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Safety experts call for immediate action to stop millions of underage viewers being damaged by extreme material An “immediate and urgent” introduction of age verification is needed to stop children accessing extreme content on pornography websites, children’s charities have warned. In a strongly worded open letter to the largest pornography sites in the UK, a …

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Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle unit said it started carrying employees in electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs without human backup Waymo’s self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco. The autonomous vehicle unit of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said Wednesday that it started carrying employees in electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs without human backup drivers. Previously the company …

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Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, solicited campaign accusing TikTok of being a danger to American children Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, is reportedly paying a notable GOP consulting firm to create public distrust around TikTok. The campaign, launched by Republican strategy firm Targeted Victory, involved op-eds and letters …

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Network says hackers – who have long targeted cryptocurrency platforms – used stolen private keys to make off with funds Blockchain project Ronin said on Tuesday that hackers stole cryptocurrency now worth almost $615m from its systems, in what would be one of the largest cryptocurrency heists on record. The project said that unidentified hackers …

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When you’re young, you believe in the possibility of anything – ghosts, goblins, the Resident Evil house – but by my age, the spell is broken My wife and kids have a tough time believing that I fear nothing supernatural. Because they do. They fear all of them. Ghosts, goblins, werewolves, wendigos, all that claptrap. …

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In this week’s newsletter: how a madeup backstory for a crisp mascot became accepted fact, and why it proves the internet doesn’t just reflect reality – it can alter it too Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Here’s a fun fact: the guy on the front of a Pringles can has …

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Company’s first wearable delivers personal pocket of filtered air and cancels unwanted noise Dyson has announced its first wearable product that builds the firm’s air purification expertise into a set of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones aimed at city dwellers wanting to avoid polluted air. Quite unlike anything the company has made before, the Dyson Zone …

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As well as turning off your hot water or boiler as you leave home, some can offer to heat only rooms that need it With the return to the office in full swing and fuel prices rocketing, smart thermostats offer one relatively easy way to help reduce your energy use without big changes to your …

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Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed The conversations always started the same way. A woman would get a message from a social media user. It would …

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ESA project aims to harness power of smartphones to match atmospheric conditions to weather on ground Even with supercomputers, accurate weather forecasting is still one of science’s most difficult challenges. We are all familiar with the feeling of being let down having planned a trip based on the forecast only to find it was wrong. …

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