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Game firms request India PM Modi ‘uniform and fair treatment to all’ following BGMI ban

A group of game companies in India has requested Prime Minister Modi to offer a “uniform and fair treatment” to all entities operating in the South Asian market weeks after the country banned Krafton’s BGMI title. In a letter to Modi this month, the group described the ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India as an “unfortunate…

How an Armenian startup plans to use a new innovation to tackle the billion-dollar phishing industry

So-called ‘Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance’, or DMARC, is a technical standard that is designed to protect the senders and recipients of email from spam, spoofing, and phishing. Before you fall asleep, it’s worth pointing out that this is a booming tech sector. What the fast-growing DMARC protocol is doing now is what “https”…

How TikTok and internet culture shaped ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’

The internet’s fingerprints are all over Bodies Bodies Bodies. Characters in the Gen Z whodunnit make TikToks, discuss hate-listening to each other’s podcasts, and throw around buzzwords that have found a new life online — think “trigger,” “gaslight,” and more. Even the casting choices are pointed nods to online life. Lee Pace is essentially a…

Americans are more pessimistic about the housing market than at any time in the last decade

For sale signs stand on a medium strip in a housing development Mark Wilson/Getty Images Americans haven’t felt this gloomy about the housing market since 2011, according to a survey. The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index fell 2.0 points in July, well below its 2019 high.  The decline was fueled by higher mortgage rates…

Norway draws up plans to slash energy supplies to Europe, driving power prices to record highs

Norway exports electricity to Europe. picture alliance/Getty Images Norway has drawn up plans to slash electricity exports to Europe as its reservoirs run low. Any cuts would be a major blow to the continent as it grapples with an energy crunch. European power prices jumped to record highs on Monday after Norway announced the potential…

Google and Sonos are now fighting over voice assistant patents

Google has sued Sonos, alleging that its new voice assistant violates seven patents related to its own Google Assistant technology, CNET has reported. It’s the latest salvo in a long-running smart speaker battle between the companies, with each suing and countersuing the other following a period when they worked together.  “[Sonos has] started an aggressive…