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When the government’s new phone alert system is tested this weekend it will mark the culmination of much learning from the technological successes and mistakes of other nations There have been accusations of nanny statism, warnings from domestic abuse charities over inadvertently alerting abusers of hidden phones, and even pet shops cordoning off smaller animals …

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End of ‘lords & peasants system’ may help business in short term but risks sustainability if it leads to loss of trust Twitter’s aristocracy is no more. Last year Elon Musk described the verification process as a “lords & peasants system” and on Thursday he deployed the guillotine. Feudalism has now given way to capitalism: …

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From post-Brexit satire to harrowing journeys based on research and true stories, these are our top picks Papers, Please This year is the 10th anniversary of Lucas Pope’s wrenching game about being a border officer in the functional communist country of Arstotzka, deciding when to turn desperate people away and when to risk your job …

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Composer Takeshi Furukawa talks about creating the soundtrack for Fumito Ueda’s touching tale about the relationship between human and beast From the opening moments of The Last Guardian, developer Japan Studio and legendary game director Fumito Ueda need you to understand one simple thing: this game is about empathy. Before you are given the opportunity …

‘Muted, soft, like watercolours’: The Last Guardian’s soundtrack was an appeal to the heart Read More »

Adjust these settings to stop your 4G or 5G phone making a noise during test at 3pm on 23 April The the UK’s emergency alert system is due to be tested at 3pm on Sunday 23 April, causing all 4G and 5G-capable mobile phones in the country to make a loud siren-like sound even if …

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Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue Blue checkmarks began to disappear from formerly verified Twitter accounts on Thursday, as policies implemented under new owner Elon Musk began to take hold. Musk, who purchased the company for $44bn in 2022 and has …

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Investigations reveal limited efforts to ‘clean’ datasets of fascist, pirated and malicious material Fresh fears have been raised about the training material used for some of the largest and most powerful artificial intelligence models, after several investigations exposed the fascist, pirated and malicious sources from which the data is harvested. One such dataset is the …

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Chief executive Jonah Peretti says in company-wide email BuzzFeed ‘can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News’ BuzzFeed is shutting down what remains of its award-winning news department, signalling the end of an era for a website that once promised to upend the industry. Founder Jonah Peretti told staff on Thursday that “the company can …

BuzzFeed News to close and parent company to make substantial layoffs Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Party quiz games, an interactive thriller, a dungeon crawler and more – your split-screen multiplayer recommendations are an inspiration. Here’s are some of the best Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Last month I asked you all for your favourite couch co-op or competitive multiplayer games …

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Technology company violated US export control laws with shipments to Chinese firm, commerce department says Seagate Technology Holdings has agreed to pay a $300m penalty in a settlement with US authorities for shipping over $1.1bn worth of hard disk drives to China’s Huawei in violation of US export control laws, the Department of Commerce said …

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