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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to debut an exclusive lineup of Audible Originals 13 hours ago – A year ago, Amazon -owned Audible announced a deal with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to develop exclusive audio productions for Audible Originals — the company’s entertainment offering that features audio content that’s longer than podcasts, but shorter than audio books. Now, the first set ...
‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable 13 hours ago – In security, nothing is “unhackable.” When it’s claimed, security researchers see nothing more than a challenge. Enter the latest findings from Pen Test Partners, a U.K.-based cybersecurity firm. Their latest project was ripping apart the “unhackable” eyeDisk, an allegedly secure USB flash drive ...
UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints 14 hours ago – The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has issued the government department responsible for collecting taxes with a final enforcement notice, after an investigation found HMRC had collected biometric data from millions of citizens without obtaining proper consent. HMRC has 28 days from the May 9 not...
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YouTuber ProJared accused of soliciting sexually explicit photos from underage fans a day ago – Popular YouTube gaming creator Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer is being accused of soliciting nude photos from fans, including at least two people who were underage. Knabenbauer is a gaming personality on YouTube with around 1 million subscribers who has appeared on other popular channels, includin...
Ubisoft keeps pretending its political games don’t have politics in them a day ago – Today Ubisoft officially unveiled the latest Tom Clancy release, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. A sequel to 2017’s Wildlands, it’s another realistic military shooter — and another chance for Ubisoft to say that its games are free of politics. It’s become something of a trend for the French publisher, w...
Fortnite’s island is a virtual world layered with history 16 hours ago – If you were to drop onto Fortnite’s island right now, for the very first time, you’d probably be very confused. There is a lot going on. In the southwest you’ll find an arctic area, complete with an ancient castle still partly buried in the snow. A little ways north is a futuristic cityscape, whi...
The US military doesn’t know how many websites it runs 7 hours ago – Stars and Stripes reports that at an event last month, US Army Colonel Paul Haverstick, the acting director of the Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Maryland said that the number of websites that the Pentagon runs is “undefined.”...