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Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts. In an announcement to readers, the news organisation said it considered the …

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In this week’s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here By 2004, video games were well into their adolescence. The war between Sega and Nintendo that defined the early 1990s …

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An interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse goes deep on the 40-year history of Tetris Believe me when I say: I truly thought I knew the story of Tetris. The puzzle game’s journey from behind the iron curtain in 1980s Moscow to multi-million-selling video game has been the subject of countless articles, a greatly entertaining book …

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No reason given for departure of Nadhmi al-Nasr, longtime CEO of $500bn project launched by Mohammed bin Salman Nadhmi al-Nasr, the longtime chief executive of the $500bn Saudi development project Neom launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has departed, according to a Neom statement issued on Tuesday that did not give a reason for …

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Musk and ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head up Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Despite the name, the department will not be a government agency. Trump said in a statement that Musk …

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Social media site accused of violating law that requires platforms to pay media when republishing articles Several leading French newspapers have said they are suing the social media platform X, accusing it of running their content without payment. The joint action against the company run by the US billionaire Elon Musk is being led by …

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Company says it will cut about 200 employees as value plummets in aftermath of huge data breach The genetic testing firm 23andMe said on Monday it would cut about 40%, or 200 employees, from its workforce and discontinue further development of all its therapies as part of a restructuring program. “We are taking these difficult …

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Musk and Donald Trump propose a ‘Department of Government Efficiency’, crypto wins big in the election and a modern equivalent of Lysistrata takes hold on TikTok • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. In this week’s newsletter: …

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This documentary follows the formation of the Amazon Labor Union, showing how difficult it is for workers working for a company determined to efface their rights The historic 2022 victory in getting union recognition for Amazon workers in a huge warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and the creation of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), …

Union review – fighting for your rights under the Amazon corporate jackboot Read More »

Tycoon might help president-elect realise race for artificial general intelligence is a ‘suicide race’, says Max Tegmark Business live – latest updates Elon Musk’s influence on a Donald Trump administration could lead to tougher safety standards for artificial intelligence, according to a leading scientist who has worked closely with the world’s richest person on addressing …

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