A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government Five years ago, the Chinese tech company Tencent overtook Facebook to become the fifth largest company in the world. Though it’s still an unfamiliar name to many in the west, Tencent is a major stakeholder in tech companies and products …
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Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert award-winner could transform lives of kidney disease patients, say experts A home dialysis machine inspired by technology used in fruit juice dispensers has won the UK’s most prestigious engineering prize. The device, made by Quanta, is currently used by about 50 patients in the UK, but more than a dozen …
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Company seeks to force completion of sale, saying billionaire ‘refuses to honor his obligations’ Twitter sued Elon Musk on Tuesday to force a US court to complete his $44bn takeover of the social media giant after a dramatic few weeks of speculation that the deal was falling apart. “Musk entered into a binding merger agreement …
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Researchers found the app, which gradually exposes people to their worst fears, can greatly reduce phobia symptoms In the days leading up to an injection, Julie Raine’s mind would fog over with fear – she was convinced the needle would harm her. On the day of the injection, after a sleepless night, she would try …
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Live Ammo, Solid Gold, Zzap! 64 – game collections were a staple of every gamers’ diet and are as nourishing today as they were when they were released on cassette in the 1980s It’s been a busy month for nostalgic video game compilations. Sonic Origins collects the first four Sonic the Hedgehog titles, the Capcom …
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The global market grew to almost $200bn in recent years, but such massive growth isn’t sustainable. But the industry has a few things on the horizon to console themselves Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here During the pandemic, video games have had an unprecedented boom while pretty much every other …
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Firm faces ongoing battles over workers’ rights and unpaid waiting times after drawing in drivers with huge subsidies In the middle of the national rail strike last month when demand for cabs was sky-high, a group of Uber drivers decided they, too, would strike for 24 hours. A few hundred of them marched in protest …
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Workers in North Carolina, Maryland and Kentucky bid to become unionized as criticism of retail monolith grows In the wake of a historic union election victory at the Amazon JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, more Amazon workers in the US are trying to replicate that success with their own organizing campaigns in other …
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Elon Musk says he no longer wants to buy Twitter – but the social media platform has changed the world, made us laugh, and made us furious. We look at some of its landmark moments In April, when Elon Musk announced plans to buy Twitter, the platform’s users instantly divided into two clear camps: those …
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Scammers impersonate Europol officers, going for quantity over quality, exploiting a design flaw in telecoms infrastructure One recent summer afternoon, Christof Bock, a 38-year-old Berlin-based data engineer, picked up an incoming call from an unfamiliar number. Over a crackly line, he was informed in English that his ID and bank details had been found in …
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