliefs. The social media networks’ parent company, Meta Platforms, said …

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PC, PS4/5, Xbox; ActivisionA band of inglorious stereotypes go on a covert mission to uncover a Nazi plan in a traditional instalment of the series There is always a sense of deju vu with Call of Duty games. For almost 20 years, they have led us through so many bombed-out cities, treacherous canyon passes and …

Call of Duty: Vanguard review – nostalgic warfare that takes us back to the start Read More »