The country singer’s new novel and accompanying album have been fused into Spotify’s ‘first Bookcast’. Plus: John Legend calls for prisoners to get voting rights Run, Rose, RunA podcast touched by the hand of Dolly Parton is a beautiful thing. What Spotify are calling their “first Bookcast” features audio excerpts of the novel the singer …
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Parent company Meta makes temporary change to hate speech policy for users in eastern Europe and Caucasus Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Facebook and Instagram users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, after parent company Meta made a temporary change …
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All non-Russian content blocked, in addition to ban on livestreaming and adding new content from Russia TikTok has blocked all non-Russian content in Russia but is allowing historical content uploaded by domestic accounts to stay online, including videos by state-backed media services. The Chinese-owned video sharing app said on Sunday it had banned livestreaming and …
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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 …
