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Jonathan Hall, Britain’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could be exposed to encrypted extremist content The UK’s terror watchdog has criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13, warning that the “extraordinary” move could expose more teenagers to extreme content. Jonathan Hall KC said more …

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Process has coincided with a rise in price in the past and is due to take place again on Saturday Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, still has an influence on the cryptocurrency nearly 14 years after disappearing. This week the protocol designed by Nakamoto – an individual or group of individuals who went …

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Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under-13s are on social media A quarter of three- and four-year-olds in the UK now own a smartphone, while half of children under 13 are on social media, according to new data that comes as ministers consider banning all children under 16 …

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Tech firm released early versions of its latest large language model and a real-time image generator as it tries to catch up to OpenAI Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts, as it …

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Rory Gallagher | Jim Perrin’s Country Diary | Tory vacuum | A clear conscience | Smartphone addiction Nice to see Andy Welch’s article on the Fender Stratocaster reaching the age of 70 (‘With a Strat you can rule the world!’ Nile Rodgers, Bonnie Raitt and John Squire on the electric guitar that changed everything, 10 …

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iPad/iPhone, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PC; Nerial/Devolver DigitalQuick-witted and hilarious, this madcap band tour/space caper is sold short by its premise You may remember the Reigns series from its excellent Game of Thrones tie-in: its signature is Tinder-esque card swiping, where you make snap decisions on what to say or do by flicking left or …

Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip Read More »

We’d like to hear from people who have made a booking for accommodation on an online travel platform, only for their host to cancel it at the last minute We’re interested in hearing from people who have made a booking for accommodation on an online travel platform, only for their host to cancel it at …

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Google workers linked to No Tech for Apartheid denounce ‘flagrant act of retaliation’ in dispute over $1.2bn cloud contract Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and …

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Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget buds winners The tech firm Nothing’s latest set of cut-price Bluetooth earbuds offer great sound and noise cancelling for an even more competitive price, while continuing to stand out from the crowd through cool design. The London-based firm has launched the budget …

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Alice Levine’s The Price of Paradise follows the story of Jayne Gaskin, and the Caribbean island that wasn’t all it seemed. Plus: five of the best bad movie podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Interactive true crime-style podcasts for armchair detectives to roll their sleeves up and play …

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