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Fourth-quarter revenues of $75.3bn for parent firm Alphabet Big tech faces growing scrutiny over digital ad dominance Google’s parent company, Alphabet, ended 2021 on another high note, reporting better than expected results in a year when it nearly doubled profits despite growing regulatory scrutiny of its business. The company reported revenues of $75.3bn for the …

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There are plenty of streaming options available for music and podcasts – or you could listen the old-fashioned way The recent decision by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to pull their music off Spotify amid a backlash over Joe Rogan’s podcast has put fans of the folk icons in an awkward position – and reminded …

Missing Joni and Neil? Here’s how to break up with Spotify Read More »

Radlandia, the skating game’s exuberant and diverse world, was created during the pandemic as a happier place to which its developers could escape In a skate park under the arches near London Bridge, a couple of game developers called John Ribbins and Simon Bennett are messing around in a half-pipe. (I do not join in …

OlliOlli World: the game that captures the vibrant soul of skateboarding culture Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: farming, city planning, even golf – I admit I find games about unbelievably boring activities addictive 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 pop your email in …

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This weird postmodern drama sees a lonely teenager join a virtual world where she becomes a hugely successful singer There’s some amazing big-screen spectacle in this weird postmodern emo photo-love drama from Japanese anime director Mamoru Hosoda, whose previous film Mirai elevated him to auteur status. Suzu, voiced by Kaho Nakamura, is a deeply unhappy …

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‘Rolling stop’ lets vehicles go through intersections with all-way stop signs at up to 5.6mph Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs. Documents posted on Tuesday by US safety regulators say Tesla will disable the feature with an over-the-internet software update. The “rolling …

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Puzzle creator Josh Wardle ‘thrilled’ that newspaper is taking over internet sensation The New York Times has acquired the viral word game Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum, the publisher announced on Monday. Created by a Reddit engineer and launched in October, Wordle gives players just six guesses to determine a five-letter word that changes …

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Host Jesse Watters wasted no time in painting the Reddit thread’s moderator as a clumsy, ‘lazy’ caricature In 2013, the subreddit r/antiwork was born. “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!” read its tagline. America was experiencing a mood change at that time. Occupy: The Movie had just hit theaters, lodging the eponymous movement in …

Like a bully in the school yard, Fox News sets its sights on the anti-work movement Read More »

Bungie developed Destiny and Halo while sale comes after Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard Sony has agreed to buy video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn, the latest in a series of takeovers in the video game industry. Washington state-based Bungie developed hit first-person shooter video game Destiny and Halo, a series that has provided …

Sony to buy video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn as takeovers continue Read More »

In DM exchange Tesla boss offers $5,000 for takedown but 19-year-old replies: ‘Any chance to up that to $50K?’ A row has broken out between the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, and a 19-year-old student and aviation enthusiast from Florida. Jack Sweeney created the Twitter bot @ElonJet, which tracks Musk’s Gulfstream private jet and posts …

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