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The Tor-friendly site follows moves by Facebook and BBC who also had their platforms restricted on state-owned media Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia restricted access to its service in the country. Russia has blocked access to Facebook and has limited Twitter in an attempt …

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The comedian and self-described ‘laggard’ shares what cracks him up online – including many long-forgotten morsels of Australian history I never really got formally introduced to the internet. I was off wandering around when it came out. Been a bit of a laggard since; I still have a Hotmail account. Most of my time now …

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Experts says both sides may understand that large-scale cyber attacks will result in ‘mutually-assured destruction of systems’ As military conflict has mounted between Ukraine and Russia, so have fears of unprecedented cyber war. Experts are monitoring both countries closely, fearing a volatile crisis involving one of the world’s leading hacking super powers could lead to …

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House judiciary committee asks Merrick Garland to investigate whether retail giant obstructed Congress with misleading conduct Members of the Democratic-controlled House judiciary committee have referred Amazon to the Department of Justice, alleging “potentially criminal conduct” by the company and some of its senior executives. In a letter to the attorney general, Merrick Garland, lawmakers claim …

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Action comes as officials increasingly voice concern that Russia may be using cryptocurrency to avoid the impact of sanctions Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should jump in and create its own digital currency. The Biden administration …

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Businessman who served as Theranos’s co-president accused of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud investors Two months after Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of defrauding Theranos investors, her former business and romantic partner, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, is set to begin his own trial on Wednesday. The trial of Balwani, who served as the blood testing …

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A new documentary chronicles the adventures of the Grannies, a group of friends who went looking for the glitchy event horizon of Rockstar’s virtual-western epic The story of online cowboy posse the Grannies starts, as video games so often do, in a character creation menu. Having played through the single-player story of Rockstar’s Red Dead …

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Musk lawyers accused US regulators of ‘micro-management’ but experts call the move an ‘exercise in legal silliness’ Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to terminate his 2018 agreement with the top US securities regulator requiring some of his tweets to be vetted by a lawyer. Musk also asked the judge to block a US …

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John Barksdale faces up to 65 in prison in connection with Ormeus Coin as well as facing civil charges alongside JonAtina Barksdale US authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital …

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Cheapest iPhone gets 5G plus updated iPad Air and new power computer aimed at creative pros Apple has announced a new version of its cheapest iPhone, an updated iPad Air tablet and a new powerful professional desktop computer called the Mac Studio. During a livestreamed event on Tuesday, Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook also announced …

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