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Campaigners say bill in ‘serious peril’ of passing without powers to make platforms more transparent Online safety experts will struggle to sound the alarm about harmful content if landmark legislation does not allow independent researchers to access data from social media platforms, campaigners have warned. The government is being urged to adopt amendments to the …

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Next-gen heart rate sensor, clearer screen, epic battery life and new metrics upgrade top multisport smartwatch Garmin has been on a roll recently, upgrading various versions of its most popular sports smartwatches. Now it is the turn of its top adventure watch to be enhanced with next-gen tech and new tools in the new Fenix …

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Ted Kaczynski’s ‘prescient’ views have been praised by Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson – and continue to draw misguided new followers The bomb was disguised as a tangle of wooden planks and protruding nails, and when he encountered it in the car park behind his computer-repair store, Gary Wright thought nothing of pushing it from …

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Keyhole surgery using robotic arms has transformed medicine. But the next generation of advanced robotics might be able to surpass the skills of surgeons Neil Thomas wished he could have been awake during the operation to remove a 6cm cancerous tumour from his colon. He was one of the first people to go under the …

Robot surgeons provide many benefits, but how autonomous should they be? Read More »

CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company Like Wikipedia, Reddit is one of the wonders of the online world. Its founders once described it as “the front page of the internet”, which is perhaps …

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Intrigued by skimpily dressed mannequins outside a suburban house, the Australian photographer knocked on the door to find out more It was approaching Christmas last year and Australian photographer Glenn Homann was exploring Brisbane’s heritage-rich satellite city of Ipswich with his iPhone. “I tend to go out looking for locations and objects to shoot. But …

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Data ‘compromised’ when hackers thought to be Russia-linked criminal gang gained access through security flaw – department The US Department of Energy and several other government agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said this week. Data was “compromised” at two entities within the …

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Streamer and couple said it was a mutual decision but a PR expert says it looks bad for their brand When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their $20m, multi-year deal with Spotify in 2020, it was hailed as the centrepiece of the couple’s growing business empire. So when news broke that the deal …

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The task of radically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is daunting, the former chief scientist says. But it’s also a huge opportunity “It won’t be easy getting to zero, Kathleen.” We were at a dinner party soon after the May 2022 Australian election, which saw the Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese, form government, with …

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Exclusive: Calls for Meta to curb rise in scams on its platforms, which will cost UK households £250m this year Mental anguish’: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings ‘I felt stupid and embarrassed’: victim of ‘Hi Mum’ fraud on WhatsApp lost £1,600 Instagram scam: ‘I spent £1,200 on clothes …

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