Politicians will be banned from using social media platform for campaign fundraising Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time. …
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Ahead of the release of new chapter, the first in the franchise yields little – even the much-vaunted tech is old hat As a curtain-raiser to the forthcoming sequel, unpromisingly subtitled The Way of Water – downwards? – James Cameron’s original Avatar from 2009 is being re-released. This was his folie de grandeur and vast, …
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Advanced AI is moving from the lab into the mainstream – offering a glimpse of the dangers ahead. Plus, What3Words loses its direction Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Programming a computer is, if you squint, a bit like magic. You have to learn the words to the spell to convince …
Jack Dorsey, the social media firms co-founder, was set to be deposed by lawyers from both sides on Tuesday morning Twitter will question Elon Musk under oath in Delaware next week as part of the litigation in the billionaire’s bid to walk away from his $44bn deal for the social media company. A Tuesday filing …
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Rockstar is the victim of one of the biggest data breaches in gaming history. It’s not only a blow to developers – it’s a loss for fans Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It’s been a giant week for video game news. Nintendo announced a release date of 5 May …
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This interactive series follows four friends as they navigate LA’s cut-throat music scene via heartfelt writing, playable music videos and lots of texting Gorillaz may be the most famous example of a virtual band, at least in the west. Elsewhere, virtual idol Hatsune Miku is omnipresent, her personality projected on to her by fans. Four-piece …
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The writer, who learned her craft playing 90s adventure games, on her love letter to a lifelong passion, the problematic aspects of the industry and the transformative power of play Games have always been a part of writer Gabrielle Zevin’s life. Her first experience, she recalls, was playing Pac-Man at the Honolulu hotel where her …
Cameras on turbines being trained to recognise lesser spotted eagles, which are endangered in country Small in size, sensitive of constitution and with only 130 breeding pairs surviving locally in the wild, the lesser spotted eagle of the Oder delta lives up to its name. In Germany, key questions over the country’s energy future hang …
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A major data breach has given the world an early look at Grand Theft Auto 6. Why is this such bad news for the developer? In the early hours of 18 September, a poster on GTAForums going by the name teapotuberhacker posted about 90 videos, totalling 50 minutes of footage from an in-development version of …
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PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox/Devolver DigitalAgeing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash Far out on the high seas, under the scorching Caribbean sun, a soft-hearted and lovably useless pirate named Guybrush Threepwood has to face a difficult question. …
