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Nintendo Switch; Mercury Steam/NintendoSamus Aran’s return after 20 years is welcome – but other games have taken up her mantle in the meantime The recipe for a Metroid game is clear and concise: there’s a labyrinthine system of rooms and corridors, an oppressive science-fiction environment, an escalating series of power-ups. A good-feeling gun. A great-feeling …

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Top new Androids have bigger cameras, Tensor processor and five years of support Google has finally launched its flagship Pixel 6 smartphones as it aims to beat competitors on camera and performance while undercutting them on price. Previewed by Google in August, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are the Android-maker’s attempt to compete with …

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LightBasin hackers were able to obtain subscriber information and call metadata, says CrowdStrike At least 13 phone companies around the world have been compromised since 2019 by sophisticated hackers who are believed to come from China, a cybersecurity expert group has said. The roaming hackers – known as LightBasin – were able to “search and …

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts I’ve been grappling for decades about how you’d get a “negative microwave” to work, a device that very quickly cools things such as food or drinks without having to pre-fill it …

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Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, PC; Turtle Rock/Warner Bros InteractiveDespite a messy start, this spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead becomes more challenging and characterful the longer you spend with it I’m not sure what I expected from Turtle Rock’s spiritual successor to zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, but I know that card-collecting wasn’t on the list. …

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A Wall Street Journal report revealed execs approached the CEO in 2008 about flirtatious emails to a female midlevel staffer Bill Gates was allegedly advised in 2008 by executives at the company to halt inappropriate communication with a female employee, according to a new report. The claims, published by the Wall Street Journal, are the …

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GetGo store uses weight sensors and skeleton outlines to track shoppers, who are billed when they leave Tesco is fighting back against Amazon with its first “just walk out” store, where it is possible to buy groceries without having to scan items or visit a till. The supermarket’s GetGo store in Holborn, central London, follows …

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After endless attempts to either repair or replace the broken screen, the company decided my warranty had now elapsed I bought a £2,000 8K TV from Richer Sounds in August last year but just short of its first birthday the screen stopped working. I reported it to Richer Sounds immediately who said it has to …

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High-end MacBooks get big redesign with more ports, better screens and M1 Pro and Max chips Apple has announced new third-generation AirPods and its much-anticipated new MacBook Pro laptops, with new screens and high-end M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. During a livestreamed event on Monday, the Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, unveiled the redesigned …

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Nine schools in North Ayrshire begin using technology to take payments, with others in UK expected to follow Privacy campaigners have raised concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Nine schools in North Ayrshire began taking payments for school lunches this week by …

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