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Google Play Store still has not authorized distribution of app, denying it access to 40% of US smartphone market Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on the Google Play Store due to insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson said on Tuesday. Truth Social launched in the Apple …

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Digital minister Taro Kono wants to follow up his bid to phase out faxes by getting rid of floppy disks – but he faces opposition from bureaucrats Japan’s digital minister has declared war on floppy disks, decades after the technology became largely obsolete, but could encounter opposition from analogue devotees inside the country’s vast bureaucracy. …

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Ban on Nvidia and AMD sales marks a major escalation of US efforts to restrict China’s military technology capabilities as tensions bubble over Taiwan Chip designer Nvidia said that US officials told it to stop exporting two top computing chips for artificial intelligence work to China, a move that could cripple Chinese firms’ ability to …

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Cambridge research finds 60cm-tall humanoid called Nao helped children open up about feelings The Nao robot looks more like a prop from a low-budget sci-fi film than the cutting edge of medical research. But a study found that children felt more comfortable confiding in the child-sized, quizzical-looking humanoid than when responding to mental health assessments …

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Be the GOAT in the return of one of gaming’s most ridiculously enjoyable success stories Dolly Parton once said, “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” Likewise, making an intentionally janky game seems trickier than it looks. Working on the sequel to 2014’s divisively meme-rich Goat Simulator, Stockholm-based studio Coffee Stain North …

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Meta is finally taking the impact of a Facebook ban seriously. Plus, Joe Rogan and Zuck have a heart to heart Would you rather be banned for life from Tesco or Apple? Or, to go further: would you find it easier to cope with losing access to all major supermarkets, or Google alone? The answer …

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Force says tactic is ‘easy way to get drivers to slow down’ after budget cuts reduced traffic policing numbers Surrey’s police force has been accused of operating “phantom units” after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app. Officers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the …

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Thevamanogari Manivel used money to buy Melbourne property before supreme court granted Crypto.com freeze on her bank account Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com accidentally transferred $10.5m to an Australian woman when processing a $100 …

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Legislation will require companies to install guardrails for those under age 18 and use higher privacy settings California lawmakers passed first-of-its-kind legislation on Monday designed to improve the online safety and privacy protections for children. The bill, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, will require firms such as TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to install guardrails …

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Prices of PlayStation 5 consoles are rising despite the tough financial situations many are in – even as PS sales are at $20bn I am back from a week of running around Gamescom at a convention centre in Cologne, drinking German beer out of deceptively tiny-looking glasses, only to discover that Sony is – in …

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