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Chainalysis says hacking victims paid out a record $1.1bn following lull in 2023 Ransomware gangs staged a “major comeback” last year, according to research, with victims of hacking attacks paying out a record $1.1bn to assailants. Cyber criminals stepped up their global operations in 2023 after a lull in 2022, with victims including hospitals, schools …

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Catherina De Solieux is one of several Australians taking legal action against banks who oversaw money transfers to the HyperVerse scheme Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Catherina De Solieux was looking forward to a comfortable retirement. She had finished working as a nurse, was paying off her …

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The self-described ‘stupid gay clown’ provides a who’s who of queer comedians – including one he would like to ask out. Matt Rogers, if you’re reading this … Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Last year I got punched in the nose by a lesbian during a Monday night mixed football game. It was …

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Rocksteady/Warner Bros; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PCThis fourth adaptation of DC’s least-likely heroes combines an inspired storyline with some very pedestrian combat When Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight hit cinemas in 2008, it arrived like a demon in the night. Pushing its 12A rating to the limit, this brooding, nihilistic monster was a far cry from …

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Snap Inc’s earnings fall short of predictions as it turns focus to user growth in ‘monetizable’ markets like North America and Europe The owner of Snapchat narrowly missed Wall Street’s expectations as it continues to grapple with a slowdown in digital advertising. Shares in the social media company tumbled by nearly a third. While Snap …

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Global executive Nick Clegg says users ‘want to know where the boundary lies’ amid rise in AI-generated content Meta is working to detect and label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram and Threads as the company pushes to call out “people and organisations that actively want to deceive people”. Photorealistic images created using Meta’s AI imaging …

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Britain has announced £10m for regulators but has done very little to mitigate the risks linked with artificial intelligence. Plus, Facebook’s deep-fake Biden conundrum • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Britain wants to lead the world in AI regulation. But AI regulation is a rapidly evolving, …

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The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK’s weak defences It is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, the hacker gang that orchestrated the attack and is thought to be Russian, had …

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Crypto Open Patent Alliance seeking ruling in London that computer scientist is not pseudonymous author Satoshi Nakamoto An Australian computer scientist’s claim to be the author of the founding text of bitcoin is a “brazen lie”, the high court has heard. Craig Wright’s assertion that he is the pseudonymous author Satoshi Nakamoto was at the …

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In today’s newsletter: As the mother of Brianna Ghey calls for social media blocks and smartphone age limits, we look at what protections exist – and whether they are enough • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. Before the newsletter, an update on the news that broke last night that …

Tuesday briefing: Is there more that could be done to keep children safe online? Read More »