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Mobile apps
Google Podcasts, one of the most popular podcast apps, to end in June
Google is telling users of its podcasts app that they have until mid-June to export their list of followed podcasts to an alternative before the app is shut down.
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Video games
Review: ‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau’ translates the journey of grief into a video game
When crafting Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Abubakar Salim thought of his father who passed away from cancer 10 years ago. The founder of Surgent Studios said his father believed that dead is dead, and that he didn’t want his son to spend time dwelling on his end.
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Technology
Atos creditors reach deal to rescue debt-laden group, La Tribune says
PARIS (Reuters) - Creditors have reached an agreement that could rescue tech firm Atos, which secures communications for the French army and is set to manage cybersecurity for this summer's Paris Olympic Games, La Tribune newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Facial Recognition
In an online world, a new generation of protesters chooses anonymity
On campuses from New England to Southern California, students leading one of the largest protest movements in decades have increasingly strapped on face masks and checkered Palestinian kaffiyehs in a polarising bid to protect their anonymity even as they demand universities and governments be held to account.
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Video games
After two winsome Ori games, a pivot into dark fantasy
To develop the action role-playing game No Rest For The Wicked, Moon Studios looked far beyond the company’s well-regarded 2015 debut, Ori And The Blind Forest, and its 2020 sequel, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps.
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Social media
Teenager in China dies of heart attack after teacher forces her to exercise, insists illness is ‘fake’, delays first aid, enrages mainland social media
First-year medical student has heart condition, excused from sport. Angry tutor removes her as class monitor, calls medical document fake.
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Social media
NoSpace is Gen Z’s answer to MySpace
It's like MySpace but with a Gen Z twist. A new "old school"-style social network called NoSpace puts the focus on greater personalization. Scheduled to launch in June, the new platform already has 500,000 subscribers on its waiting list.
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Gig economy
What if customers were rewarded for tipping their meal delivery drivers?
In the US, tipping is often the norm rather than a reward for going the extra mile. Due to inflation, consumers have become increasingly reluctant to accept this supplement, even though it makes up an important part of the income of restaurant service staff.
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Technology
Reddit CEO beneficially owns 61.5% of class A shares, regulatory filing shows
(Reuters) - Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman beneficially owns 62.4 million Class A shares of the social media company, a regulatory filing showed on Friday.
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Technology
Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is building a startup that uses human-like processing of visual data to make artificial intelligence (AI) capable of advanced reasoning, six sources told Reuters, in what would be a leap forward for the technology.
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Technology
Tech platforms make pitch for ad deals as TikTok is roiled by politics
(Reuters) - Short-form video took center stage at tech and social media companies' annual presentations to advertisers, as platforms like Snap and Meta look to capitalize on TikTok's political uncertainty in the U.S. to take ad dollars from their rival.
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Technology
Intesa targets new digital-only clients after antitrust blow
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo on Friday said it had acquired some 90,000 new customers through its digital-only arm Isybank, after an antitrust decision effectively halted the migration of existing clients.
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Technology
Paramount will let exclusive talks with Skydance lapse
(Reuters) -Paramount Global will end exclusive negotiations with Skydance Media without a deal, according to a person familiar with the discussions, allowing it to evaluate a rival bid for the home of "Mission: Impossible" and "SpongeBob SquarePants".
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Technology
Google trial wraps up as judge weighs landmark US antitrust claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Google and the U.S. Justice Department wrapped up closing arguments on Friday over claims that the Alphabet unit has unlawfully dominated web search and related advertising, in a case the government contends could shape the “future of the internet.”
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Technology
Germany and allies accuse Russia of sweeping cyberattacks
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany accused Russia on Friday of launching cyberattacks on its defence and aerospace firms and ruling party, as well as targets in other countries, and warned there would be unspecified consequences.
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Technology
Analysis-Apple has big AI ambitions - at a lower cost than its rivals
(Reuters) -For most of the past year and a half, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has fielded questions from Wall Street analysts about his plans for artificial intelligence amid grumbling that the iPhone maker has no AI story to tell.
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Data breach
Hong Kong privacy watchdog to grill authorities over ‘serious’ leak of 17,000 people’s data
Privacy commissioner Ada Chung urges Electrical and Mechanical Services Department to notify all affected individuals, hours after latter issues apology. Data includes names, telephone numbers, identity card numbers and addresses of public housing tenants collected for testing orders during Covid-19 pandemic.
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Technology
Google defends app store, fighting Epic Games' bid for major reforms
(Reuters) - Google has asked a U.S. judge not to impose sweeping changes to the Alphabet unit's app store Play that were proposed by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games in the companies' closely-watched antitrust fight.
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Smartphones
Ewaste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers.
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Internet
You’re surrounded by scammers
You open your eyes and grope for your phone. You check your inbox and discover dozens of spam emails that made it past the filter.