In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve ‘significant’ hurdles and costs Optus data breach: who is affected, what has been taken and what should you do? Customers’ personal data stolen as Optus suffers massive cyber-attack Get our free news app, morning email briefing or …
TikTok searches soared amid flood of media coverage, raising questions about the response to extreme social media challenges Interest in NyQuil chicken appears to have substantially increased after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the “recent social media video challenge” that drew widespread media coverage. The FDA issued a statement …
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PC; Drago EntertainmentGlitchy and laboured, operating this pretend catering van feels too much like hard work There are few thing more frustrating than playing a broken game: perhaps only playing a broken game with a promising premise. Food Truck Simulator, from the title alone, seems as if it should be a riot. Other cooking-themed titles …
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Yvonne Whalley remembers Alan Ayckbourn’s play in which a robot develops at least one human trait Your report (Scientists try to teach robot to laugh at the right time, 15 September) reminded me of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s 1998 play Comic Potential. Except that in the play, the robot did not need to be taught to …
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This endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy On Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from games magazine PC Gamer that made me leak from the eyes with laughter. It contained a video, in which a wide-eyed, pained-looking cartoon trombonist struggled to hit the notes of Beethoven’s Fifth while the composer …
Tech behemoth could do more to protect user data from landing in the hands of police and other authorities, some say For years, Apple has carefully curated a reputation as a privacy stalwart among data-hungry and growth-seeking tech companies. In multi-platform ad campaigns, the company told consumers that “what happens on your iPhone, stays on …
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Riverside Studios, LondonAn overreliance on technology and a doomy score can’t replace old-fashioned chemistry in this emotionless offering Anhedonia is a condition that renders the sufferer unable to experience pleasure. In the rock musical Cages, which mixes live performance with holograms, film and animation, it is also the name of a grey dystopian city where …
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Fred’s known for bailing out of nights out and not saying goodbye. Now he’s turned off his WhatsApp receipts. Is he too flaky? You decide Fred bails out of plans or leaves without a goodbye – and now we can’t even tell if he’s read a message Continue reading… Fred’s known for bailing out of …
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Inquest hears teenager viewed multiple images of self-harm on Pinterest before she killed herself A senior executive at Pinterest has told an inquest he “deeply regrets” that Molly Russell was able to access graphic material on the image-sharing platform before her death. An inquest into the 14-year-old’s death heard how the teenager viewed multiple images …
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Company says in documents that the automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1m vehicles in the US because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up. Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by US safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system …
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