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Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales

The Lego-like block-building game cements its position as the best-selling video game of all time.

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Australia fines X for failing to crack down on child abuse content

It comes as X’s owner Elon Musk had earlier called child safety his number one priority.

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TikTok says action taken on Israel conflict videos

The social media firm lists what it is doing to tackle misinformation after a warning by the EU.

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What does TikTok’s EGX sponsorship mean for the games industry?

The app’s hoping to take on Twitch and YouTube to become the main stop for online video games content.

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UK’s nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years

The JET laboratory, the focus of European fusion experiments for decades, carries out its last test.

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Microsoft Activision: What does deal mean for gamers?

Call of Duty might be an Xbox exclusive one day, but not for at least 15 years.

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Call of Duty maker Activision to be bought by Microsoft

The takeover, the biggest of its kind in the history of gaming, has been approved by UK regulators.

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EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation

X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content after Hamas’ Israel attack.

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X claims it is erasing ‘illegal’ Hamas content after EU ultimatum

The EU gave the former Twitter 24 hours to respond to an order to clean up “disinformation”.

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FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial

Chunks of the stolen $470m in cryptocurrency have been laundered every day since the trial began.

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