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Why gamblers embracing AI is cause for concern

Why gamblers embracing AI is cause for concern

The perception that AI can eliminate risk and replace luck with foolproof strategy is concerning. Will this lead to more newcomers getting hooked and larger sums being lost? The over normalisation of betting is increasingly becoming a problem and the industry’s latest ‘coup’ has the potential to open an ever...

Warner Bros. Discovery to double down on live-service games

Warner Bros. Discovery to double down on live-service games

Despite the publisher releasing Hogwarts Legacy last year to great success, Warner Bros. Discovery’s head of gaming says live-services and mobile will be its main focus moving forward. If you’re into video games, it’s likely you picked up - or at least saw gameplay of - Hogwarts Legacy last year. Despite some controversy surrounding the title and its association with JK Rowling, it was the best-selling game of 2023 in the...

By London, UK
Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

In an effort to reduce low-quality articles and unoriginal content, Google is making big changes to its search algorithm. A new core update to Google’s search traffic algorithm could have wide-reaching implications for SEO experts and copywriters. The company is further boosting its low-quality downranking project that it began testing in 2022. In a statement that year, Google explained that it had ‘launched thousands of updates to Search based...

By London, UK
Do parenting influencers have a place on social media?

Do parenting influencers have a place on social media?

The recent sentencing of Ruby Franke, who dished out parenting advice online, has sparked conversation around the safety of so-called ‘sharenting’ via social media.  When Ruby Franke was sentenced to four terms in prison, she had 2.3 million followers on a now-deleted YouTube channel titled ‘8 Passengers’. The premise of the channel was to provide parenting advice, a phenomenon known online as ‘sharenting’. And to her millions of followers, Franke was...

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Apple fined nearly $2 billion USD by EU for ‘blocking’ music apps

Apple fined nearly $2 billion USD by EU for ‘blocking’ music apps

Apple is being fined almost $2 billion USD for supressing alternative music streaming apps on its App Store. It’s the first time the EU has penalised the company and its third largest fine ever. Which music streaming platform do you opt for? Are you an avid Spotify user or an Apple Music goer? The two platforms are considered to be direct competitors within the streaming space. Now, after months of rumours,...

By London, UK