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Baldur's Gate 3, Lego Fortnite, and 7 other games that defined 2023 https://ift.tt/iDoklMj Despite lay-offs and the end of a gaming mainstay, 2023 was a year filled with brilliant video games.

New Year Honours 2024: Tracking tech pioneer is appointed OBE https://ift.tt/NK9xXp2 Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan is among a host of Cambridgeshire recipients of New Year Honours.

Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking https://ift.tt/J8Qtswk Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.

Pornhub owner to pay victims $1.8m in sex trafficking case https://ift.tt/J8Qtswk Aylo, the porn website's parent company, agreed to pay $1.8m and compensate victims after a court case.

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for 'billions' https://ift.tt/dvxn4gP The US news organisation claims millions of its articles were used without permission to train ChatGPT.

Amazon Prime Video to have ads in UK from February https://ift.tt/dvxn4gP The "limited" ads will feature in content unless people pay £2.99 a month to remove them.

Apple to appeal ban on US sales of Apple watch https://ift.tt/dvxn4gP Imports and sales of Apple's Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches have been halted over a patent dispute.