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Too much information: when did video game character creation get so real? | Dominik Diamond
The older, saggier and sadder you get, the less you want to stare at your own digital …
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Molly Russell died while suffering from effects of online content, coroner says
Fourteen-year-old died from self-harm, and web material probably contributed to death …
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Molly Russell: how family are helping shift narrative on online safety
Ian Russell’s campaigning after his daughter’s death has made case for online safety b…
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Ebay executive given nearly five years for terrorizing couple reporting on firm
David and Ina Steiner were sent live spiders, cockroaches and funeral wreaths among ot…
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Bitcoin climate impact greater than gold mining, study shows
Environmental damage of producing cryptocurrency averages 35% of its market value over…
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Video games introduced me to the Chemical Brothers - now teens find music through Fortnite
In the 90s and 00s, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Guitar Hero were prime outlets for musi…
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Best podcasts of the week: Alan Partridge is back with anecdotes and ‘intimate details’
In this week’s newsletter: Steve Coogan’s character returns in the new season of From …
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‘Economists should study it’: inside Disney Dreamlight Valley, the latest game taking over TikTok
‘Disney Animal Crossing’ is all over the video platform, but is it merely an imitation…
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Shock therapy: turmoil engulfs Britishvolt’s £3.8bn battery factory
Future of company hailed by Boris Johnson as cornerstone of his ‘global green industri…
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Molly Russell inquest: social media ‘almost impossible’ to keep track of, says teacher
Headteacher describes ‘terrible shock’ at north London school after 14-year-old killed…
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Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo review – uncomfortable for all the wrong reasons
PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Microids/Pendulo Studios Whether it ineffe…
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‘We can continue Pratchett’s efforts’: the gamers keeping Discworld alive
A text-based, multiplayer role-playing game based on the works of Terry Pratchett, the…
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Money isn’t important! Take it from Google’s multimillionaire CEO | Arwa Mahdawi
What’s more annoying than a very rich boss cutting his staff’s benefits? A very rich b…
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Terra founder wanted by Interpol tweets he is making ‘zero effort’ to hide
Search for crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon after Luna and UST collapse drags down rival cu…
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Ofcom chair says tech firms must prioritise safety alongside clicks
Michael Grade cites Molly Russell’s death as reminder of urgent need for new era of ac…
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Fifa 23 review – EA’s final Fifa game bows out gracefully
PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch; EA Sports/EA Fittingly, this year’s final …
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Pushing Buttons: the viral music game that revived my teenage obsession
This ridiculous Trombone Champ is an encore to all of the wild rhythm games I grew up …
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Elon Musk to face deposition by Twitter lawyers ahead of trial
Attorneys are expected to use the interview to try to show that Musk abandoned the dea…
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‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music
Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs a…
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Has streaming made it harder to discover new music?
Services such as Spotify and Apple Music give us access to the entire history of popul…
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Rapid action needed on online hate, say Angela Rayner and Sadiq Khan
Labour deputy and London mayor call for ministers to push ahead with online harms bill…
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How to start your own podcast
Don’t worry about the equipment … the most important thing is the idea Everyone, they…
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Apple iPhone 14 Pro review: new ideas in a familiar package
Animated notch, always-on screen and camera upgrade make a similar design feel fresh, …
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‘It’s a joke first and a game second’: how the delightful Trombone Champ went viral
Dan and Jackie Vecchitto created the internet’s latest obsession, with real-life tromb…
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Yes, you should monitor your remote workers – but not because you don’t trust them
Cybercrime attacks are increasing. That’s one good reason to keep track of employees w…
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Adobe can’t Photoshop out the fact its $20bn purchase of Figma is a land grab | John Naughtom
The software giant paying vastly over the odds for a small but strategically threateni…
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‘It’s only their silhouettes, but you can see how bored they were’: Sarah Lee’s best phone picture
The photographer was on holiday with friends and their twin boys when she spotted a ch…
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Nick Clegg to decide on Trump’s 2023 return to Instagram and Facebook
Meta’s president of global affairs said it would be a decision ‘I oversee’ after the e…
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Food Truck Simulator review – real-world sim forgets about fun
PC; Drago Entertainment Glitchy and laboured, operating this pretend catering van feel…
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A laughing robot and the possibilities of AI | Letter
Yvonne Whalley remembers Alan Ayckbourn’s play in which a robot develops at least one…
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‘Terrible music and absurdity’: introducing Trombone Champ, the internet’s new favourite video game
This endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy On Wednesd…
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Apple says it prioritizes privacy. Experts say gaps remain
Tech behemoth could do more to protect user data from landing in the hands of police a…
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You be the judge: should my friend stop disappearing without telling us?
