Month: February 2022

SEC subpoenaed Tesla in November after Elon Musk tweet, filing reveals

The subpoena was issued on 16 November after Musk polled his Twitter followers on whether he should sell 10% of his shares Tesla said on Monday it received a subpoena from the US securities regulator related to a settlement that required tweets from its chief executive, Elon Musk, on material information to be vetted. The …

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Sifu review – a kung fu masterclass that kicks you when you’re down

PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5; SloclapSpectacular gain is preceded by drawn-out pain in this martial arts adventure where fighting prowess is the carrot and ageing is the stick Sifu owes an obvious and honest debt to classic Hong Kong cinema. But if you’re here for a kung fu power fantasy, a word of warning: you …

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Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’

Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Facebook has lost a major battle with the Australian regulator over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, after a court dismissed the social media giant’s claim that it neither conducts …

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Garmin Fenix 7 review: next-gen boss of adventure smartwatches

Top-of-the-line sports watch goes anywhere and tracks anything, with longer battery life, better GPS, stamina and a touchscreen Garmin’s latest top-of-the-line Fenix 7 track-it-all adventure smartwatch introduces a number of new features, better GPS, longer battery life and improved tech – as well as a touchscreen to go with its buttons. Starting at £599 ($699.99/A$1,049), …

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Please, Mum! WhatsApp fraudsters pose as loved ones to steal money

Scammers are turning to an underhand new tactic to con the unsuspecting into parting with cash over the phone After chatting on WhatsApp about the latest series of Ozark, Paula Leonard’s* daughter broached a difficult topic: she needed two bills paid, as she was locked out of her online bank account after getting a new …

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For the first time in its history, Facebook is in decline. Has the tech giant begun to crumble? | John Naughton

As long as the number of users kept growing, Mark Zuckerberg felt able to ride out scandals and criticism. He can no longer rely on that defence Facebook was much in the news last week, although you may not realise that because it has been renamed Meta in the hope the bad vibes associated with …

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Sweden returns to cold war tactics to battle fake news

Fears of poll meddling by Russia prompt new ‘psychological defence’ A top official from Sweden’s new “psychological defence” agency said the country had decided to bring back the cold war-era government body amid fears over Russian aggression against Ukraine. Magnus Hjort, deputy director of the agency, which was re-established last month to combat foreign disinformation, …

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Spotify’s attempt to play the Facebook game over Joe Rogan won’t wash | John Naughton

Founder Daniel Ek’s bid to make the anti-vaxxer controversy go away ignores the fact that it is paying the US comedian to appear on its service Two decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie said something that was eerily prophetic. “Music itself,” he observed, “is going to become like running water or electricity.” His …

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Kaws: New Fiction review – an art show where you brush shoulders with virtual visitors

Serpentine North Gallery, LondonThis hybrid show of physical and digital works by US artist Brian Donnelly – also viewable in the video game Fortnite – could not be more of the moment For decades, artists have worked across physical and digital canvases, especially in public installations, where a virtual component can lend a futuristic frisson …

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