China's relaxing its tech crackdown, but it's still keeping a close eye on Tencent

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Audio player loading…China might finally be relaxing its tech crackdown (opens in new tab), but the government isn't stepping away from the sector entirely. These golden shares are relatively tiny—around 1% ordinarily—but confer rights over particular business decisions and appointments made at the companies in which they're taken. For example, when a state entity took a golden share in TikTok owner ByteDance, it gained the power to nominate one of the company's three directors. So it looks like China's government is relaxing its grip, but keeping its hand firmly on the tiller when it comes to the nation's tech and games sector. If the state really is relaxing its grip, those companies might choose to start eating at home rather than going out for it.
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Guy crashes Elden Ring GOTY acceptance at The Game Awards, gets arrested

Audio player loading…As a handful of Elden Ring developers stood on stage to accept the award for Game of the Year, they didn't realize an invader was standing right behind them. Elden Ring game director Hidetaka Miyazaki, speaking through a translator, thanked supporters of the game and gave gratitude to his fellow developers. He let players know that more Elden Ring, presumably as DLC, is on the way. "We still have several things we want to do, so getting this GOTY award really encourages us." Minutes after the show's conclusion, host Geoff Keighley stated on Twitter that "The individual who interrupted our Game of the Year moment has been arrested."

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Wordle today: 493 answer and hint for Tuesday, October 25

Luckily all of those worrying greys in my openers had ruled out just about anything other than the answer, so my third go neatly finished today's Wordle. Wordle answer(Image credit: Josh Wardle)What is the Wordle 493 answer? The answer to the October 25 (493) Wordle is FOGGY. 🟩 means you've got the right letter in the right spot. After that it's just a case of using what you've learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word.

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