‘Guardrails’ that previously existed removed as Meta says voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees Meta has removed previous restrictions on the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Donald Trump as the 2024 election nears, the company announced on Friday. Trump was allowed to return to the social networks in 2023 with “guardrails” in …
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AT&T says a suspect was apprehended in connection with the hack, which included numbers customers texted or called Hackers stole call and text message records on “nearly all” of AT&T’s customers, the communications giant disclosed on Friday. The immense data breach took records of tens of millions of people’s phone use from around a six-month …
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Preliminary findings suggest X breached Digital Services Act in three ways and could be fined 6% of global turnover Business live – latest updates Elon Musk’s X has been warned by the EU it potentially faces large fines after regulators said its blue-tick system for users is deceptive and in breach of its landmark social …
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The haunting songs of the video game and TV series get to the heart of Joel and Ellie’s story. The man behind them talks about the ‘magical’ process of composing The Last of Us is a story about tension – the tension between love and loss, violence and intimacy, protecting and destroying, life and death. …
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As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs? The warning is to “wait for the snap, crackle and pop” as three glowing electrodes are dropped into an electric arc furnace in Cardiff. What follows sounds like thunder and …
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While ultrasound services are normal practice in many countries, software being tested in Uganda will allow a scan without the need for specialists, providing an incentive for pregnant women to visit health services early on Mothers-to-be have become used to the first glimpse of their baby via the fuzzy black and white ultrasound scan, an …
Firm says wires attaching first patient’s brain to implant are ‘more or less very stable’ after detaching months ago The wires attaching the first Neuralink patient’s brain to the implant in his skull have become “more or less very stable” after detaching months ago, the company announced on Wednesday. “Once you do the brain surgery …
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Changes will remain in force for a decade after regulators accused tech giant of abusing its dominant market position The EU on Thursday accepted Apple’s pledge to open its “tap to pay” iPhone payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and head off a potentially hefty fine. The European Commission, …
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In this week’s newsletter: The Call Your Girlfriend host turns mediator in the Pop Culture Debate Club. Plus: five of the best poetry podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Peppa Pig’s Play-A-Long Podcast Audible, all episodes out now The queen of the oinkers has been an icon to …
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In this primordial take on the life simulator, you bring about the creation of an entire solar system Meteors hurtling at planet-decimating speeds, luminous balls of hot gas, black holes from which not even light can escape: outer space can fuel nightmares, yet for Céline Veltman, a 28-year-old Dutch game-maker who spent her childhood stargazing, …
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