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Founder of blood testing company faces up to 20 years in prison over charges that she defrauded investors and patients Elizabeth Holmes will begin a sixth day on the stand Tuesday, testifying in her own defense in a widely followed trial centering around her now-defunct blood testing company Theranos. Holmes faces up to 20 years …

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I was hoping to earn my son’s respect by playing Sea of Thieves, but was hopelessly out of my depth My poop deck is on fire. I am taking on water below decks and some guy is screaming he is going to kill me. I am panicking, randomly picking up wooden planks, cannon balls, accordions …

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Long before Auto-Tune and deepfake compositions, university professor Lejaren Hiller premiered a concert recital composed by a computer and became an overnight celebrity On the evening of 9 August 1956, a couple of hundred people squeezed into a student union lounge for a concert recital at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about 130 miles outside …

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PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One; Microsoft; 343 IndustriesThe engrossing flagship Xbox shooter returns with its fabled craggy supersoldier and plenty of style but not quite enough bang Twenty years since Halo: Combat Evolved, Master Chief is still “finishing the fight”. Made infamous by Halo 2’s premature cliffhanger ending, the line is uttered with zero irony …

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Drivers get protection but prices may rise as minicab firms in city told to contract directly with customers Uber will be forced to change its business model in London to contract directly with passengers who book, after a high court ruling that will affect all private hire operators in the capital. The judgment was hailed …

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Florida jury finds Wright, who claims to have invented the cryptocurrency, did not owe half of 1.1m bitcoins worth $50bn to another family Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of bitcoin, has prevailed in a civil trial against the …

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Replacement routers put speedy wifi in every corner of the home for reliable work, video calls and films With wifi more important than ever for keeping your home working and your online entertainment up and running, it may be time to banish those irritating “not-spots” and make your broadband work everywhere in your home with …

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Whistleblower’s complaint led to disclosure of the review of charges the company failed to inform shareholders of defects The US securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks associated with solar panel system defects over several …

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Victims in US and UK legal action accuse social media firm of failing to prevent incitement of violence Facebook’s negligence facilitated the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar after the social media network’s algorithms amplified hate speech and the platform failed to take down inflammatory posts, according to legal action launched in the US and …

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‘Total IT outage’ at convenience stores forced them to shut or accept cash payments only More than 300 branches of the convenience store chain Spar in the north of England have been hit by a cyberattack, forcing many of them to close. The attack hit the company’s computer systems, causing a “total IT outage” that …

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