Iran, clearly fearful of an online Israeli incursion, imposed a near-total internet blackout early last week The war between Israel and Iran, though largely a fight of fighter planes, drones and bombs, is erupting in the digital realm as well. Both countries have long histories with digital warfare. The particular focus of the current conflict, …
Online video hosting service accuses the nation’s online safety boss Julie Inman Grant of ignoring parents and teachers Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast YouTube has criticised calls for it to be included in the under-16s social media ban, accusing the nation’s online safety boss of ignoring parents and teachers. …
The award-wining composer of soundtracks to video games including Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is composing again for the first time since a traumatic pandemic For the fortunate among us, the Covid lockdowns have, years later, become a memory – if not distant, then certainly ever-so-slightly faded. We have had a few years now, to …
The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enough When she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. …
Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world’s fastest-growing waste problem – electronics It is cheap, often poorly made, and usually ends up in the bin or buried among the other knick-knacks, takeaway menus and birthday candles in the kitchen drawer. Known as “fast-tech”, these low-cost electronics are increasingly common – …
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Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’ The WhatsApp messaging service has been banned on all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to House staff on Monday. The notice to all House staff said that the “Office of …
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Julie Inman Grant has urged the Albanese government to rethink its decision to carve out the video sharing platform from new rules which apply to other apps Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast YouTube should be included in the ban on under-16s accessing social …
CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative services Business live – latest updates Google could be forced to make a series of changes to its search business, including giving internet users an option to choose alternative services, after the UK competition watchdog proposed to tighten regulation of …
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This is a mystifying and provocatively slow-paced game with more celebrities than you would find on a Cannes red carpetPS5; Sony / Kojima Productions What is Death Stranding 2 trying to say? It’s a question you will ask yourself on many occasions during the second instalment of Hideo Kojima’s hypnotising, mystifying, and provocatively slow-paced cargo …
ChatGPT developer forced to act after receiving legal complaint from earbud maker iyO Business live – latest updates OpenAI has taken down online content related to its recent deal with Sir Jony Ive’s hardware startup, io, after a trademark complaint. The artificial intelligence company has removed promotional materials including a video where Ive – the …
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