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Ad revenue used to service debt pile unlikely to return soon, meaning deal with lenders or cash injection needed Musk hurls defiant, profanity-laced retort at fleeing advertisers Elon Musk’s extraordinary tirade on Wednesday once again raises questions about the survival of X, formerly known as Twitter. When the world’s richest person took over the social …

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Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying – but where did it come from, and why does it keep growing? Jessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we’d click The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker’s …

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In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unite for The Rest Is Entertainment. Plus: five of the best podcasts with unlikely host pairings • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Rest Is EntertainmentWidely available, episodes weeklyRichard Osman and the Guardian’s Marina Hyde team up …

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At New York event Wednesday, X owner had choice words for Walt Disney and others who pulled ads over antisemitic content Elon Musk has issued a defiant and profanity-laced message for the advertisers who pulled money from X in recent weeks amid a backlash over his endorsement of an antisemitic tweet and reports of increased …

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Deal resolves tech giant’s concerns over Online News Act, which makes big companies share advertising revenue with publishers Canada and Google have reached a deal to keep links to news stories in search results and for the tech giant to pay $73.6m annually, or 100m Canadian dollars, to news publishers in the country. The deal …

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The internet is abuzz with the results of this year’s rundown, with Taylor Swift coming out on top as 2023’s most streamed artist There’s a flurry of activities inside Spotify’s New York City’s offices in the Financial District. “It’s almost like election night,” Louisa Ferguson, Spotify’s global head of marketing experience says, referring to a …

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The People v Gary McKinnon to dramatise what US authorities called ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’ The story of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon and his long battle against extradition to the US is to be turned into a feature film. It will tell the story of how a young man hunting for …

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The ‘next gen’ consoles of 2013 invented high-definition gaming and cleared the way for streaming – but a decade on, what did they get wrong? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It was at this point 10 years ago that the future began. I am referring to the almost …

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The graphic designer and comedian (AKA elliotisacoolguy) lives online. His list includes several human-sounding animals – and one animal-sounding human Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I love the internet so much. I think it is so funny. And as someone who has built their entire career off being funny online in the incredibly …

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Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; The Station/Thunderful GamesWestworld meets Dungeon Keeper in this characterful city-builder, where you design the perfect town for a population of robots I’m building a farm for robocows, which will be made into roboburgers to feed a population of steam-powered humanoid robots. None of this makes sense, but who cares. …

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