Month: April 2024

iPad/iPhone, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PC; Nerial/Devolver DigitalQuick-witted and hilarious, this madcap band tour/space caper is sold short by its premise You may remember the Reigns series from its excellent Game of Thrones tie-in: its signature is Tinder-esque card swiping, where you make snap decisions on what to say or do by flicking left or …

Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip Read More »

Google workers linked to No Tech for Apartheid denounce ‘flagrant act of retaliation’ in dispute over $1.2bn cloud contract Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and …

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We’d like to hear from people who have made a booking for accommodation on an online travel platform, only for their host to cancel it at the last minute We’re interested in hearing from people who have made a booking for accommodation on an online travel platform, only for their host to cancel it at …

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Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget buds winners The tech firm Nothing’s latest set of cut-price Bluetooth earbuds offer great sound and noise cancelling for an even more competitive price, while continuing to stand out from the crowd through cool design. The London-based firm has launched the budget …

Nothing Ear (a) review: cheaper, smaller, longer-lasting earbuds Read More »

Alice Levine’s The Price of Paradise follows the story of Jayne Gaskin, and the Caribbean island that wasn’t all it seemed. Plus: five of the best bad movie podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Interactive true crime-style podcasts for armchair detectives to roll their sleeves up and play …

How one woman’s private paradise turned into her own personal hell Read More »

LabHost enabled users to set up websites designed to trick victims into revealing personal information – with 70,000 allegedly duped in the UK University students have turned to cyber fraud to boost their income, police have said, as they revealed they have infiltrated a huge phishing site on the dark web responsible for scamming tens …

Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site infiltrated, police reveal Read More »

European Commission has concerns about app’s impact on children, as well as addiction The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment over a new service it has launched amid concerns it could encourage children to become addicted to videos on the platform. The watch-and-get-rewarded application, TikTok Lite, launched in France and …

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Delaware court in nullified compensation deal based on carmaker’s market value in January, calling it ‘unfathomable sum’ Tesla on Wednesday asked its shareholders to once again approve CEO Elon Musk‘s record-breaking $56bn pay that was set in 2018, but was rejected by a Delaware judge in January. The compensation includes no salary or cash bonus, …

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Adults should stop setting a bad example to young people, says Nisha Gandhi Like most articles on smartphone usage, your editorial (10 April) discusses phone addiction among young people. This strikes me as hypocritical because, in my experience, adults look at their phones just as much as, or perhaps even more than, children. Most adults …

It’s not just children who are smartphone addicts, adults are too | Letter Read More »

More children and families extorted with AI-made photos and videos, says National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Child sexual exploitation is on the rise online and taking new forms such as images and videos generated by artificial intelligence, according to an annual assessment released on Tuesday by the National Center for Missing & Exploited …

Child sexual abuse content growing online with AI-made images, report says Read More »