Month: December 2022

Bose QuietComfort Earbuds 2 review: the new noise-cancelling benchmark

Smaller, lighter and more comfortable – these earbuds pack good sound and solid battery life Bose is back with its most-effective noise cancelling earbuds yet – a massive upgrade that are smaller, sound better and could knock Sony off the top spot. The QuietComfort Earbuds II cost £280 ($279/A$430) and are at the top end …

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TPG reveals emails of 15,000 iiNet and Westnet customers exposed in hack

Telecommunications company says hacker searched for customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Telecommunications giant TPG has revealed an email-hosting service used by up to 15,000 iiNet and Westnet customers has been breached, with …

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Smart speakers help people living alone feel less lonely, survey finds

Research by Ofcom also found the devices give disabled people a stronger sense of independence Smart speakers help people who live on their own feel less lonely and give some disabled people a stronger sense of independence, according to new Ofcom research. During an in-depth survey of 100 owners and 15 non-owners who tested a …

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Avatar: The Way of Water review – a soggy, twee, trillion-dollar screensaver

Thirteen years in the making, James Cameron’s insipid, overlong followup to his sci-fi record-breaker is a very expensive beached whale Drenching us with a disappointment that can hardly be admitted out loud, James Cameron’s soggy new digitised film has beached like a massive, pointless whale. The story, which might fill a 30-minute cartoon, is stretched …

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Sam Bankman-Fried appears in court as new CEO slams FTX in House hearing – live

Charges against Bankman-Fried include violation of campaign finance laws, as US Congress commences hearing on the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange Sam Bankman-Fried charged with defrauding investors What happens next to the FTX founder? As the US Congressional hearing regarding the collapse of FTX continues, former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly made an appearance …

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What is nuclear fusion and what have scientists achieved?

After 70 years of research, experts in California have for the first time proven ignition is possible Fusion energy announcement – latest updates Physicists are a-buzz over new results from nuclear fusion experiments. But what have they found, and how big a breakthrough is it? Continue reading… After 70 years of research, experts in California …

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Bird statues to rotisserie ovens: what’s being auctioned off at Twitter?

After shedding thousands of jobs with Elon Musk’s takeover, the company is apparently shedding office furniture – and high-end cooking equipment Great news, holiday shoppers: you can finally get your hands on a 100% authentic, 3ft-tall statue of the Twitter bird. An online auction next month will feature hundreds of the company’s “surplus corporate office …

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‘Why can’t anyone make a decision?’ My first time as a D&D Dungeon Master

I’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons since I was a kid, but my first time directing the action was daunting. I certainly wasn’t expecting what came next Four bedraggled adventurers stand together on the shore of a desolate island, shivering in the evening mist. They don’t know each other, and their motives for being here …

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Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder charged with defrauding investors

SEC says investigation into other alleged misconduct by former CEO of crypto exchange is ongoing Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive of the crypto exchange FTX, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors in the company. The SEC said on Tuesday: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today …

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TechScape: I read Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ so you don’t have to

In this week’s newsletter: The leaks don’t reveal a hotbed of leftwing bias at the social media company – just a thin-skinned billionaire rehashing culture wars of years past Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The threat model of a social network is complex. Your security team …

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