Month: September 2022

Terra founder wanted by Interpol tweets he is making ‘zero effort’ to hide

Search for crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon after Luna and UST collapse drags down rival currencies The crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon has denied being in hiding, even as Interpol issued a “red notice” for his arrest after the collapse of the Terra project he founded. After South Korean prosecutors said he was “obviously on the run”, …

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Fifa 23 review – EA’s final Fifa game bows out gracefully

PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch; EA Sports/EAFittingly, this year’s final edition of the perennial branded football sim at last achieves its aspiration of enjoyable realism They think it’s all over … The football sim series that has graced the gaming charts every year since its launch in 1993 is about to face the final …

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Alleged Optus hacker apologises for data breach and drops ransom threat

Online account claims it published records of 10,000 customers and threatened to release more before change of heart Get Guardian Australia’s morning email briefing or daily news podcast An alleged attacker who was seeking a ransom payment from Optus in exchange for millions of customer records published 10,000 records online on Tuesday before retracting the …

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‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music

Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats Meg Lethem was working at her bakery job one morning in Boston when she had an epiphany. Tasked with choosing the day’s soundtrack, she opened Spotify, then flicked and flicked, endlessly searching for something to play. …

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Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including email addresses from defence and prime minister’s office

Optus CEO says federal police are ‘all over’ post with ultimatum demanding $1m within four days after massive data breach Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The chief executive of Optus, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, says federal police are “all …

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Australian politics live: corruption watchdog bill details due; Optus CEO says ‘we are not the villains’ in data breach

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, will brief the Labor caucus on the bill this morning then introduce it to parliament. Follow the day’s news live Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The minister for women, Katy Gallagher, has announced on Tuesday the government will introduce the Anti-Discrimination and Human …

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TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy

Investigation finds video-sharing app may have breached UK data protection law between 2018 and 2020 TikTok is facing the prospect of a £27m fine for failing to protect the privacy of children, the UK’s data watchdog has said. An investigation conducted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the video-sharing app may have breached data …

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Salt for Svanetia review – poetic, dreamlike Soviet documentary of forgotten world

Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1930s film gives a fascinating account of a medieval-style society about the supposed blessings of the USSR’s modernising impact In 1930, just as Luis Buñuel was releasing his classic L’Age d’Or, the Georgian director Mikhail Kalatozov gave us the 55-minute silent movie Salt for Svanetia, an equally rich, strange and mysterious work of …

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