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Utah parenting vlogger sentenced to prison for child abuse
Utah parenting vlogger sentenced to prison for child abuse
by  AFP

A Utah mother-of-six who doled out parenting advice on a popular YouTube channel has been sentenced to prison for abusing her children, holding two of them in conditions prosecutors likened to concentration camps. Utah prosecutor Eric Clarke said Franke and Hildebrandt held two of the children, then aged nine and 11, in a "concentration camp-like setting."

Lawyers for US urge UK court to reject Assange appeal bid
Lawyers for US urge UK court to reject Assange appeal bid
by  AFP

Lawyers for the United States on Wednesday urged a UK court to block a last-ditch bid by Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the country to face espionage charges. "Mr Assange was exposing serious state criminality," his lawyer Edward Fitzgerald told the court.

Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant
Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant
by  AFP

Elon Musk says the first human patient with a brain implant from his Neuralink startup is able to move a computer mouse with thought. The patient is able to "move the mouse around the screen just by thinking," Musk said.

Directors should 'control' tech, not fear it: Scorsese
Directors should 'control' tech, not fear it: Scorsese
by  AFP

US cinema legend Martin Scorsese said Tuesday directors should harness technology to serve their "voice" rather than fearing it will kill their industry. Scorsese said with entertainment technology now changing "so exhaustively and rapidly", "the only thing they (filmmakers) could really hold onto is the individual voice".

Stuck in cyberattack nightmare? Call the negotiators
Stuck in cyberattack nightmare? Call the negotiators
by  AFP

Criminals have overtaken your computer network, they are threatening to leak your most sensitive secrets and your share price is tumbling. In a ransomware attack, gangs -- sometimes state-backed -- hack into networks and demand payment either to unlock the system or prevent the release of top-secret data.

'World's most harmful': What is the LockBit cybercrime gang?
'World's most harmful': What is the LockBit cybercrime gang?
by  AFP

An international law enforcement operation has taken down dozens of servers and disrupted LockBit, "the world's most harmful cyber crime group" according to British authorities. The group has gained notoriety and attention from law enforcement agencies after high-profile attacks such as the one on Royal Mail.