22-year-old faces multiple charges in connection with attacks on accounts of politicians and celebrities A 22-year-old British citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday. It named the British man as Joseph James …
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Popular overseas, vaccine badges are rolling out locally on online dating platforms like Bumble. But with access to a Covid jab still a concern, one CEO urges caution Australia’s vaccine tracker: are you eligible for the jab? Single Australians looking for sex or love will soon stand out from the competition if they’ve been vaccinated …
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Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Spotlight on Apple security … shake-up in the video game market … online age verification … and space tourism You will, by now, have heard about Pegasus. It’s the brand name for a family of spyware tools sold by the NSO Group, an Israeli outfit of hackers-for-hire …
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Misinformation ‘superspreader’ accounts found still active even as vaccination rates flag and cases rise in US Facebook is under fire once again over the proliferation of vaccine misinformation on its platform, after Joe Biden said tech giants such as Facebook are “killing people” for failing to tackle the problem. The White House has also zeroed …
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Workers for app companies call for better wages and protections for those seeking to unionize Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers will join with other app-based workers across the US for a day-long strike on Wednesday to protest against poor working conditions and demand the right to organize. The workers are calling for better wages …
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Rapid digitalisation of banking services and increasing reliance on just three tech giants has made the Bank uneasy The Bank of England is at risk of moving too slow, according to experts, who say it needs to get a grip on the financial sector’s plans to outsource customer data storage to a handful of unregulated …
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European regulator want banks to hold personal details of cryptocurrency clients, while US wants swift work to establish less volatile ‘stablecoins’ Bitcoin has slipped below $30,000 as calls grew among regulators in the US, Europe and Asia for tighter checks on cryptocurrencies, and the less volatile digi-currency known as “stablecoins”. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency …
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Host repeated false claim coronavirus vaccine ‘transmitting to unvaccinated people’ Follow our Covid live blog Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; WA, NT and SA Hotspots: NSW map; Vic list; Qld; WA Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Airbnb has suspended a host in Victoria who refused to provide accomodation …
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Jeff Bezos has completed his pioneering foray into space. The Amazon founder and three crewmates touching down in the Texas desert early on Tuesday after a sub-orbital flight lasting 11 minutes. Bezos, 57, one of the world’s richest people with an estimated net worth of $206bn (£151bn), has attracted criticism for investing his fortune into space tourism …
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Billionaire launches from West Texas with his brother, an 18-year-old and an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer Bezos blasted for traveling to space as Amazon workers toil Jeff Bezos has taken off on his space travel company’s first flight with people on board. Related: How the billionaire space race could be one giant leap for pollution …
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