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A 22-year-old man has admitted trying to blackmail Apple by claiming he had access to millions of iCloud accounts.

Kerem Albayrak from north London threatened to wipe 319 million accounts unless Apple gave

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YouTube has reinstated hundreds of crypto-currency related channels after admitting it had removed them "in error".

A wave of YouTubers received notifications that their videos were in breach of the platform's terms of service earlier this week.

The move appeared to target smaller channels and

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Cancer patients to be put on fitness programmes within 48 hours of being diagnosed
Cancer patients will be enrolled in gym sessions before they can start chemotherapy to help their odds of survival.
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2019's most important Chrome OS advice and analysis

More than any other platform, Chrome OS is in a constant state of evolution — and if you blink for a minute, you're bound to miss some significant new improvement or addition.

I mean, heck, this past year alone, Chrome OS has gained a Virtual Desks system for advanced productivity, platform-wide support for a Chromebook-optimized version of the Google Assistant, and a host of smaller but no less significant Android-like additions. Google has also committed to stepping up its stance on software support for Chrome OS devices, and the makers of Chromebooks have started exploring some interesting new hardware options that could add an awful lot of appeal for business users. And, as usual, all of this fast-paced progress shows no sign of slowing down soon.

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Throwback Thursday: It seemed as if you would be quicker

This IT pilot fish works the night shift at a manufacturing plant as the on-site plant floor support tech — which is definitely not user support. Thaton-site during the day but off-site during the night shift.

One night, fish gets a call from a supervisor named Barney, who complains that his email isn&t working. Fish says Barney needs to call the help desk and gives him the extension. To which Barney says that he needs his email to do his job.

All the more reason to call the help desk, says fish. They&re very good at troubleshooting that email program, and I don&t know anything about it.

But he does say that if the help desk can&t help, Barney can call fish back.

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