Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental Home-sharing company Airbnb said it had to stop accepting some reservations in New York City after new regulations on short-term rentals went into effect. The new rules are intended …
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Mate 60 Pro mobile phone is said to use chip made in China that was thought impossible without access to restricted western technology China has produced a 5G smartphone using an advanced silicon chip on a scale of miniaturisation that was thought to be beyond its capabilities due to US-led export restrictions, analysts have said. …
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Investigation claims networks convert illicit cash to bitcoin to pay people who sell false streams on the platform Criminal gangs behind a rise in bombings and shootings in Sweden in recent years are using fake Spotify streams to launder money, a Swedish newspaper reported on Tuesday. Criminal networks have for several years been using money …
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The Chinese-owned app also announced a UK-based cybersecurity company will independently audit data controls and protections TikTok has begun shifting European citizens’ user data to a newly operational site in Dublin as it moves to address western politicians’ concerns about Chinese state influence over the company. The video-sharing app also announced that an independent UK-based …
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PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PCPlaying a professional diver maintaining undersea oil pipes may sound like an odd premise for a game, but it’s so peaceful down there Maybe I’ve played too many video games – 18 years as a games critic makes that likely – but for my first couple of hours manning a sea-floor oil-drilling …
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Twitter is not the only platform inviting political adverts back, as tech giants from Meta to YouTube compete for marketing money and eyeballs • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the free newsletter here X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announced it will allow political advertising back on the platform …
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Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook US immigration officials sought to expand their abilities to monitor and surveil social media activity and allowed officers to create and use fake social media profiles in a wide range of operations, including covertly researching the …
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World’s richest man claims civil rights group has falsely accused site formerly known as Twitter of being antisemitic Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League after accusing the civil rights group that campaigns against antisemitism and bigotry of trying to “kill” his X social media platform. The owner of X, formerly known as …
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Company says it is investigating the potential exposure of referral letters, patient names, contact details and Medicare numbers Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Ten years worth of pathology referral letters may have been exposed in a cybersecurity incident affecting the Victorian pathology clinic TissuPath. The government is …
On the Lazzaretto Vecchio, the small island home of Venice film festival’s Immersive section, I donned an XR headset and boldly went where most festivalgoers don’t Traditional cinema hogs the limelight at the Venice film festival but there’s an array of wilder delights just behind the main site. Hang a right past the PalaBiennale theatre …
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