As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and Rednote Australia social media ban explained: everything you need to know Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As Australia prepares to block …
Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’ Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet and communications online, according to state-run news agencies and the country’s communications …
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Move follows Guardian revelations of Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft cloud Irish authorities have been formally asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by the Israeli Defense Forces. The complaint has been made by the human rights group the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) to the Data Protection Commission, which …
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here As Australia rides the AI boom with dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, …
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers Driving down the interstate through the dry Nevada desert, there are few signs that a vast expanse of new construction is hiding behind the sagebrush-covered hills. But, just beyond a massive power plant …
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AVS Group, which runs 18 websites, has 72 hours to make changes required by UK’s Online Safety Act A pornography company that runs 18 adult websites has been fined £1m by the watchdog Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks. AVS Group Ltd has been hit with the fine, plus a further £50,000 for …
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The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slow For Jodie*, watching the conviction of her best friend, and knowing she helped secure it, felt at first like a kind of victory. It was certainly more than …
As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It is hard to think of a more modern entertainment format than the open-world video game. These sprawling …
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Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concerns India’s government has backtracked on an order for all smartphones to be pre-installed with a state-owned security app after a mass outcry over privacy concerns and refusal by technology companies to comply. The department of telecommunications confirmed it …
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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Eyes Out/Blumhouse GamesPsychedelic visuals and a promising premise are let down by tired game design in this first-person horror with an appearance from the synthpop pioneer Video games have delivered a feast of singular and wondrous sights in 2025: ecological fantasias teeming with magical beasts; stunning, historically obsessive recreations of feudal …
