From the real story of a virus that took out Iran’s urianium centrifuges to a surprisingly good Dan Brown novel, these are some of the best stories of our new era of ill online deeds A generation ago cybercrime was as esoteric a subject to write about as quantum mechanics or fluctuations in the derivatives …
Educational publisher’s move into non-fungible tokens is intended to claw back some of the income lost to secondhand sales Textbook publisher Pearson plans to profit from secondhand sales by turning its titles into non-fungible tokens (NFTs), its chief executive has said. Educational books are often sold more than once, since students sell study resources they …
The news comes on the heels of a dire revenue report, with company shares taking a 3% tumble in extended trading Robinhood, the trading platform that gained notoriety for allowing amateur stock investors to play the market, is laying off nearly a quarter of its staff – citing economic conditions and the crash of the …
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The National Cyber Security Centre advised of a hacking risk to online voting by party members The delivery of ballot papers to Conservative members to vote for the next prime minister has been delayed following security concerns. The postal ballot packs were due to be sent out from Monday to about 160,000 Tory members to …
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Adam Mosseri relocates temporarily as Meta continues attempts to counter TikTok’s rise The head of Instagram is temporarily relocating to London less than a week after the Meta-owned company faced outrage from influencers such as Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner over changes to the popular photo-sharing app. Adam Mosseri, who has a strong relationship with …
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Myopia is rising in children but experts say focus should be on spending time outdoors rather than reducing screen time Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast A rise in screen time during the pandemic has parents concerned about their children’s eyesight, but experts have said more focus is needed …
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Computer engineer who accidentally discarded hard drive consults Newport council over scheme A computer engineer who accidentally threw away a hard drive containing approximately £150m worth of bitcoin plans to use artificial intelligence to search through thousands of tonnes of landfill. James Howells discarded the hardware from an old laptop containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013 …
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Passengers took 1.87bn trips during the spring and early summer, company says, a 24% increase compared with same time last year Uber’s bookings hit an all-time high in the last three months as anxiety over Covid-19 eased and workers headed back to the office. Passengers took a total of 1.87bn trips on Uber during the …
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Games announcements have become relentless. How’s a player to keep up? Start with our summer previews Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here There was a time when it was possible to play pretty much every interesting video game released in a given year, from nailed-down 9/10 blockbusters to that divisive …
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Stray, a new indie title starring the internet’s favourite animal, is delighting players and pets alike, and its creators at BlueTwelve have been charmed by the reaction When a video game has us playing as an animal, it’s usually some psychedelic anthropomorphic cartoon creature such as Crash Bandicoot or Sonic the Hedgehog. Rarely do we …
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