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Hacking worry for Argentine FA over World Cup emails
Argentina’s football association signals it may have suffered a cyber attack after emails from its accounts reportedly criticised refereeing in the dramatic win against Egypt at the World Cup.
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‘I’d Take It in a Second’ — Cyberpunk 2077 Player Resurgence Has Fans Calling on CD Projekt to Change Its Mind and Release More DLC
Cyberpunk 2077 is having a moment, with impressive player numbers on Steam fueled by a recent sale, hype for upcoming Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and its collaboration with Wuthering Waves. And while Cyberpunk 2077 is a known quantity at this point, and CD Projekt has told fans not to expect any more DLC, fans…
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Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone
Dumb Co sells flip phones that sync to your smartphone, bridging the infinite connectivity of the iPhone and the unrealistic limitations of an early 2000s relic.
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‘Valve isn’t interested in a nuanced conversation’ says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship
“Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3 throw customizable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can’t.”
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On Foreign Tongues, The Rolling Stones Continue Their Decades-Long Victory Lap, For Better and Worse: Review
Marking their quickest turnaround between albums in the 21st century, it’s not surprising that Foreign Tongues comes across like Hackney Diamonds Part Two. On Foreign Tongues, The Rolling Stones Continue Their Decades-Long Victory Lap, For Better and Worse: Review Jonah Krueger
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Bank of England handed powers to regulate key tech firms including Amazon and Google
The Bank of England, together with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has been granted powers to directly regulate a small group of major technology firms that provide cloud and IT services to UK banks, taking effect from Monday. The move is aimed at ensuring these providers remain resilient against cyber-attacks and outages that could threaten…
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EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram
The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act by focusing on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said.
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Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies
Angelo Martino, a Florida man employed as a ransomware negotiator at a US cybersecurity company, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for secretly conspiring with hackers to deploy ransomware against American companies. The case is notable because it exposes a rare instance of security professionals abusing their trusted positions to commit…
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Meta risks $12B EU fine over addictive Instagram and Facebook feeds
Meta has been found in preliminary breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) over the “addictive” design of Instagram and Facebook, and could be forced to redesign both apps as well as face a fine of up to $12 billion (roughly £9 billion). The European Commission concluded that Meta failed to adequately assess the…
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Siblings who went into neighbour’s garden and hacked down their 33-foot Leylandiis set to lose childhood home after being handed £209,000 court bill
Three siblings face losing their childhood home after being ordered to pay a £209,000 court bill over a long-running boundary dispute with their neighbours in Nazeing, Essex. Robert McCarthy, 59, and his wife Amanda, 61, had lived in “relative harmony” with Foulla Bowler, 61, and her siblings until a “fence war” erupted in 2018, culminating…