US law enforcement officers say Meta and Snapchat routinely delay or reject warrants. The companies disagree Max Osterman was 18 when he connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat who used the handle skyhigh.303. Max would message him whenever he wanted to buy Percocet, and they would meet. After about a year, and just days …
From celebrity endorsements to digital fatigue, the once-obsolete white wire has become a fashion statement and a quiet act of opting out With white-wired headphones endorsed by celebrities including Lily-Rose Depp, Paul Mescal, Bella Hadid and Apple Martin, a growing number of people are breaking away from wireless listening. For inspiration, there is the Instagram …
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Criminal ecosystem made up of mostly male native English language speakers aged from 16 to 25 Ransomware hacks, data theft, crypto scams and sextortion cover a broad range of cybercrimes carried out by an equally varied list of assailants. But there is also an English-speaking criminal ecosystem carrying out these activities that defies conventional categorisation. …
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Japanese conglomerate raises to 80% its stake in firm that owns the intellectual property created by Charles Schulz Business live – latest updates Sony has taken control of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts franchise including Snoopy and Charlie Brown in a deal worth C$630m (£340m). The Japanese conglomerate has bought 41% of Peanuts Holdings, which owns the …
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Hollywood is betting big on vertical microdramas told in chunks under two minutes. Can a gimmick turn into a new form of entertainment? If you have been anywhere close to the social media blast radius of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon Prime’s breakout YA series on a tortuous teen love triangle, you may be …
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OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction? George Osborne getting a new job isn’t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, edited (not entirely successfully) the Evening Standard, …
Deal will allow app to continue operating in US as Elizabeth Warren condemns Trump and his ‘billionaire buddies’ TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US business to three American investors – Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX – ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States. The deal is …
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Minister says ‘any individual’ at low risk from hack, while Sun reports Chinese cyber gang responsible for breach The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was hacked in October, the minister Chris Bryant has said. Bryant, a trade minister in Keir Starmer’s government, told Sky News there was a low risk to “any individual” from …
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When AIs become consistently more capable than humans, life could change in strange ways. It could happen in the next few years, or a little longer. If and when it comes, our domestic routines – trips to the doctor, farming, work and justice systems – could all look very different. Here we take a look …
A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun• More on the best culture of 2025 Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive; PC, PS5, XboxAn arena warrior on a losing streak takes refuge in a vast forest …
