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Analysis: Experts warn against reinstating banned accounts and neglecting moderation Welcome back Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins, David Icke and Alex Jones? These are just some of the Twitter accounts that could be reinstated if the platform’s new owner-in-waiting, “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, practices what he preaches. All of those accounts have been permanently suspended …

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Company’s push into ‘metaverse’ continues with Bay Area shop offering headsets and smart glasses Meta Platforms is set to open its first physical store where shoppers can try out and buy virtual reality headsets and other gadgets as the company plots a course to take its highly touted “metaverse” mainstream. The 1,550-sq ft Meta Store …

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Latest mass theft of digital art assets is carried out by phishing post on Instagram Yuga Labs, the multibillion-dollar collective behind the infamous Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens, has been targeted by another hacking attack, leading to the theft of millions of dollars worth of the simian NFTs. BAYC’s series of algorithmically generated cartoon …

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The BBC Proms video games concert will look back over the history of the genre, with scores from The Legend of Zelda, Battlefield 2042 and more For the past 10 years or so, if you lived in a big city and fancied hearing an orchestra play something from Metal Gear Solid or Sonic the Hedgehog …

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Teen Casey joins an occult online game in this unnerving experiment in form by trans film-maker Jane Schoenbrun Strangeness is a quality valued and yearned for in so many sorts of movies, but rarely found – yet this really is strange, an experiment in horror form from the trans film-maker Jane Schoenbrun and executive-produced by …

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In this week’s newsletter: with its fun gimmicky design and new games every week, this handheld device is taking us back to our Game Boy days Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every …

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Tesla chief executive will gain control over social network he has criticized over its handling of ‘free speech’ Elon Musk has reached a $44bn deal to buy Twitter in a takeover that will give the world’s richest man control of a social network with more than 200 million users. The sale will put the Tesla …

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Trevor Jacob parachuted from the turboprop plane and filmed it as it crashed into a remote forest in California The US Federal Aviation Administration has revoked a YouTuber’s pilot license after it concluded that he intentionally crashed his plane for the sake of gaining online views. On 24 November 2021, Trevor Jacob was flying over …

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Amazon founder raises concerns after Tesla boss strikes $44bn deal to buy social media platform Jeff Bezos has questioned whether China will lean on Elon Musk’s Tesla business to quell criticism of the country on Twitter. The world’s second richest man posted a tweet raising concerns over potential Beijing influence on Twitter several hours after …

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The billionaire’s purchase of humanity’s ‘digital town square’ is a culmination of his controversial past on the platform One of Twitter’s most controversial users became its owner on Monday, after Elon Musk brokered a $44bn deal to purchase the company. The move was in many ways the culmination of the billionaire’s long history with the …

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