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I was led down the wrong path into cybercrime when I was a teenager. That’s what I would tell myself when I was younger From play to goal

I was led down the wrong path into cybercrime when I was a teenager. That’s what I would tell myself when I was younger From play to goal

πŸ”₯ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: From Play To Purpose βœ… Key idea: In 2016, Daniel Kelly, then 19, was charged with computer hacking, extortion and fraud in connection with a major data breach at a British telecommunications company. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Since his release, he has worked with over 35 cybersecurity companies to produce thought leadership campaigns and articles About the reality of digital threats.When I was a teenager, gaming took over my entire life. I was playing for 12 hours or more a day; That…
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How young people can use their online gaming skills to fight cybercrime – and what parents can do to help them | From play to goal

How young people can use their online gaming skills to fight cybercrime – and what parents can do to help them | From play to goal

πŸš€ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: From Play To Purpose βœ… Key idea: The rapid development of technology can create a digital divide between parents and their teens. GenerationAt the same time, cyber attacks are increasingly in the news, with major players across a range of industries falling victim. Among the people being investigated for these hacks are young people with advanced digital skills. In fact, according to the National Crime Agency, one in five children engage in behavior that breaches the Computer Misuse Act, which criminalises unauthorized access to computer systems and…
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Big problem in β€œLittle Berlin”: the small village split in two due to the Cold War | Museums

Big problem in β€œLittle Berlin”: the small village split in two due to the Cold War | Museums

πŸ”₯ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Museums,Culture,Germany,Cold war,Europe,World news βœ… Key idea: A The creek is so shallow you can barely get your ankles wet in a community divided for more than four decades. By a sheer topographical coincidence, the 50 residents of Maudlarweit, a small village surrounded by pine forests, meadows and picturesque views, found themselves in the heart of the Cold War. They had the misfortune of crossing Bavaria in western Germany and Thuringia in the east, borders that were demarcated first by a fence and then by a wall. American…
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β€˜It’s impossible not to have contradictions in a contradictory world’: Catalan pop visionary RosalΓ­a on critics, crisis and being β€˜hot for God’ | RosalΓ­a

β€˜It’s impossible not to have contradictions in a contradictory world’: Catalan pop visionary RosalΓ­a on critics, crisis and being β€˜hot for God’ | RosalΓ­a

πŸš€ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: RosalΓ­a,Music,Culture,Spain,Catalonia πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: RosalΓ­a Vila Tobella is just as bored as you are of pop music functioning as gossip column fodder, with lyrics full of hints of rivalries and betrayal. β€œI’m tiring of seeing people referencing celebrities, and celebrities referencing other celebrities,” she says. β€œI’m really much more excited about saints.”The 33-year-old Catalan musician and producer’s monumental fourth album, Lux, draws on the lives of dozens of female saints, inspired by β€œfeminine mysticism, spirituality” and how lives of murder, materialism and rebellion could…
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The Best Modern Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movies – Review Report | books

The Best Modern Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movies – Review Report | books

✨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Books,Culture,Horror books,Fantasy books βœ… Key idea: There is no section on antibiotics by qntm (Del Rey, Β£18.99)There have been stories before about mysterious alien entities existing, hidden, within our world, and secret government departments tasked with protecting humanity. This debut novel by software engineer Sam Hughes under the pseudonym qntm pushes the idea to its horrifying extreme: antithesis. Memes are ideas that spread easily; Antimes are literally inconceivable, "self-kept secrets", impossible to record or remember. Some feed on memories and pose an existential threat. But how…
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Artist Luke Jerram on a tree planting project he will never see completed | art

Artist Luke Jerram on a tree planting project he will never see completed | art

πŸš€ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Art,Trees and forests,Art and design,Sculpture,Environment,Somerset,England,Culture,UK news πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: Luke Jerram, whose art installations have traveled the world, speaks philosophically about his latest project coming to fruition after his time on Earth.Known for his Play Me I'm Yours street piano project and his artwork at the Museum of the Moon – a seven-metre-diameter moon sculpture displaying detailed NASA photographs of the lunar surface – Jerram is now working on Echo Wood, a living, breathing installation made from native British trees.Planted this winter in the Chew…
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Lee Tamahori, director of ‘Once Were Warriors’ and James Bond film ‘Die Another Day’, dies at age 75 Film

Lee Tamahori, director of ‘Once Were Warriors’ and James Bond film ‘Die Another Day’, dies at age 75 Film

✨ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,Thrillers,New Zealand,Die Another Day,Māori,James Bond,Pierce Brosnan,Film adaptations,Anthony Hopkins,David Mamet,Asia Pacific,Books,Culture,World news πŸ“Œ Main takeaway: Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director of Once Were Warriors and Die Another Day, has died at the age of 75.In a statement to Radio New Zealand, Tamahori's family said he was suffering from Parkinson's disease and died "peacefully at home."They added: His legacy remains with Wano [family]Mokopuna [grandchild]Every filmmaker inspired him, every boundary he broke, and every story he told with his genius eye and sincere heart."Lee was a charismatic leader with…
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All Her Fault review – Sarah Snook’s terrifying thriller is an absolute joy to watch | television

All Her Fault review – Sarah Snook’s terrifying thriller is an absolute joy to watch | television

✨ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture,Sarah Snook,Dakota Fanning πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: toWell, I'm a mother, neurotic, and - if one of my HRT patches slips off without me noticing - I quickly become clinically paranoid. But even if that weren't true, this latest tale of a playdate that went unimaginably wrong would have me gripped hard. All Her Fault, an adaptation of bestselling thriller author Andrea Marra's 2021 book of the same name, brings together a number of popular television trends, interrogating the white lotus phenomenon of…
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The Red Rogue of Bala review – Outlaw comedy has hints of a rebellious spirit | stage

The Red Rogue of Bala review – Outlaw comedy has hints of a rebellious spirit | stage

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Theatre,Theatr Clwyd,Stage,Culture πŸ“Œ Key idea: CJohn Jones's life is ripe for drama, full of rebellious spirit and audacity bordering on fantasy. He was a North Wales outlaw with the ability to evade authorities, who had risen to criminal levels by the time of his death in 1913, and was nicknamed Welsh Houdini, Little Turpin, and Coch Bach e Bala (Little Redhead of Bala).So it's a shame that this debut by theater critic-turned-playwright Chris Ashworth Binion feels like a missed opportunity in its representation of the Jones myth…
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How Celebrity Traitors Reverse TV’s Most Disturbing Trend | Social media

How Celebrity Traitors Reverse TV’s Most Disturbing Trend | Social media

✨ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Social media,Television,Culture,The Traitors,BBC,Young people πŸ’‘ Main takeaway: There's not a lot of plaudits left for The Celebrity Traitors, a tense, inept crowd-pleaser and the most famous fart in television history.However, for all of the show's accomplishments, one accomplishment in particularβ€”one that TV executives around the world were desperate to accomplishβ€”may stand out as the most impressive: it got Generation Z to watch live TV.There has long been concern that viewers under 25 are turning away from the once-dominant linear TV viewing, losing out to the algorithmic…
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