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Passengers took 1.87bn trips during the spring and early summer, company says, a 24% increase compared with same time last year Uber’s bookings hit an all-time high in the last three months as anxiety over Covid-19 eased and workers headed back to the office. Passengers took a total of 1.87bn trips on Uber during the …

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Games announcements have become relentless. How’s a player to keep up? Start with our summer previews Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There was a time when it was possible to play pretty much every interesting video game released in a given year, from nailed-down 9/10 blockbusters to that divisive …

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Stray, a new indie title starring the internet’s favourite animal, is delighting players and pets alike, and its creators at BlueTwelve have been charmed by the reaction When a video game has us playing as an animal, it’s usually some psychedelic anthropomorphic cartoon creature such as Crash Bandicoot or Sonic the Hedgehog. Rarely do we …

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Research says conspiracy theorists shifting from QAnon and Covid to disinformation about crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine Twitter accounts that have promoted QAnon and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are switching focus and increasingly spreading disinformation about the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study. The research by …

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New and improved earbuds sound better, have noise cancelling, last longer and are very comfortable Google’s latest Pixel Buds earbuds have been given the “pro” treatment, with better sound, noise cancelling, multipoint Bluetooth and a comfier design aimed at rivalling Apple’s AirPods Pro but for Android users. The Pixel Buds Pro cost £179 ($199/A$299), sitting …

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The Forsage pyramid scheme cheated investors out of $300m worldwide over more than two years US authorities have busted a huge cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, charging 11 people for their role in defrauding retail investors for more than $300m worldwide. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the charges Monday, which relate to a Ponzi …

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When asked if he’s proud of his son’s accomplishments, Errol Musk says: ‘No … we are a family that have been doing a lot of things’ The father of Elon Musk said during an interview that he isn’t proud of his billionaire son, saying that Elon is unhappy with his own career progress. During the …

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In an industry notorious for neglecting its past, one developer is trying to make a game that will be playable (and enigmatic) long into the future In January 2020, players of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time stumbled on a buried spaceship: a fully functional “Arwing” fighter from another classic Nintendo game, Star …

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Rachael Maskell, the York Central MP, has proposed a bill to tackle shortage of private rental housing Landlords are evicting tenants and switching to Airbnbs and holiday lets because the money is better and they “do not have to worry about bad tenants”. Research has found a boom in rental properties being used for short-term …

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A California-based organisation wants to harness the power of machine learning to decode communication across the entire animal kingdom. But the project has its doubters A dolphin handler makes the signal for “together” with her hands, followed by “create”. The two trained dolphins disappear underwater, exchange sounds and then emerge, flip on to their backs …

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