Technology

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

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

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

More than a billion Android devices are at risk of being hacked because they are no longer protected by security updates, watchdog Which? has suggested.

The vulnerability could leave users

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