The latest title in the long-running strategy series was the biggest reveal at an event that celebrated small indie titles as much as big hitters In a two-hour presentation that was short on major announcements, but big on independent titles, this year’s Summer Game Fest was dominated by one reveal – Civilization 7 is coming …
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After three years of silence, Keith Gill resurfaces in bizarre live stream while GameStop shares tumble 40% “Can y’all hear me right now?” Keith Gill began his broadcast. “I kinda forget how to do this.” Back in 2021, the influencer better known as Roaring Kitty led a crusade by retail traders which triggered the extraordinary …
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About 35,000 sellers argue that online giant misuses their data to launch rival products that are sold more cheaply Business live – latest updates Independent UK retailers have launched the biggest ever retail class action with a £1bn claim for damages against Amazon, which they allege has been pushing them out of its online marketplace. …
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Minneapolis cracked a deal with the companies, but it preserves integral parts of their model, allowing the firms to undermine the compromise later Who came out ahead when the Minneapolis city council announced a deal with Uber and Lyft to increase driver pay and improve working conditions last month? On 20 May, the city council …
Siwei Lyu of the DeepFake-o-meter explains how to tell when photos, videos and audio aren’t real You – a human, presumably – are a crucial part of detecting whether a photo or video is made by artificial intelligence. There are detection tools, made both commercially and in research labs, that can help. To use these …
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Robyn Denholm says electric carmaker’s CEO could spend his time elsewhere if biggest pay deal in US corporate history isn’t approved Business live – latest updates The chair of Tesla has raised the prospect of Elon Musk stepping back from the electric carmaker if shareholders do not back the chief executive’s $56bn (£44bn) pay package, …
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A jury of Californians acquitted the Autonomy founder, who on trial tried to show that life is ‘nuanced and messy’ “This is a momentous day in Autonomy’s history,” Mike Lynch declared in a press release on 18 August 2011. He was announcing the sale Autonomy, his software firm, to Hewlett-Packard for $11bn. For Lynch 6 …
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Tech firm earlier committed to storing less data about individuals in response to privacy concerns Google will begin to delete everything it knows about users’ previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users. The company’s “timeline” feature – previously known …
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Measures will impact more than 13,000 pupils in Southwark, and include confiscating phones used at school A group of schools in London have announced they are to go smartphone-free, in a sign of the growing public concern over phone-based childhoods. Headteachers at 17 of the 20 state secondary schools in Southwark, south London, have taken …
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Children can view internet unrestricted by entering a certain nonsense phrase into Safari address bar Apple has promised to fix a years-old bug in its parental controls that allows children to bypass restrictions and view adult content online. The bug, by which a child could get around controls by simply entering a certain nonsense phrase …
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