In this week’s newsletter: Tragic shootings in the US have resurrected the disproven theory games turn people into killers. Why does this myth persist? 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 week, just …
Report claims public money from countries around the world is funding growth of tech company Amazon has reaped a total of £425m in UK government contracts in the past two years, it has emerged in a report, prompting fresh criticism that the tech giant is failing to pay a fair share of tax in the …
Amazon bags £425m in work from UK government as it is criticised over tax Read More »
Bending your head to use a phone stresses the spine, say chiropractors – and that’s not the only way the devices are injuring and changing us Name: Tech neck. Age: Two years old. Continue reading… Bending your head to use a phone stresses the spine, say chiropractors – and that’s not the only way the …
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Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database The UK’s data watchdog has fined a facial recognition company £7.5m for collecting images of people from social media platforms and the web to add to a global database. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) also …
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Video shows simulation of Sedar Soares, who was shot dead in 2003, asking public to help solve case Dutch police have received dozens of leads after using deepfake technology to virtually bring to life a teenager almost two decades after his murder. Sedar Soares was shot dead in 2003 while throwing snowballs with friends in …
Dutch police create deepfake video of murdered boy, 13, in hope of new leads Read More »
Karl Racine accuses Facebook co-founder of direct knowledge of policies that allowed firm to gather data of millions of Americans Washington DC’s attorney general has sued Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold the Facebook co-founder personally responsible for his alleged role in allowing the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to harvest the personal data of millions of …
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With pandemic restrictions showing no sign of ending, home rental service says it will cease taking bookings for accommodation inside China from 30 July Airbnb is closing down its business inside China indefinitely, as the country’s zero-Covid policy, lockdowns and travel restrictions continue. On Tuesday Airbnb told its China-based users it would cease taking all …
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The vote marks a victory for labor advocates in an industry mired with allegations of abuse and poor working conditions Workers in a division of video game company Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a major US gaming firm. A small group of Wisconsin-based quality assurance testers at Activision …
Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software workers vote to form industry’s first union Read More »
Billionaire donors are pushing an unsettling agenda for America – backing Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen, calling for restrictions on voting and even questioning the value of democracy itself Decades ago, America’s monied interests bankrolled a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism and constitutional democracy. Today’s billionaire class is pushing …
America’s billionaire class is funding anti-democratic forces | Robert Reich Read More »
Pace of withdrawals in May means ‘stablecoin’ company effectively dealing with slow-motion bank run Tether, the multibillion dollar “stablecoin” that functions as the largest bank in the cryptocurrency economy, has paid out $10bn (£8bn) in withdrawals since the crypto crash started in early May. The pace of withdrawals means the company is effectively dealing with …
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