Olympic hero Michael Johnson and archer Matt Stutzman interview stars including Kadeena Cox in Rising Phoenix. Plus: five of the best podcasts about classic movies • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I am really, really interested in drugs. …
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In this week’s newsletter: The opening night in Cologne revealed unexpected comebacks, surprising debuts, and a long overdue TV tie-in • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Today is the opening day of Gamescom, the Cologne expo that is now the biggest event in the video game calendar. This year, …
Exclusive: Instructions show how to trick teenagers into sending intimate photos to blackmail them financially How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud? Detailed written manuals and video guides to financially motivated sexual extortion – commonly known as sextortion – are available freely online, with criminals offering specialist and tailored tuition for further payment, …
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Victor Miller proposed customized ChatGPT bot to govern Cheyenne, Wyoming – but fared badly at the ballot box A mayoral candidate in Wyoming who proposed letting an artificial intelligence bot run the local government lost his race on Tuesday – by a lot. The candidate, Victor Miller, announced his run for mayor of Cheyenne earlier this …
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Serbian green campaigner who co-drafted declaration against lithium exploitation now fears for his safety When Aleksandar Matković received the first message threatening his life, he thought it was a prank. The text, sent to his Telegram account just after midnight on 14 August read: “We will follow you until you disappear, scum.” Matković is one …
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Top-class camera, huge screen, long battery life, Add Me photo trick and advanced Gemini Live are impressive Google’s new superphone goes all out on battery, camera and smarts, leading a new line of Android devices that can run the company’s Gemini AI system with a next-generation conversational voice assistant that is a huge leap forward. …
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Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development of factory in Germany The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin has resulted in about 500,000 trees being felled, according to satellite analysis. The building of the German factory has been highly controversial and attracted significant protests, as well as prompting a debate …
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The two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth – each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen What if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump’s White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep’s Armando Iannucci could probably do something with it. Sadly, …
Front and center roof cosmetic trim pieces may be adhered without a primer and could separate, increasing crash risk Tesla has issued a recall for about 9,100 Model X sports utility vehicles in the US over a trim on the roof that could separate, it said on Wednesday, its second over the same issue since …
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Counsellors are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being blackmailed over faked indecent images National Crime Agency threatens extraditions over rise in sextortion cases How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion It was a phone call that has become all too common for Childline counsellors in recent months. The 17-year-old boy …
