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Rochelle Travers and Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Legacy faces boycott

Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Legacy

(Picture: Image credit: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Activists are campaigning for a boycott of the much-anticipated Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy, which has been tipped to be one of the blockbusters of the year when it goes on sale on 10th February.

Warner Bros Games is said to have taken steps to make the game inclusive, including allowing players to create trans wizards and witches.

A team of researchers at Reading University believe bread made with flour from legumes like broad beans could improve our diets and combat climate change.

Donal O’Sullivan, a professor of crop science at the university, told Tech & Science Daily about their project to encourage UK consumers to switch to bread containing broad bean flour which is healthier and less damaging to the environment.

Video streaming subscriptions fell by two million in the UK in 2022 - as the cost of living soared.

The likes of Prime Video, Disney+ and AppleTV+ all felt the impact as numbers dropped from 30.5 to 28.5million.

A huge meteorite discovered in Antarctica is believed to contain some of the oldest material in the solar system.

It appears to be made of chondrite, the most common type of material and likely originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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