The software giant paying vastly over the odds for a small but strategically threatening company should alarm US regulators The big tech news in a slow week was that the software giant Adobe is planning to pay the unconscionable sum of $20bn (£18bn) to acquire a small company called Figma. Why is this news? Well, …
McDonald’s has shelved its meat-free burger trial and stock in one of the major manufacturers has dipped nearly 70% At the start of the year, McDonald’s launched a plant-based burger “sizzled on a flat-iron grill, then topped with slivered onions, tangy pickles, crisp shredded lettuce, Roma tomato slices, ketchup, mustard, mayo and a slice of …
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The photographer was on holiday with friends and their twin boys when she spotted a chance to capture teenage ennui Identical twin teenagers Joe and Duke were fed up. Walking to a local supermarket in the midday sun with their parents and photographer Sarah Lee, a family friend, was not their preferred choice of activity …
Meta’s president of global affairs said it would be a decision ‘I oversee’ after the ex-president’s accounts were suspended in 2021 Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, is charged with deciding whether Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram in 2023, Clegg said on Thursday. Speaking at an event held …
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In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve ‘significant’ hurdles and costs Optus data breach: who is affected, what has been taken and what should you do? Customers’ personal data stolen as Optus suffers massive cyber-attack Get our free news app, morning email briefing or …
TikTok searches soared amid flood of media coverage, raising questions about the response to extreme social media challenges Interest in NyQuil chicken appears to have substantially increased after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the “recent social media video challenge” that drew widespread media coverage. The FDA issued a statement …
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PC; Drago EntertainmentGlitchy and laboured, operating this pretend catering van feels too much like hard work There are few thing more frustrating than playing a broken game: perhaps only playing a broken game with a promising premise. Food Truck Simulator, from the title alone, seems as if it should be a riot. Other cooking-themed titles …
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Yvonne Whalley remembers Alan Ayckbourn’s play in which a robot develops at least one human trait Your report (Scientists try to teach robot to laugh at the right time, 15 September) reminded me of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s 1998 play Comic Potential. Except that in the play, the robot did not need to be taught to …
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This endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy On Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from games magazine PC Gamer that made me leak from the eyes with laughter. It contained a video, in which a wide-eyed, pained-looking cartoon trombonist struggled to hit the notes of Beethoven’s Fifth while the composer …
Tech behemoth could do more to protect user data from landing in the hands of police and other authorities, some say For years, Apple has carefully curated a reputation as a privacy stalwart among data-hungry and growth-seeking tech companies. In multi-platform ad campaigns, the company told consumers that “what happens on your iPhone, stays on …
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