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Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targeted UK politics live – latest updates The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the European Union have accused Washington of “coercion and intimidation”, after the US imposed a visa ban on five prominent European figures who have been at …

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State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints, in the latest attack on European regulations that target hate speech and …

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators Read More »

From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, the designers of some of today’s top titles recall the gifts and moments that lit up their childhoods There is a viral video that tends to get passed around at this time of year. It’s an old home movie …

‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories Read More »

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreams It is better known for its viral dances and for making hits out of forgotten songs, but the social media site TikTok is becoming a force to be reckoned with as a shopping platform. Major retailers such …

‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop Read More »

Zampella created the template for multiplayer shooters that is still used today, and his cinematic and epic military, sci-fi and Star Wars games thrilled and moved millions • Vince Zampella dies aged 55 – news On Sunday, Vince Zampella, the co-creator of the Call of Duty video game series, died in a car crash in …

Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary Read More »

A look back at the biggest tech stories of the year, from the rise and fall of Musk’s Doge to lucrative investments into AI Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, wishing you a happy and healthy end of the year. I myself have a cold. Today, we are looking back at …

Elon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025 Read More »

PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; Bitmap Bureau/Reef EntertainmentArcade specialists Bitmap Bureau ply their craft in this retro remake of James Cameron’s action film. But Terminator 2D is at its strongest when colouring outside the director’s lines Like Arnie’s pulverised cyborg at the end of T2, the Terminator franchise has lumbered on long past …

Terminator 2D: No Fate review – the least bad Terminator game in a long while Read More »

Like many of his US counterparts, the Russian science protege turned hugely successful ‘digital populist’ has a deep suspicion of government constraint Tech visionary, Kremlin dissident, FSB agent, free speech absolutist, health guru. These are just some of the labels admirers and critics have attached to Pavel Durov over the past decade. The Russian-born tech …

Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov Read More »

Platform with 700m users says it is investigating after Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped tracks and metadata An activist group has claimed to have scraped millions of tracks from Spotify and is preparing to release them online. Observers said the apparent leak could boost AI companies looking for material to develop their technology. Continue …

Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify Read More »

The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction must prompt a global conversation about intelligent machines, regulation and risk If AI did not change your life in 2025, next year it will. That is one of few forecasts that can be made with confidence in unpredictable times. This is not an …

When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr Read More »