Sydney man says he doesn’t know what officials looked at on his phone or what happens to his data Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing A man who was forced to hand over his phone and passcode to Australian Border Force …
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No Place to Hide drive funded by Home Office to warn social media firms over dangers of end-to-end encryption A government-backed campaign has stepped up the pressure on plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Messenger and Instagram apps to introduce end-to-end encryption, warning that millions of cases of child sex abuse could go undetected. The new …
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Introduction of the new technology near airports could interfere with critical airplane instruments such as radio altimeters US airline chiefs have warned that the introduction of a new 5G service could cause US commerce to “grind to a halt” due to possibly grounding a significant number of aircraft and might “strand tens of thousands of …
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In his book Reality+ David Chalmers says the material world may lose its allure as VR technology advances It is hard to imagine humans spending their lives in virtual reality when the experience amounts to waving your arms about in the middle of the lounge with a device the size of a house brick strapped …
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It needs doing just once in a while, but when you renegotiate a bill the cost savings keep on coming. Here’s how to go about it in three steps Easy wins: see others in the series Most regular bills we pay are negotiable, but many of us don’t realise it and end up paying the …
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There is speculation that an agreement could avert ‘game of corporate chicken’ What will happen if Amazon stops accepting UK-issued Visa credit cards? Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter dispute between the retailer and payments giant …
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Claim comes as Microsoft warns hack that hit government websites could be worse than first feared Ukraine has said it has “evidence” Russia was behind a massive cyber-attack that knocked out key government websites last week, while Microsoft warned the hack could be far worse than first thought. Tensions are at an all-time high between …
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Plans by crypto-evangelists for the lavish hideaway have courted mockery and controversy, and now the island is back on the market Widely mocked plans to establish a tropical haven for cryptocurrency enthusiasts have run into trouble after a contract to buy an island in Fiji for US$12m fell through. A group of crypto-evangelists, led by …
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Speculators rush to sell off their kit as Balkan state announces a crypto clampdown to ease electricity crisis For bitcoin enthusiasts in Kosovo with a breezy attitude to risk, it has been a good week to strike a deal on computer equipment that can create, or “mine”, the cryptocurrency. From Facebook to Telegram, new posts …
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No more generic American voice. Let Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender and Paul Mescal do your bidding instead Inside my iPhone is a cornucopia of Irish men. “It’s currently clear and 25 degrees,” Colin Farrell replies when I ask him the weather. Continue reading… No more generic American voice. Let Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender and Paul …
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