Month: July 2022

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries asks Tory leadership hopeful if suicide comes under ‘hurt feelings’ Tory leadership latest – live updates Ministers have hit back at Kemi Badenoch’s criticism of the online safety bill after the Conservative leadership contender said the delayed proposals were in “no fit state” to become law. The flagship bill, which has …

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Social network was completely unavailable to users around world on web and mobile for 45 minutes Twitter experienced one of the site’s longest outages for years, with the social network completely unavailable to users around the globe on web and mobile for almost an hour. According to Downdetector.co.uk, which tracks site outages, the service became …

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If private companies are going to benefit from taxpayer subsidies, the financial gains made by these companies must be shared with the American people For two months, a 107-member conference committee has been working to finalize an agreement on the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) which would provide more than $50bn in corporate welfare …

Let’s rebuild the US microchip industry – not give it a $50bn-plus check | Bernie Sanders Read More »

Firm accused of failing to protect women from kidnap, false imprisonment and sexual battery Uber is facing a lawsuit from at least 550 former passengers alleging a systematic failure to prevent violence against women on its platform. In the lawsuit, filed at San Francisco county superior court on Wednesday, the company is accused of failing …

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The Unicode Consortium has approved the draft list, which will be finalised and adopted by manufacturers A shaking head, pair of high-fiving hands and an afro comb are all set to head to smartphones over the next year as the draft list for Emoji 15.0 is revealed. Three new shades of heart have been introduced …

Emoji update includes afro comb, goose and more hearts Read More »

The number of ransomware attacks on US healthcare organizations increased 94% from 2021 to 2022, according to one report Last week, the US government warned that hospitals across the US have been targeted by an aggressive ransomware campaign originating from North Korea since 2021. Ransomware hacks, in which attackers encrypt computer networks and demand payment …

‘Lives are at stake’: hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: Explore the shocking murder of the Maltese journalist, with input from her son – and the man who confessed to her killing – in Who Killed Daphne? Plus: five of the best podcasts for book-lovers Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The …

Best podcasts of the week: The true story behind the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia Read More »

Company enters Chapter 11 process as fallout continues from collapse of global cryptocurrency networks The cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has announced it has filed for bankruptcy. Crypto lending has tumbled in the recent months following a crash in cryptocurrency prices and the collapse of major token TerraUSD in May. Continue reading… Company enters Chapter 11 …

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The company has said it will not share customer information with law enforcement without consent, a warrant or in an emergency Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission, despite previously stating it would only do so with consent. The disclosure came in a letter from …

Amazon gave Ring doorbell videos to US police 11 times without permission Read More »

Rishi Sunak denies registering Readyforrishi.com in December, months before launch of campaign How early is too early to start planning your run for party leadership? Do it too soon and you might look disloyal to the current prime minister, but leave it to late and you could miss the starting gun entirely. You might think …

How Tory hopefuls snapped up campaign web addresses well before Boris Johnson quit Read More »