Month: February 2022

Best podcasts of the week: Modern Family star spoofs true-crime shows

Sarah Hyland and What We Do in the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén appear in a twist-filled comedy that satirises murder-based pods. Plus: a look at the Brooklyn riots that went on to shape New York Bone, Marry, BuryThe world would be a better place if all true-crime podcasts opened with a karaoke version of Céline Dion. …

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‘Profiting off suffering’: AP cancels sale of migrant boat NFT amid backlash

The news agency has since deleted the tweet promoting the sale and called it ‘poor choice of imagery’ The Associated Press has withdrawn plans to sell a video “of migrants drifting in an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean” as an NFT after facing a backlash online. The news outlet’s Thursday tweet advertising the clip, which …

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Ukrainian government calls on hackers to help defend against Russia

Cybersecurity firm seeks volunteers to help nation’s military conduct espionage operations against Russian forces The government of Ukraine is asking for volunteers from the country’s hacker underground to help protect critical infrastructure and conduct cyber spying missions against Russian troops, according two people involved in the project. As Russian forces attacked cities across Ukraine, requests …

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Elon Musk and brother under investigation for alleged insider trading

Kimbal Musk sold Tesla shares the day before his brother asked Twitter if he should sell The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether recent stock sales by Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and his brother Kimbal Musk “violated insider trading rules”, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with …

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Russia unleashed data-wiper virus on Ukraine, say cyber experts

UK government and banks on alert for new form of malware said to have infected hundreds of machines Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news Cyber experts have identified a new strain of computer-disabling malware unleashed on Ukrainian targets as part of Russia’s offensive, as the UK government and banks said they were on alert for online attacks. …

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Super Pumped review – flashy, high-octane Uber saga runs out of gas

The series on the rise and fall of Uber’s hard-charging, grandiose CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, gets too high on its own supply One of the side effects of watching a recent history true-scam show like Super Pumped, the high-octane, wearisome Showtime anthology series whose first season tracks the rise and fall of …

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Is this the new face of organized crime? Decoding Razzlekhan, the rapping bitcoin fraudster

Heather Morgan, the wannabe Tiktok and hip-hop star, and her husband allegedly stole $4.5bn worth of cryptocurrency Heather Morgan is free, for now. The 31-year-old fraudster was offered bail on Valentine’s Day, releasing her from incarceration while her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Liechtenstein, remains in federal bondage. Morgan is at the centre of a psychedelic cryptocurrency …

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Russia-backed hackers behind powerful new malware, UK and US say

Report comes as Ukraine faces cyber-attack and allies brace for state-sponsored hacks A cyber report published by intelligence agencies in the UK and US on Wednesday has attributed insidious new malware to a notorious Russia-backed hacking group. The findings come amid concerns of potential Russian cyber-attacks against Ukraine as the threat of war in the …

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TechScape: how Spotify may have just quietly changed podcasts forever

In this week’s newsletter: two under the radar moves feel like the beginning of the end for one of the last sections of the internet to exist outside of the major tech platforms Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Just after last week’s edition of this newsletter …

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