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Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1m crowns ($98,500) a day over privacy breaches from 14 August, Norway’s data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications. The regulator, Datatilsynet, …

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Policy to apply to those living within 50 miles and follows waning of pandemic-driven demand for video-conferencing services It was the poster child for remote working and may have made more gains from people able to work from home during the pandemic than any other company, but even Zoom has told its staff to come …

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Tinder’s users say long-term relationships are their number-one goal. Yet dating apps are failing at finding people love Romance scams are among the most common type of online fraud, with losses in millions of dollars. Scammers prey on people’s need for love and connection, which can make them vulnerable to manipulation. “There’s no end to …

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Like sea mines washing up on the beaches of the Black Sea, the consequences of someone else’s war keep arriving in the lives of this science-fiction game’s characters In any other game, two mega corporations obliterating each other in a galactic war would be the story’s focus. But in Citizen Sleeper 2, the conflict between …

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Forty years since the release of its first game, British developer Rare – formerly known as Ultimate – has cemented its place in gaming history. We look back at its origins on the ZX Spectrum and NES For five long years, the ZX Spectrum magazine Crash tried to get an interview with the people behind …

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In this forthcoming black and white adventure game, you play as a ghost on a quest to ascend to a higher plane of the afterlife Why would you want to make a game about death? “To me, it’s fascinating,” says Leo Dasso, director of Hauntii, a game about navigating eternity as a ghost. All of …

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PC; KinmokuThis new visual novel from the creator of One Night Stand is an engrossing, emotional study of digital relationships that will hit a raw nerve with gamers Anyone who ever played and loved a video game, especially as a teenager, will know that the game itself is often only part of the experience. It …

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In social media quibble, Musk causes confusion by saying he will livestream fight – and one day later saying he has back problems Mark Zuckerberg has said he is “not holding his breath” over a proposed cage fight with Elon Musk, as he revealed that he had suggested a date of 26 August for the …

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Elaine Bennett believes the increasing use of technology is only serving to further isolate some people in a neurotypical world I disagree with your correspondent (Letters, 3 August) that a ban on mobile phones in schools will impact pupils with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) negatively. People with ASD are already at risk of being pushed …

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Comment comes as company is going through organizational changes and looking to boost falling advertising revenue Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated “unfairly” by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known …

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