Xbox One/Series S/X, PlayStation 4/5, PC, Nintendo Switch; Okomotive AG/Frontier Foundry Singlehandedly manage a steampunk sailboat in this ramshackle but glorious anti-open world game Far: Changing Tides melds Mario with Cormac McCarthy and a touch of nautical engineering. Human civilisation lies in ruins, and you are a child journeying to the other end of it. …
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Rise of 35% on previous year may represent improvement on the part of platforms, says nonprofit centre A record 29.3m items of child abuse imagery were found and removed across the internet in 2021, according to data from the US nonprofit organisation in charge of coordinating reports on the matter. The figure released by the …
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In this week’s newsletter: the Mad Men star uses his silky voice to win over a hostage-taker – and his audience. Plus: five of the best bite-sized podcasts Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here American HostageWidely available, episodes weeklyJon Hamm is a soundbite-spouting radio host with …
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Appliances left on standby account for almost a quarter of Britain’s electricity use. Turns out your gran was right to go around switching things off at the wall Name: Vampire appliances. Age: There are old ones, and less old ones. Continue reading… Appliances left on standby account for almost a quarter of Britain’s electricity use. …
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Data brokers collect our personal data and sell it on – but a new case shows just how easily people’s security can be breached There are a number of ways your personal data could end up in the hands of entities you’ve never directly given it to. One of them is through the data-broker industry: …
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Who is winning the Russia-Ukraine infowars? Plus: lessons for the next pandemicGet the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address If nothing else, Vladimir Putin’s packed stadium rally in Moscow last week revealed there is no shortage of Russian people who believe the Kremlin’s grotesquely doctored version of the “special operation” in Ukraine. But it’s …
Prosecutors portray ex-executive as accomplice in a health scam while defense paints picture of well-meaning businessman The specter of Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the opening day of a trial that will determine whether Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, her former romantic and business partner at Theranos, was also her partner in crime. Tuesday marked the opening of …
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Two high court cases brought by transparency campaigners exploring whether use of self-destructing messages is unlawful Transparency campaigners have accused ministers of conducting “government by WhatsApp” in the UK’s third-highest court, arguing that the use of self-destructing messages on insecure platforms is unlawful and undemocratic. Ministers and government officials could be stopped from sending “disappearing …
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In this week’s newsletter: there’s another instalment of CD Projekt Red’s fantasy behemoth on the way, and it’s sure to have some bite. Time to play catch up! Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your …
Not all cryptocurrency investors fit the cliches. Many are people looking to somehow claw their way out of a life of constant struggle I can’t explain exactly how I ended up on crypto Twitter (or CT, as it’s known in the cryptosphere) and in the crypto-focused Telegram and Discord groups I started lurking in late …
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