Month: March 2025

While it is unknown if any Australians have been targeted, the military-grade program from Paragon Solutions provides full access to encrypted messaging apps Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian government agencies could be customers of military-grade spyware from Israeli firm …

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This thrilling trip through Japan is the best the series has given us in years I have played many Assassin’s Creed games over the years, but I’ve rarely loved them. Ubisoft’s historical fiction is perennially almost-great. A lot of players would say it reached its peak in the late 2000s, with the trio of renaissance …

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Investigation uncovered eight adverts that portrayed women in a harmful or degrading way, says ASA An investigation by the UK advertising watchdog has found a number of shocking ads in mobile gaming apps that depict women as sexual objects, use pornographic tropes, and feature non-consensual sexual scenarios involving “violent and coercive control”. The Advertising Standards …

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Exclusive: Netflix drama Adolescence has added to pressure from MPs for action to help schools tackle effects of social media on teenagers Bridget Phillipson is to take a fresh look at smartphone bans in schools as pressure grows from MPs to act on the effect of social media on teenagers. The education secretary is to …

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Dan Ives warns company is in ‘brand tornado crisis moment’ as protests are planned at car showrooms Business live latest updates Tesla and Elon Musk are embroiled in a “brand tornado crisis moment” and the electric carmaker’s chief executive needs to cut back on his work for Donald Trump to stem the damage, one of …

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Comments by chipmaker’s boss Jensen Huang are a sign Trump’s ‘America First’ policy is affecting investment Business live latest updates The boss of the world’s biggest computer chipmaker, Nvidia, has promised the company will shell out “several hundred billion” dollars to make semiconductors and other electronics in the US over the next four years. The …

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Organisations including energy and transport firms told to guard systems against powerful new computers The UK’s cybersecurity agency is urging organisations to guard their systems against quantum hackers by 2035, as the prospect of breakthroughs in powerful computing threaten digital encryption. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued new guidance recommending large entities including …

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Sir Gareth Southgate is right to warn that social media is trapping boys in toxic ideals. It’s a crisis demanding real-world solutions Boys used to be raised by their parents. Now, as they grow up, an increasing number are coming under the influence of toxic online figures who push a hollow, misogynistic version of masculinity. …

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David Yambio, founder of Refugees in Libya, urges international criminal court members to have phones checked for spyware A prominent activist in Italy has warned the international criminal court (ICC) that his mobile phone was under surveillance when he was providing the ICC with confidential information about victims of torture in Libya. A report released …

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PlayStation 5 (version played), Xbox, PC; UbisoftUbisoft’s historical fiction series returns with its best adventure in years Japan, 1581: Iga province is burning down around you. You watch on, injured and helpless as the Oda Nobunaga – the warlord responsible for numerous civil wars and the eventual unification of the country – smirks from a …

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