In this week’s newsletter: UK cybersecurity heads want companies like Apple to monitor suspicious activity on devices. It’s not the attack on privacy you might think it is Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here This week, the technical leads of GCHQ and the National Cyber Security Centre made a powerful intervention …
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Research into gameplay habits of 40,000 people counters fears that gaming could harm mental health Time spent playing video games has no effect on people’s wellbeing, a study from the University of Oxford has found, countering fears that gaming could be harmful to mental health. Unlike the vast majority of previous studies on the effect …
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Wins for Amazon and Starbucks workers shows labor movement surging after years of decline – but pushback has been fierce After years of decline, the American labor movement is experiencing a resurgence, with an increase in popularity of unions and of workers organizing. But the corporate pushback in America has been fierce, and has come …
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Fans were outraged after the cost of watching the Boss play surged. But companies are now increasingly adjusting charges based on data they have about you too If you want to see Bruce Springsteen play in the US, it may cost you. Some of the tickets for the Boss’s forthcoming tour are going for over …
Parent company Alphabet reports second-quarter revenue of $69.69bn, 13% higher than a year ago Alphabet only narrowly missed estimates for its quarterly revenue on Tuesday, a sign the tech giant may weather an industry-wide slowdown better than expected. Alphabet reported second-quarter revenue of $69.69bn, 13% higher than same period a year ago and nearly in …
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Social network turning to its ‘supreme court’ about decision, says head of global affairs, Nick Clegg Facebook is turning to its “supreme court” to decide whether to end restrictions on Covid misinformation, more than two years after the company first started to take special action on posts promoting falsehoods about the disease. The social network …
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Updates to copy features of arch-rival leave some users struggling to find friends and family content Instagram’s head defended the app against a user backlash, after the social network launched a series of changes intended to make it more like its arch-rival TikTok. The changes, which include an extremely algorithmic main feed, a push for …
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Destiny, Call of Duty and other epics expect you to play not for hours but for years. This endless games monoculture isn’t just bad for players – it’s bad for innovation Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Reading our games correspondent Keith Stuart’s feature about the joy of game compilations, …
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Monthly subscription to increase by 12.5% to £8.99 in latest sign of rising delivery costs Amazon is to increase the price of its monthly Prime subscription service by 12.5% – or £1 – to £8.99 from September in the latest sign that delivery costs are rising. The company said the cost of an annual Prime …
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Gaming albums have been steadily rising in popularity since the early 2010s. Players and creators explain why Caroline Grace has always enjoyed vintage technology. An IT tech in the Mid-Ohio Valley, they collect retro games, laser discs and cassette tapes, but mostly, vinyl records. Their collection is in the thousands, and hundreds of those are …
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