The annual list of Alexa’s most-asked questions reveals evidence the UK is a nation of masochists, obsessed with football – and farting Name: Alexa. Age: Born 6 November 2014. Continue reading… The annual list of Alexa’s most-asked questions reveals evidence the UK is a nation of masochists, obsessed with football – and farting Name: Alexa. …
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The musician and comedian (AKA Candy Moore) tells us what’s calming his existential dread lately – including a classic Vine, a classic TikTok and two covers of stone-cold classics Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When I was 11, my mum had to put Net Nanny on our family computer as I’d started to …
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Many items sold through online marketplaces don’t meet safety regulations. Then there are the counterfeits. Why is the law so powerless – and how can you protect yourself? In a bedroom in Highgate, north London, a delivery courier plugged his ebike into a mains socket to charge it. The lithium battery began to overheat and …
Covid dealt the fatal blow to E3, known as ‘video game Christmas’, where gaming companies launched their splashiest titles The Electronic Entertainment Expo, once the largest and most prestigious trade show in video games, has been permanently cancelled. On Tuesday, the convention’s website had gone nearly entirely blank but for a statement reading, “After more …
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Parliamentary committee says Britain is vulnerable because of poor planning and lack of investment The UK government is at high risk of a “catastrophic ransomware attack” that could “bring the country to a standstill” because of poor planning and a lack of investment, a parliamentary committee has warned. In a damning report, the joint committee …
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has begun process to force adoption of technology, as long as it works US auto-safety regulators said on Tuesday they have begun the process that will eventually force carmakers to adopt new technology to prevent intoxicated drivers from starting vehicles. In 2021, Congress directed the National Highway Traffic …
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The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There was a rare utterance from an internet regulator last month: praise for Facebook and Instagram’s parent …
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As a bouncer, you might not think that trying to outwit guards would be relaxing for me – but stealth games do make me think about my job a little differently I’ve worked as a guard and bouncer for nearly 20 years, first putting on the black uniform not long after 1998’s Tenchu: Stealth Assassins …
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Ross Levinsohn sacking was to ‘improve the operational efficiency and revenue of the company’, says board, two weeks after fake authors exposed The Arena Group, publisher of Sports Illustrated, has fired the magazine’s CEO not long after it was revealed Sports Illustrated had published articles written by fake authors with AI-generated headshots and biographies. The …
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Google says it will appeal lawsuit accusing it of moving to quash competitors and charging unfair fees Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, has prevailed in an antitrust trial over Alphabet’s Google Play app marketplace, Epic’s chief executive said on Monday, hours after the federal jury took up the case. “Victory over Google! After 4 weeks …
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