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Screen time | Should the dancing banana have stayed in the compost bin?

Screen time | Should the dancing banana have stayed in the compost bin?

Tech reporter Rutger Otto discusses the challenges surrounding the potential return of the social media platform Hyves in his weekly column. He concludes that reviving the platform is a noble but nearly impossible endeavor.

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