PC, Xbox Series S/X; Strange ScaffoldThe joke wears a little thin, but there’s more to this indie title than internet dog gags and fetch quests As someone who has missed flights in the past at great personal expense, I’m not sure why I was so keen to review a game about running through airports. I …
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After a pandemic-hit slowdown on new content, the PS5 finally has a family game to match its capabilities It’s been six months since the PlayStation 5 launched, and they still fly out of stock minutes after appearing in stores. But anyone still waiting to pick one up can be comforted by the knowledge that as …
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Available onlineThe age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary shows In 2018, John-Luke Roberts’s Edinburgh show consisted entirely of names of hitherto unheard-of Spice Girls. He’s up to something similar with Sound Heap, a new “podcast of infinite podcasts”, a medley of excerpts from imaginary …
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Experts warn ‘no one is out of bounds’ after ransomware attack halts production at JBS, which supplies more than fifth of US beef Meat-processing factories in the US run by the world’s largest company in that field are coming back on stream on Wednesday after a ransomware attack – as experts warned all corporate and …
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Structural engineer who had a big hand in the creation of the Severn, Forth and Humber road bridges Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in the design of Britain’s three major suspension bridges, over the Forth, Severn and Humber estuaries – and was closely involved in the design of the …
Working for the app, which feeds users local crime information, ‘is very traumatic’ and the managers ‘don’t appear to care’ Susan, a former employee for the crime app Citizen, applied for a job curating the platform’s content and notifications in 2019 “in a pinch”. She had a writing background, was having trouble finding work in …
Its repair policy seems to fly in the face of Bill Gates’s work to combat climate change Can you please ask Microsoft how it can possibly quote £427 to fix the webcam in my Surface laptop? My only option to get it working is to pay this for a service that, in this case, means …
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The ransomware attack on JBS, probably by a Russia-based group, has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia A ransomware attack against the world’s largest meatpacking company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization probably based in Russia, the White House was informed on Tuesday. The …
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‘A producer said: “Great – but can he dance?” So we got him to move like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever’ The second I read the script, about a robot becoming self-aware after being struck by lightning, I put it down and said: “This is a hit.” It was a timeless story about an …
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Critics raise transparency fears over plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh network’ Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for …
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