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Consume Me is a raw and funny memoir in video game form
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Consume Me is a raw and funny memoir in video game form There's a lot of math in diet culture. It's all numbers - calories in, calories burned - and a constant tally running in one's head. In some ways, disordered eating can be considered a disturbed sort of strategy game, which ...
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Breaking up (Google) is hard to do
The Verge
Breaking up (Google) is hard to do Breaking up Google's ad tech monopoly is, apparently, like going to Mars or trying to replace Michael Jordan - dubiously possible and a huge amount of work.
Those were some of the analogies witnesses testifying in Google's defense told a federal ...
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BBC News
BBC News
Teen jailed in Dubai dies in London police chase Marcus Fakana, who was jailed for having sex with a 17-year-old girl, dies after a pursuit in Tottenham.
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BBC News
BBC News
At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station, Zelensky says Preliminary reports indicate that train staff and passengers were at the site of the strike, he says.
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BBC News
The battle is on for the Conservatives to show they matter As the party's annual conference begins, there are reasons for the current leadership to be gloomy, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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Acer’s latest Spin 514 is so close to Chromebook greatness
The Verge
Acer’s latest Spin 514 is so close to Chromebook greatness Acer has made many Spin-series Chromebooks before, and despite flaws, this is one of its best yet.
I was cautiously optimistic about Acer's Chromebook Plus Spin 514 when I tested a preproduction model last month, but the final unit is here ...
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BBC News
BBC News
UK ticket-holder wins £26m Euromillions jackpot It is the third time someone from the UK has won the prize this year, but it remains unclaimed.
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BBC News
Starmer tells protesters to 'respect grief of British Jews' The prime minister said pro-Palestinian protests happening at the weekend would cause distress.
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BBC News
UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.
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Oregon’s National Guard lawsuit hinges on Trump’s Truth Social posts
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Oregon’s National Guard lawsuit hinges on Trump’s Truth Social posts After getting off the phone with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Saturday, the president mused over something that had baffled him about the call. Kotek had been "very nice," said Trump in an interview the next day. But she was ...
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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party,” the company says. The unauthorized party gained access to “information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & ...
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Tales from the AI hiring frenzy
The Verge
Tales from the AI hiring frenzy This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.
The billboard didn't say "Listen Labs." It didn't say anything about hiring. It consisted ...
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Unity discloses a years-old security exploit and urges developers to update their games
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Unity discloses a years-old security exploit and urges developers to update their games Unity is urging developers to take “immediate action” after it disclosed a major security vulnerability affecting games built using versions of its popular development tool dating back to 2017. While there is “no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, ...
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Google removes ICE-spotting app following Apple’s ICEBlock crackdown
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Google removes ICE-spotting app following Apple’s ICEBlock crackdown Just one day after Apple took down the iOS App Store listing for ICEBlock, Google has confirmed to 404 Media that it has removed a similar app, Red Dot, from the Google Play Store. The company also reportedly said it ...
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Ukraine: ‘This war needs to end,’ Türk tells UN Human Rights Council
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
Ukraine: ‘This war needs to end,’ Türk tells UN Human Rights Council UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the war in Ukraine “has entered an even more dangerous and deadly stage for civilians, under relentless bombardment of their schools, hospitals, and shelters.”
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DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose...
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose... For people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) exhausted by years of conflict, the United Nations envoy for the country said she understands their impatience but urges them “not to lose hope” as the Congolese government, the UN ...
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With Colombia at a turning point, the UN calls for peace gains to be consolidated
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
With Colombia at a turning point, the UN calls for peace gains to be consolidated In his first briefing to the UN Security Council on Friday as the newly designated Special Representative for Colombia, Miroslav Jenča reaffirmed the organization’s strong commitment to supporting the country’s nine-year-old peace process. 
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UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages The leadership of Hamas said late on Friday it was willing to release Israeli hostages in response to the United States peace deal proposal for ending the war in Gaza, provided further negotiations take place through mediators on a number ...
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Bartleby
What Boris Johnson and the tech titans have in common The Tories’ disruptive strategies would not be out of place in Silicon Valley
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