Month: October 2022

Elizabeth Holmes faces hearing for new trial request after witness apologized

Theranos founder filed for a fresh trial after a key witness, Adam Rosendorff, told her he regretted his role in her conviction Elizabeth Holmes faces a hearing to assess her request for a new trial after a key witness for the prosecution said he regretted the role he played in her conviction. The Theranos founder …

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‘Unlike anything you’ve ever played’: Immortality, the video game that’s actually three movies

A video game exploring the treatment of women in Hollywood has set a new standard of sophistication. We talk to its creator and star Every now and then you play a video game that you just cannot stop thinking about. Candy Crush might leave colourful imprints on the back of your eyelids. The Legend of …

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Optus tells customers affected by data breach they can no longer use passports as online ID

Exposed passport numbers blocked from being used in national Document Verification System Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Optus customers told they would not need a new passport after their documents were compromised in the recent data breach …

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Mode festival review – ‘elevated’ dance music brings new life to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island

The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals – but nothing quite like Mode Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On a perfect spring Saturday in Sydney, roughly 3,000 people headed for a festival that most of the city knew nothing about. Siloed in the heritage grandeur …

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Potionomics review – colourful adventures in magical capitalism

Voracious Games/XSEED Games; PCRunning a struggling potion shop, sourcing ingredients, haggling with customers and fending off the bank is all charming and stressful work in equal measure Someone has to make all those potions that heroes quaff as they fight their way through dungeons, and in Potionomics, you’re that person. You play as Sylvia, who …

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What are tech billionaires’ text messages like? Just as petty as ours, it turns out | John Naughton

Texts released in the legal wrangle between Elon Musk and Twitter are ‘astoundingly unastounding’ – apart from the sycophancy How do tech billionaires talk when they think nobody’s listening? Usually, the only people who know are the National Security Agency and waiters at Manresa, Silicon Valley’s sole three-star Michelin restaurant. But now, courtesy of the …

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‘The hell with it’: Elon Musk says SpaceX will fund Starlink internet in Ukraine

World’s richest man previously said company would not pay for satellite internet in war-torn country indefinitely Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his company would continue to pay for Starlink satellite internet in war-torn Ukraine, a day after suggesting he could not keep funding the project. “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote …

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Broadband customers face up to 14% hike in bills, warns Which?

BT customers face £113 rise as providers such as EE and TalkTalk prepare controversial ‘inflation-plus’ mechanism Broadband bills could surge by as much as £113 next year if a number of the UK’s biggest telecoms firms push ahead with inflation-busting price increases next spring, says consumer watchdog Which? Many of the country’s main internet providers …

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