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Cyber criminals have attacked solar power firms, water treatment plants and police departments in attempts to extort money The wider American public was afforded an unwanted glimpse into the Wild West world of ransomware this week, after a cyber attack crippled Colonial Pipeline, causing fuel shortages across the eastern seaboard and states of emergency to …

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Ofcom and big tech will be told to do more, but do we want them to decide who’s allowed to say what Consequences matter. If there was one clear message from football’s temporary boycott of social media earlier this month, in protest at the torrent of online hate experienced disproportionately by black players, that was …

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Here Comes the Break melds a fictional story with interviews and new music. Plus: illuminating fashion industry conversations, and witty fun with Mike Wozniak Here Comes the BreakA new concept from Def Jam Recordings and pod makers Double Elvis, Here Comes The Break fuses a fictional story about a hip-hop show with artist interviews and …

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Tech industry struggles to keep up with demand brought on by the reopening of the world economy The shortage of computer chips plaguing industries around the world and helping to fuel inflation could last another two years, the boss of IBM has said. As Ford said it was redesigning some car parts to overcome the …

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Colonial pipeline carries 100m gallons per day of gas and diesel Widespread fuel shortages across east coast in wake of attack The top US fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of motor fuels after a six-day outage following a crippling cyber-attack led to fuel shortages across east coast states. …

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There’s a buzz to sharing your reading life, but for me it turned it into a kind of competition that distracts from what I love about books I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed reading a book where my enjoyment wasn’t tied to the euphoric sense of achievement I got from finishing it. This …

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From the simplicity of Pong’s two bats and a ball to Space Invaders’ advancing ranks of aliens, the 70s saw the rise of a phenomenon that mesmerised the world 15. Pong (1972, Atari)It wasn’t the first video game; it wasn’t even the first ping-pong game – Table Tennis on the Magnavox Odyssey got there earlier. …

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Computer scientist demands 16 software developers give access to 111,000 bitcoins in case one defendant has called ‘bogus’ An Australian computer scientist who alleges he created bitcoin has launched a London high court lawsuit against 16 software developers in an effort to secure bitcoin worth around £4bn pounds (A$5.7bn) he says he owns. In a …

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But at least the person harassing me know they’re using the wrong pronouns! Instagram has unveiled a new feature that lets users display their gender pronouns in their account’s bio without having to manually enter said pronouns themselves. Which is cool! And also something untold numbers of people are already doing, in case you haven’t …

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Digital currency, which is made with an energy-intensive process that often relies on fossil fuels, fell more than 7% after the tweet Tesla has suspended the use of bitcoin to purchase its vehicles, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday, citing concerns about the use of fossil fuel for bitcoin mining. Related: Dogecoin’s record-breaking …

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