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Power-washing, pool-cleaning and mowing: Why millions are playing games about mundane jobs
PowerWash Simulator sees players don their cleaning gear and hose down a variety of filthy in-game locations until they’re sparkling…
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Mass robotaxi malfunction halts traffic in Chinese city
A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic,…
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Are domes and spheres the future of entertainment?
The top of the Las Vegas Sphere had opened, and mortgage loan officer Danielle Renee , of Washington State, was…
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Why Chinese tech companies are racing to set up in Hong Kong
In a hotel lobby on Hong Kong Island, a delivery robot pauses outside one of the lifts as the doors…
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The nerve centre running a new mission to the Moon
Just like the Apollo missions, Artemis II will be run from a mission control monitoring every instrument from here on…
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Don’t panic – five ways to stop your kids’ endless scrolling
If you’re a parent, you may have felt somewhat validated by the US court ruling that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive…
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Peers defy government by pushing for UK social media ban for under-16s
The House of Lords has again supported a proposal to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms, as…
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Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and YouTube over…
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Parents should monitor children ’24/7′ on Roblox, says developer
An independent game developer for Roblox says he believes the platform’s child safety measures, including age verification checks, do not…
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India’s outsourcing industry is worth $300bn. Can it survive AI?
Indian technology stocks have seen an unprecedented rout over the past few weeks over fears of artificial intelligence upending the…
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