Fast food chain working to resolve problem but denies it has been hit by cybersecurity attack Business live – latest updates McDonald’s restaurants in multiple countries including the UK and Australia have been hit by a “technology outage”, as the fast food chain denied it had been hit by a cybersecurity attack. Services in Australia, …
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Ex-treasury secretary tells CNBC of plans a day after US House passes bill giving app’s owner six months to divest or face US ban The House passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app? Steven Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to try to buy TikTok, he told CNBC on Thursday. …
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Every child interviewed by media watchdog had watched violent material on the internet Violent online content is now “unavoidable” for children in the UK, with many first exposed to it when they are still in primary school, research from the media watchdog has found. Every single British child interviewed for the Ofcom study had watched …
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Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso among countries experiencing outages Much of west and central Africa has been left without internet service, as operators of several subsea cables reported failures. The cause of the cable failures on Thursday was not immediately clear. Continue reading… Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso among …
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Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected When police in Pennsylvania arrested 29-year-old Jennifer Louise Whelan in November 2022, they charged her with dozens of counts of serious crimes, including sex trafficking and indecent assault of three young children. One month earlier, police said …
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Those who – like me – have spent years looking for love on a six-inch screen know the pitfalls of these platforms On Valentine’s Day this year, a lawsuit was brought by six people in the US against Match Group, the company behind dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge and Match. The suit blames dating …
This Country star asks for more book recommendations as she returns in Educating Daisy. Plus: five of the best podcasts about scammers • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here 53 MinutesAll episodes widely availableRemember a time when football was less slick and cash-driven? Dara Ó Briain and Josh Widdicombe do, …
In this week’s newsletter: To win over the critics, a second instalment of the $1bn box-office smash should focus more on storytelling than nostalgic iconography • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here With classic oblivious timing, Nintendo chose 10 March – or Mar10 day, as the company likes to style …
Friedemann’s bite-sized building sim is like a massage for my brain, and I found myself living through my best holiday memories Imagine an idyllic vacation. Where is your mind wandering? A Tolkienian pastoral glade? Maybe a terracotta cottage in a dusty desert? A lifetime of small-town living leaves me longing for a busy city apartment …
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Thirty years after failing his grade two exam, our writer is banging out Handel, Billie Eilish and Elton John – and he’s not alone. With apps to help with learning, there’s never been a better time to tinkle the ivories Misplaced pride may have clouded my memories of learning the piano as a kid in …
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