Month: July 2022

My mum is locked out of her Apple iPad and can’t get her photos

A reader writes that their 79-year-old relative can’t access her tablet or iCloud account My 79-year-old mother has found herself locked out of her Apple iCloud account and denied access to many years’ worth of family photos saved on her original iPad. She has had long periods in hospital and her iPad is very precious. …

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Hacker claims to have obtained data on one billion Chinese citizens

Personal information allegedly leaked from Shanghai police database would be one of biggest data breaches in history A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on one billion Chinese citizens, which tech experts say, if true, would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The …

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Crypto-sceptic Molly White could be the new JK Galbraith… just much tougher | John Naughton

This remarkable young woman is the sharpest critic of crypto on the web – and predictably, the trolls are after her In 1955, the economist John Kenneth Galbraith published a slim volume entitled The Great Crash 1929, a history of the Wall Street crash. In it, he chronicled, with his customary caustic wit, the rampant …

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Tech companies in spotlight as US abortion ruling sparks privacy threat

Google has acted amid fears police could use location and other data to prosecute those seeking care In the wake of the US supreme court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion, some tech companies are moving to close loopholes that allow personal data brokers to monitor and sell information amid fears that mobile …

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Electric cars sold in UK passes half a million despite supply chain issues

A fifth of the electric cars on British roads were made by Tesla, the US electric car pioneer The number of electric cars sold in the UK has surpassed half a million, according to analysis that underlines the rapid growth in demand despite supply chain problems caused by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. …

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Amazon: e-cargo bikes to replace thousands of van deliveries in London

Online retailer opening ‘micromobility’ hub in Hackney as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions Amazon is launching a fleet of e-cargo bikes and a team of on-foot delivery staff to replace thousands of van deliveries on London’s roads. The online retailer is opening its first “micromobility” hub in Hackney, east London, which – along …

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Amazon Fire 7 2022 review: budget tablet gets design and speed upgrade

Faster chip, longer battery life, newer software and slim recycled plastic body offer serious bang for buck Amazon’s smallest and cheapest tablet gets a much-needed upgrade in design, speed, battery life and software – but with a price increase. The 12th-generation Fire 7 starts at £59.99 ($59.99) – £10 more than the last version – …

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Neon White review – an exhilarating speedrun through a celestial dreamscape

(Angel Matrix; Annapurna Interactive; Switch, PC) Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game Speedrunning – for those yet to stray into the outer wilds of YouTube or Twitch – is the act of attempting to …

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British army confirms breach of its Twitter and YouTube accounts

Investigation under way after pictures of Elon Musk uploaded to video channel and posts about NFTs seen on Twitter The British army has confirmed a breach of its Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is under way after both official sites appeared to have been hacked. The army’s YouTube channel features videos on cryptocurrency …

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