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'Mario & Luigi: Brothership' review: Mario & Luigi energise an island-hopping quest

Mario, Nintendo’s famously high-voiced plumber, is known to most fans for his action platformers. Less celebrated are the 'Mario & Luigi' role-playing games, which inspire imagination but require a precise sense of rhythm, at least for your right thumb.

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'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' review: When war becomes an aesthetic, nobody wins

October’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 takes place in the early 1990s, immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Its main conflict is the 1991 Gulf War, a US-led bombing campaign and ground invasion of Iraq after Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait over oil-drilling rights and contested debts.

Technology

TikTok parent ByteDance's valuation hits $300 billion, sources say

(Reuters) -TikTok's parent company ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion, after it recently approached investors about a share buyback program, according to two people familiar with the matter and a document viewed by Reuters.

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Turkey fines Amazon's Twitch 2 million lira for data breach

(Reuters) - Turkey's Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) has fined Amazon.com's gaming platform Twitch 2 million lira ($58,000) over a data breach, the official Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday.

AI

What to know about Elon Musk’s contracts with the US federal government

“It’s going to be a golden era for Musk with Trump in the White House.”

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What is DOGE? Houston experts say Trump's new 'department' is not actually a department

By attaching the Musk name to the advisory panel, Trump could also be sending something of a dog whistle to supporters, said Jones.

Technology

Netflix back up for most users in US after outage, Downdetector shows

(Reuters) -Video streaming platform Netflix was back up on Saturday after an outage that lasted roughly six hours in the United States, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Technology

From a US$1mil DoorDash scam to a massive crypto heist, Gen Z linked to sophisticated online crimes

Younger people who grew up in the post-Internet age are more likely to be involved in digital crimes than those committed in-person, experts say.

Internet

Uncle: US teen had met man responsible for her death playing games online

Several years ago, Gabriella Morgan was living with her family in Mount Joy Borough when she met Ricky Shannon playing esports and Fortnite video games online. Both are dead now, after Shannon went on a violent rampage that ended in a police shootout.

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T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports

(Reuters) - T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that successfully gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter.

Technology

Major Trump Media shareholder sells nearly entire stake

(Reuters) - Trump Media & Technology Group's key shareholder, ARC Global Investments, has unloaded nearly all its stake in the media company, it said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Technology

In El Salvador, crypto investors cheer Trump-powered Bitcoin rally

NUEVO CUSCATLAN, El Salvador (Reuters) - Bitcoin enthusiasts meeting in El Salvador on Friday said a recent surge in the cryptocurrency's value since Donald Trump's U.S. election win has heightened their expectations the price will rise further and it will be adopted more broadly globally.

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Musk's political ascendancy stirs hopes of redemption for X banks

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's political ascendancy has some Wall Street banks hoping they may soon be able to offload $13 billion of debt that backed the billionaire's purchase of the social media platform X, three banking sources said.

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Apple deletes US-funded RFE/RL news app from Russian App Store, news outlet says

(Reuters) - Apple has deleted one of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Russian-language news apps from the Russian App Store at the request of state communications regulator Roskomnadzor, the news outlet said on Friday.

Technology

Musk expands lawsuit against OpenAI, adding Microsoft and antitrust claims

(Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI's largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant.

Technology

Palantir shares rally to fresh record on plans for move to Nasdaq

(Reuters) - Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc were up more than 6% on Friday, hitting a record high, after it announced late on Thursday that it would list on the Nasdaq and expects eligibility to join the Nasdaq 100 index.

Technology

Crypto enforcement seen slowing as Trump shifts priorities

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Less enforcement in the cryptocurrency sector is on the horizon, as Republican President-elect Donald Trump prepares to reset policy at the Justice Department and regulatory agencies, current and former senior government lawyers said on Friday.

Technology

Lawsuit claiming Elon Musk rigged dogecoin ends

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of rigging dogecoin is ending.

Technology

Northvolt has considered US bankruptcy protection, sources say

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish battery maker Northvolt has been discussing the possibility of bankruptcy protection in the United States as one of several options for the cash-strapped company to survive, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Technology

Fed's Collins says tech changes can improve financial system

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Friday the U.S. central bank needs to keep a close watch on technological developments in the financial system.