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According to the New York Times, the dismissals are regarded as the company’s response to the recent unionization victory Amazon has reportedly fired over half a dozen senior managers who were involved in a New York warehouse union. The firings, which took place outside the company’s employee review cycle, was regarded as the company’s response …

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Imminent end to legal abortion sparks concerns over how law enforcement might access data to prosecute patients and providers A leaked draft opinion suggesting the US supreme court may overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v Wade has renewed concerns over the ways US law enforcement could ask tech companies to hand over Americans’ …

Abortion surveillance: in a post-Roe world, could an internet search lead to an arrest? Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Guardian video games editor and writer of Pushing Buttons Keza MacDonald picks her favourite games of the year Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article here Hi, Guide readers! I’m Keza, the Guardian’s friendly local video games editor (and writer of our games …

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Despite their chunky graphics and analog sounds, multiplayer sports sims of the 1980s defined a whole era of gaming – can their legacy live on? The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are memorable for a lot of things – the jetpack at the opening ceremony, the historic performance by Carl Lewis, the greater focus on female …

Forty years of joystick waggling: the glory of multi-sport video games Read More »

Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for $2.9m in 2021 then could not get past $14,000 at auction last month. But some projects have thrived It was described as the Mona Lisa of the digital world and it came with a connoisseur’s price tag: $2.9m (£2.4m) for the first tweet by Twitter’s co-founder. This was March …

NFTs: the great rush may be over – but are they in actual decline? Read More »

Meta, formerly Facebook, denies claims the blocking of non-news pages like hospitals and charities was an intentional negotiating tactic, and says it was the result of a ‘technical error’ Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing When Facebook blocked hundreds of Australian emergency services and government pages during the company’s negotiation with …

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According to the government, Digital Markets Unit will protect small businesses and consumers A new tech watchdog will be given the power to impose multibillion-pound fines on major firms such as Google and Facebook if they breach rules designed to protect consumers and businesses. The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will protect small businesses from predatory …

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The app requires you to share photos of what you’re doing at a specific moment, creating a drab portrait of reality Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a new app to know about. BeReal, touted as the “anti-Instagram”, is currently the No 1 free app on the App Store in …

I tried BeReal, the ‘authentic Instagram’ app – would it show the real me? Read More »

Paz Estaban told committee spyware was used on 18 Catalan activists with judicial approval, sources say The Catalan government is calling for answers “from the highest level” after the head of Spain’s National Intelligence Centre (CNI) reportedly confirmed that 18 members of the regional independence movement were spied on with judicial approval. The apparent admission …

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Breaking Bad-themed cooking show and music with lyrics about cocaine among content deemed appropriate for children as young as two YouTube is showing videos that promote skin-bleaching, weight loss, drug culture and firearms to children as young as two, a new investigation of the company’s “Kids” app has found. YouTube Kids, an app and website …

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