After a pandemic-hit slowdown on new content, the PS5 finally has a family game to match its capabilities It’s been six months since the PlayStation 5 launched, and they still fly out of stock minutes after appearing in stores. But anyone still waiting to pick one up can be comforted by the knowledge that as …
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Available onlineThe age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary shows In 2018, John-Luke Roberts’s Edinburgh show consisted entirely of names of hitherto unheard-of Spice Girls. He’s up to something similar with Sound Heap, a new “podcast of infinite podcasts”, a medley of excerpts from imaginary …
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Experts warn ‘no one is out of bounds’ after ransomware attack halts production at JBS, which supplies more than fifth of US beef Meat-processing factories in the US run by the world’s largest company in that field are coming back on stream on Wednesday after a ransomware attack – as experts warned all corporate and …
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Structural engineer who had a big hand in the creation of the Severn, Forth and Humber road bridges Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in the design of Britain’s three major suspension bridges, over the Forth, Severn and Humber estuaries – and was closely involved in the design of the …
Working for the app, which feeds users local crime information, ‘is very traumatic’ and the managers ‘don’t appear to care’ Susan, a former employee for the crime app Citizen, applied for a job curating the platform’s content and notifications in 2019 “in a pinch”. She had a writing background, was having trouble finding work in …
Its repair policy seems to fly in the face of Bill Gates’s work to combat climate change Can you please ask Microsoft how it can possibly quote £427 to fix the webcam in my Surface laptop? My only option to get it working is to pay this for a service that, in this case, means …
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The ransomware attack on JBS, probably by a Russia-based group, has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia A ransomware attack against the world’s largest meatpacking company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization probably based in Russia, the White House was informed on Tuesday. The …
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‘A producer said: “Great – but can he dance?” So we got him to move like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever’ The second I read the script, about a robot becoming self-aware after being struck by lightning, I put it down and said: “This is a hit.” It was a timeless story about an …
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Critics raise transparency fears over plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh network’ Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for …
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An elderly neighbour’s alarm system is linked to a landline, but it is out of order My 97-year-old neighbour has an alarm system supplied by social services linked to her landline. She has a fob she can press to summon help if she has a fall. The problem is that her landline is out of …
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