Fred’s known for bailing out of nights out and not saying goodbye. Now he’s turned off…
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Pinterest executive admits platform ‘not safe’ when Molly Russell used it
Inquest hears teenager viewed multiple images of self-harm on Pinterest before she kil…
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Tesla recalls nearly 1.1m vehicles in US over windows pinching fingers
Company says in documents that the automatic window reversal system may not react corr…
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Ofcom to investigate tech giants’ dominance of cloud computing
Regulator’s inquiry will also focus on messaging and smart devices as three ‘hyperscal…
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‘I saw the possibility of what could be done – so I did it’: revolutionary video game The Hobbit turns 40
The developer of the text-adventure game on how, at 20, she overcame 1980s misogyny to…
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Customers’ personal data stolen as Optus suffers massive cyber-attack
Personal information of potentially millions of customers exposed, including names, da…
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Dall-E 2 users to be allowed to upload faces for first time
Feature marks latest relaxation of rules around how image-generating AI tool can be us…
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TikTok tightens policies around political issues in run-up to US midterms
Politicians will be banned from using social media platform for campaign fundraising …
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Ted Lasso’s AFC Richmond will be playable in Fifa 23
The hugely popular fictional team will feature alongside spectrum of real-world sides …
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Winning the battle for talent: five ways technology can attract and retain skilled employees
For the first time since records began, there are more job vacancies than unemployed p…
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A happy medium: how connectivity can help mid-sized businesses overcome sector challenges
Mid-market businesses face a range of hurdles, from securing funding to supply chain i…
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TechScape: AI’s dark arts come into their own
Advanced AI is moving from the lab into the mainstream – offering a glimpse of the dan…
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A video-game music biopic: We are OFK follows a virtual band trying to make it in LA
This interactive series follows four friends as they navigate LA’s cut-throat music sc…
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Pushing Buttons: The grand theft of Grand Theft Auto
Rockstar is the victim of one of the biggest data breaches in gaming history. It’s not…
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‘Video games open us to the whole spectrum of human emotions’: novelist Gabrielle Zevin on Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
The writer, who learned her craft playing 90s adventure games, on her love letter to a…
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Can AI stop rare eagles flying into wind turbines in Germany?
Cameras on turbines being trained to recognise lesser spotted eagles, which are endang…
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‘It’s not that hard’: Does kicking Kiwi Farms off the internet prove tech firms can act against hate speech?
The extent to which private companies should be held responsible for online content is…
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Grand Theft Auto 6 leak: who hacked Rockstar and what was stolen?
A major data breach has given the world an early look at Grand Theft Auto 6. Why is th…
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Return to Monkey Island review – can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?
PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital Ageing fans will be relieved to …
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Rockstar owner issues takedowns after Grand Theft Auto VI leak
Video and images posted online as hacker also threatens to leak source code for Grand …
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Student tech: the best gadgets to help you make the most of university
With students’ finances overstretched, it’s important to get the right tech at the rig…
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‘Each guest experience will be different’: VR and the future of theme parks
Expo in east London shows how important augmented and virtual reality will be, as attr…
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Whistleblower claims may not free Elon Musk from his Twitter hook
A court in Delaware will decide whether the Tesla chief can back out of his $44bn offe…
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Talking to whales: can AI bridge the chasm between our consciousness and other animals?
Speaking to animals has long been a fantasy. But now a dizzyingly ambitious project is…
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Why gender is at the heart of the matter for cardiac illness
Studies show that women with heart disease are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men…
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South Korean founder of failed cryptocurrency Terra denies he is ‘on the run’
Do Kwon’s whereabouts are still unknown since a South Korean court issued an arrest wa…
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Finally, we have evidence that hell is other people on social media | Torsten Bell
Seeing how much fun your peers are having is bad for your mental health, a study of st…
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Will today’s tech giants reach a century? It’s all about the quality of the product | John Naughton
If you want to be an internet-age version of General Motors or IBM, you need to sell s…
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Dutch town takes Twitter to court over unfounded satanic paedophile claims
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk has been plagued by a conspiracy theory and wants tweets spreading…
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Biden talks up electric vehicle revolution – but is America ready to give up gas?
President appears at Detroit auto show, where EVs are this year’s stars – but the road…
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‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion
Generational divide threatens future of tech firm as it seeks approval for $400m takeo…
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Metal: Hellsinger review – thrash your foes to the beat in this mesmerising shooter
PC (version tested), PlayStation 5, Xbox; The Outsiders/Funcom The Outsiders’ impressi…
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Splatoon 3 review – Nintendo’s new squid game is ink-redible fun
Nintendo Switch; Nintendo Never mind the spectacularly colourful paint battles, this i…
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Uber responding to ‘cybersecurity incident’ after reports of hack
Ride-hailing company confirms attack after hacker compromises Slack app and messages e…
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Ethereum cryptocurrency completes move to cut CO2 output by 99%
Software upgrade, known as ‘the merge’, will change how transactions are managed on it…
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Best podcasts of the week: The true story of Mahmood Mattan, hanged for a murder he didn’t commit
In this week’s newsletter: The British Somali migrant was wrongfully found guilty of m…
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Scientists try to teach robot to laugh at the right time
Research team hopes system could improve natural conversations between humans and AI s…
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US charges Iran trio with orchestrating vast hacking and extortion scheme
Men allegedly tried to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from groups in US inclu…
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Google fails to overturn €4bn fine over Android bundling
Europe’s competition commission has imposed €8.25bn in antitrust fines on the company …
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection review – worth shelling out
Konami; PC, PS4/5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S The 11 games bundled together her…
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The Nintendo DS was more than just a console – it’s part of my family history
As the games writer’s house move drags on, he seeks solace in old handheld consoles. B…
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Twitter whistleblower tells Senate of ‘egregious’ security failings by company
Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, former head of security, says ‘any employee could take over the …
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Pushing Buttons: Autumn’s gaming gems
From a creeping horror to a funny alien shooter, here are unexpected finds to play bef…
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Google faces €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU over digital advertising
Tech company accused of abusing its power in the ad tech market Google faces a €25bn …
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Coinbase employee mired in first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency
Rohan Wahi, the brother of a former product manager at the company, has pleaded guilty…
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‘Monstrosities in the farmland’: how giant warehouses transformed a California town
Ontario was once at the center of the dairy industry. Now it’s home to Amazon’s larges…
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‘So many people tell me they wish they could get out!’ Can we escape the tyranny of WhatsApp groups?
Group chats were a lifeline during lockdown – but for many, the constant messages have…
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Twitter whistleblower: what questions will Peiter Zatko face from lawmakers?
Whistleblower expected to give damning evidence of data and information security faili…
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