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Technology
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Investigators trying to determine whether Autopilot driver-assist system or Full Self-Driving Capability system was in use -
Antennae up to 30 metres high will be allowed under plans to improve phone and 5G networks
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Chinese firm could have been monitoring calls of KPN’s 6.5m users without its knowledge, report claims -
App was barred over ties to US Capitol attack but companies have discussed content moderation, Apple says -
When groups of sinister drones began hovering over homes in America’s Midwest, the FBI, US Air Force and 16 police forces set up a task force. But the drones vanished. Did they even exist? Amelia Tait investigates -
Fall comes amid warnings over speculation by novice investors in cryptocurrencies such as dogecoin
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Zuckerberg announces features similar to buzz-generating app, which has shown potential of audio chat platforms -
Governments have been clashing with tech companies for decades over user privacy
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Gustafsson’s firm, founded when she was 30, is marketed as a digital parallel of a human body fighting illness -
Ten diplomats expelled as part of fresh package of sanctions announced by US president as Russia says retaliation ‘inevitable’ -
Spotlight
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For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started -
3 out of 5 stars.
This role-playing game by Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi trades in tropes but has just enough peril to keep it interesting
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4 out of 5 stars.
Outriders review – fountains of gore and hilarious carnage
4 out of 5 stars.Capturing exactly what makes the genre tick, this is perhaps the best looter-shooter game since Borderlands -
Hundreds of rare PlayStation 2 demos have been uncovered and archived, revealing how favourite games were developed -
‘I got this call: do you want to audition for a show about video games? It sounded exactly the thing a dweeb with round glasses could do’
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5 out of 5 stars.
Genesis Noir review – an astonishing cosmic thriller
5 out of 5 stars.The big bang meets the whodunnit in this dazzlingly inventive point-and-click adventure spanning time and space
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This week, from 2018: How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific -
Why the Guardian US is launching a major project on the dramatic drop in gun homicides in the Bay Area
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In progressive circles these days, there is a palpable horror of the uncurated world, of thought-spaces flourishing outside the consensus
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Figure makes digital payments firm the most valuable private business to come out of US tech hub
Reviews
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5 out of 5 stars.
Amazon Echo Dot (4th gen) review: Alexa’s new small budget ball
5 out of 5 stars.Smart speaker ditches puck shape but keeps solid sound and function with or without LED clock display -
3 out of 5 stars.
Auggie review – watchable hi-tech satire doesn’t quite know what to say
3 out of 5 stars.Richard Kind is compelling as the retiree seduced by a VR ‘companion’, but the film fails to do much with its rather familiar premise
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Sonos Roam review: the portable speaker you’ll want to use at home too
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OnePlus 9 Pro review: super slick, rapid charging Android phone
4 out of 5 stars.
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Devices
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2 out of 5 stars.
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In depth
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Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook’s enforcement of rules against powerful -
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