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Competition regulator had initially moved to block acquisition but concerns addressed The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in a move that paves the way for both companies to complete the transaction. The Competition and Markets …

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Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutional A federal judge said in a Thursday hearing that the argument in favor of a ban on TikTok from the Montana state government “just confuses me”. US district judge Donald Molloy heard arguments in a case filed by …

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As the tool becomes less of a curiosity and more a part of daily life, fans are finding clever uses – and discovering limitations Next month ChatGPT will celebrate its first birthday – marking a year in which the chatbot, for many, turned AI from a futuristic concept to a daily reality. Its universal accessibility …

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Die Gute Fabrik; PC, PS5 and SwitchInvolving narrative game reveals little by little the complex relationships of a ship’s crew seeking their kidnapped captain Saltsea Chronicles is a Choose Your Own Adventure story blown up to epic proportions. The primary mystery unfolds like this: the ragtag crew of a ship are seeking their kidnapped captain. …

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Engineers want to set up giant oven at HS2 boring sites to create calcined clay mix for use in foundations and platforms The recent announcement that HS2 may still extend to Euston station instead of terminating in the suburbs could be good news for a group of scientific alchemists planning to conjure concrete from London …

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Trauma experts say Jon Romano, who was released from prison in 2020 after serving time for a 2004 shooting, is doing even more harm A school shooter who went viral on TikTok for talking publicly about his actions is facing backlash from many who believe he should not be on the platform at all. In …

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The actor stars in Koreaboo, an escapist drama for fans of romance, K-pop and new beginnings. Plus: five of the best podcasts about untold life stories • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Shaun Keaveny’s Daily GrindWidely available, episodes daily from MondayFans of Keaveny’s now defunct 6 Music breakfast show …

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Case of footage from set of Palestinian film being repurposed to make false claims is far from one-off Israel and Hamas at war – live updates The video shows a young boy in a black T-shirt apparently lying in a pool of blood on the ground. Above him is a camera, with a man shouting …

How Israel-Hamas war disinformation is being spread online Read More »

Will people be happier and healthier in a city without cars? A company building a community in the desert of Tempe, Arizona, is betting on it If you were to imagine the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the modern US, it would be difficult to conceive such a thing sprouting from the environs …

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Failing to moderate content such as fake news could incur fine of 6% of X revenues or EU blackout under new laws The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk over the alleged disinformation about the Hamas attack on Israel, including fake news and “repurposed old images”, on X, which was formerly known as …

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