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One of America's most famous music festivals, South by Southwest, has been cancelled due to coronavirus fears.

Organisers of the annual event in Austin, Texas, said they had no choice but to call it off for the first

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A customer database left unsecured online by Virgin Media contained details linking some customers to pornography and explicit websites.

The researchers who first discovered the database told the TheIndianSubcontinent that it contained more information than Virgin Media suggested.

Such details could be used by

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Entertainment giant EA Games has banned a well-known streamer from playing any of its titles, citing abusive conduct.

The company said Kurt Fenech, known online as Kurt0411, had posted "abusive and threatening messages" about its employees.

It said it had banned his account and blocked his console from accessing its

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A video-game streamer has been suspended from Twitch and dropped from his e-sports team after accidentally firing a gun while broadcasting live.

Carl Reimer, a professional streamer, accidentally fired his gun while brandishing it as a joke.

Reimer said he thought he had emptied the bullets from the Glock pistol.

"I was clearly

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Image copyrightHeritage AuctionsImage caption This may look like a 1992 Super Nintendo controller - except it's for a Sony Playstation

The only "Nintendo PlayStation" ever publicly auctioned has sold for $300,000 (£230,700).

The ultra-rare prototype was the offspring of a short-lived collaboration between

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Sonos will no longer make people "brick" - or permanently deactivate - their smart speakers in order to take advantage of a discount upgrade offer.

In 2019, the company launched a trade-up scheme that offered existing owners 30% off the cost of a new speaker.

But owners had to activate "Recycle Mode" on their existing

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