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Users also reported problems with Gmail, Google maps and Google images Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Google experienced a major international internet outage on Tuesday, technology platforms reported. The realtime online platform Downdetector reported users had registered problems with Google explorer, the world’s dominant search engine from 2.12am …

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US treasury says popular cryptocurrency service reportedly laundered more than $7bn worth of virtual currency The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash, a popular cryptocurrency service that allows users to mask their transactions, accusing it of helping hackers, including from North Korea, to launder proceeds from their cybercrimes. A senior treasury department …

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Could the universe be an elaborate game constructed by bored aliens? Elon Musk thinks you don’t exist. But it’s nothing personal: he thinks he doesn’t exist either. At least, not in the normal sense of existing. Instead we are just immaterial software constructs running on a gigantic alien computer simulation. Musk has stated that the …

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Lightning-quick recharging could be game-changing for cut-price Android with top performance OnePlus is back with another mid-cycle upgrade to its top Android phone – this time with the lightning-fast-charging 10T handset, which can fully power up in under 20 minutes without destroying its battery life. After a two-year hiatus, the “T” series of phones is …

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We had more than 2,500 followers, then suddenly the page was disabled and we have no idea why I was setting up a community cooking school when the pandemic struck, and during the crisis we used our kitchens to run a surplus food project instead. It was used by thousands of people, and Facebook played …

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From tablets and fitness trackers to robot toys, here are some tech ideas to keep the kids entertained With the long school summer holiday well under way, you may need a bit of help keeping the kids entertained. From walkie-talkies and cameras to tablets, robot toys and fitness trackers, here are some of the best …

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In call for tougher rules, consumer rights champion says phone networks cannot be trusted to self-regulate Phone networks are taking advantage of post-Brexit deregulation to baffle customers into racking up large roaming bills on EU holidays, consumer rights champion Martin Lewis has warned. At the end of June, a range of consumer protections that had …

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Nikkei says firm wants components bound for mainland to now comply with longstanding Beijing rule Apple has reportedly asked Taiwan-based suppliers to label their products as being produced in China, in an effort to avoid disruption from strict Chinese customs inspections resulting from the visit of US congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to Taipei. According to Nikkei, …

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Determining the way artificial intelligence is used and governed will be one of the century’s key political battlegrounds. Here’s what everyone needs to know “Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient.” “Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent.” “DeepMind’s protein-folding AI cracks biology’s biggest problem.” A new discovery (or debacle) …

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‘Black-box’ AI-based discrimination seems to be beyond the control of organisations that use it It started with a single tweet in November 2019. David Heinemeier Hansson, a high-profile tech entrepreneur, lashed out at Apple’s newly launched credit card, calling it “sexist” for offering his wife a credit limit 20 times lower than his own. The …

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