It took me half an hour to add £30 to my wristband and buy a pint at a festival – no wonder the fiddle player looks dazed The band I’m in is playing a festival, our first in three years. We were first meant to play here in 2020, but it got cancelled because of …
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The company said that sensitive places including fertility centers, clinics and addiction treatment facilities will be erased Alphabet will delete location data showing when users visit an abortion clinic, the online search company said on Friday, after concern that a digital trail could inform law enforcement if an individual terminates a pregnancy illegally. As state …
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Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad TikTok is seeking to assuage fears over the security of American users’ data on the Chinese-owned platform, after Republican senators and a regulator argued the app poses a national security risk. The concerns by lawmakers came after BuzzFeed …
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Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova allegedly defrauded investors out of $4bn with fake cryptocurrency scam A woman known as the “Cryptoqueen” who is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (£3.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency has been placed on the FBI’s list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives. The story of Ruja Ignatova became came to prominence …
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Fifteen black former or current employees allege they faced racial abuse and harassment at carmaker’s factories Fifteen black former or current employees at Tesla have filed a lawsuit against the electric carmaker, alleging they faced racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behaviour by …
MiCA law contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation The EU has moved to rein in the “wild west” of crypto assets by agreeing a groundbreaking set of rules for the sector. Representatives from the European parliament and EU states thrashed out an agreement on Thursday that contains measures to guard against market …
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OpenSea tells customers and subscribers not to open emails and files ‘sent by strangers’ after revealing breach The world’s biggest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has warned its users to be on the alert for email phishing attacks following a massive data leak. OpenSea, where traders exchange the crypto assets, told customers and newsletter subscribers …
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In this week’s newsletter: As the revolutionary company celebrates a half-century, we look back at everything video games owe to Atari Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email …
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PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PC; Codemasters/EA SportsSupreme playability is sidetracked by a new mode designed to let players live the gilded life of an F1 driver – and start paying for it In the real world, Formula One is enjoying one of its highest profile seasons ever. A change in regulations has made cars more raceable …
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Despite the growing adoption of security tools in US schools, mass shootings have remained constant throughout the past 30 years After the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas , an all-too-familiar question emerged: how do we prevent such horror from happening again? A handful of companies have said they have tech solutions …
After Uvalde shooting, tech companies tout their solutions. But do they work? Read More »
