Twitch, the live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, has suffered a huge data breach exposing the service’s source code, the income of its biggest stars and other sensitive information. The breach was posted by an anonymous user on message board 4chan, a popular forum for hackers. The post alluded to more leaks in future, referring to…
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It goes against the unwritten rules of the columnists’ guild to admit that there are some complex problems that defy simple solutions. But dealing with the toxic exhausts from Facebook’s social networks counts as one. With 2.8bn users, accounting for about 60 per cent of the world’s internet-connected population, the company has arguably become too…
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Tired of London, if not of life, software group Blue Prism is quitting the stock market. The board has confirmed its recommendation for a £1bn takeover bid from US private equity group Vista. Disgruntled shareholder Coast Capital thinks the price is too low and plans to vote against the deal. The activist fund is right…
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Will regulations enable Crypto to go mainstream? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. The belief is widely held that regulations and regulators build trust, which the mainstream requires if they are to adopt this bright, shiny new technology (which is by nature trustless)! Stablecoins are the most…
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Amazon has won a record amount of tax breaks this year as local officials try to lure the online shopping giant to expand its one-day or same-day delivery networks in their areas. According to data from Good Jobs First, an economic development watchdog based in Washington DC, Amazon has so far secured about $650m in…
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The Professor has gone missing in a trailer for the final season of Money Heist, and there are a few likely possibilities for his whereabouts. In a trailer for the Money Heist final season, the Professor has gone missing, and there are a few options for his whereabouts. In the first look at Money Heist…
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Helplines of gambling addiction recovery groups have been ringing with a new kind of caller: day traders. The rise of mobile brokerage applications outfitted with prompts, animations, rewards and digital flourishes have brought the feel of investing platforms closer to online sports betting and gambling. “The user experience is converging and the line between gambling…
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Damning testimony from a former Facebook employee has reignited bipartisan support for reining in the tech sector, with members of the US Congress vowing to tighten rules for big companies. Senior members of the Senate commerce committee said they were looking at a range of legislation to crack down on Facebook and other big Silicon…
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2 promo teases Jadis’ journey with the CRM. Pollyanna McIntosh first played the mysterious zombie apocalypse survivor Jadis in season 7 of The Walking Dead. At first Jadis seemed like just another random survivor leading yet another random community in the Walking Dead universe. But her larger role in…
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As cute as they are, Apple Memoji have existed simply as floating heads for many years, but iPhone owners do have the opportunity to dress them after upgrading to iOS 15. This provides another way for users to express their style by personalizing the look even more. Since the new Memoji have bodies, or at least torsos,…
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