GamesReflexes start to decline in your 20s, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be competitive at first-person shooters any more. Keith Stuart shares some hard-won knowledge It is an unfortunate fact of life that human reflexes slow down as we get older. Medical studies suggest that reaction times peak at 24 and go downhill from there – and nowhere is this more ruthlessly illustrated than in the world of online first-person shooters.

Jess Zimmerman columnInternet This article is more than 9 years oldAlex from Target was a fake corporate meme? That's not viral – it's offensiveThis article is more than 9 years oldJess ZimmermanIf you want to get popular on the internet, don’t fake being cool – and definitely don’t slap your brand name on natural brilliance Plus: What happens when you become internet famous? I get annoyed when people scoff at stuff that’s meant “for teenage girls” – young adult novels, for instance, are great, and “teenage girl” culture is surely no dumber than a lot of the stuff that’s marketed to grown men.

Cybercrime This article is more than 1 month oldBritish teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital orderThis article is more than 1 month oldArion Kurtaj, who has severe autism, hacked Rockstar Games using just an Amazon Firestick, mobile phone and hotel TV A teenager who stole 90 clips of the unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 game as part of a hacking spree has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Jeffrey EpsteinJeffrey Epstein boasted of spurious celebrity connections, documents showCourt document released Wednesday confirmed some celebrity connections but also showed late sex offender’s flimsy braggadocio While Jeffrey Epstein counted many rich and powerful men among his associates –including Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew – a court document released on Wednesday suggests the late financier so craved proximity to celebrity that he made spurious boasts about relationships with Hollywood A-listers. Johanna Sjoberg, an accuser of the late sex offender and financier, claimed in a deposition that he liked to talk about knowing movie stars, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett, and that these statements appeared to come across as flimsy braggadocio.

FranceMont Blanc avalanche kills British woman, 54, and son, 22, in French AlpsTwo were part of group skiing off-piste with instructor when avalanche occurred A British woman and her son are reported to have died in the French Alps after an avalanche in the Mont Blanc mountain range. The two were part of a group reportedly skiing far outside the designated slopes with an instructor when the avalanche, measuring 400 metres wide, occurred at an altitude of 2,300 metres near the ski resort of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in the Haute-Savoie on Wednesday.

Sheffield Wednesday This article is more than 3 months oldSheffield Wednesday sack Xisco Muñoz after poor start to Championship seasonThis article is more than 3 months oldClub chairman criticises fans in statement confirming exitLeague Two side Bradford City dismiss Mark HughesSheffield Wednesday have sacked Xisco Muñoz after a winless start to the Championship season. Wednesday hired the former Watford manager after Darren Moore departed in the summer following promotion. Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat at West Brom on Tuesday was Xisco’s final game in charge, after which he apologised for their dismal start to the campaign.

Music This article is more than 10 months oldThe Cure: Robert Smith tells fans he is ‘sickened’ by Ticketmaster fees as US tour goes on saleThis article is more than 10 months oldThe frontman said that artists had no way to limit the ticketing giant’s fees but his band had declined to participate in the ‘greedy scam’ of dynamic pricing Robert Smith of the Cure has told fans he is “as sickened as you all are” after fans complained of Ticketmaster’s additional fees on sales of tickets for the band’s US tour.

UK news This article is more than 5 years oldTwo men jailed for life for torture and murder of Vietnamese womanThis article is more than 5 years oldStephen Unwin and William McFall killed Quyen Ngoc Nguyen near Sunderland last year Two men, who met in prison while serving time for previous murders, have been sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in jail for the torture and murder of a 28-year-old woman.

The ObserverCider This article is more than 12 years oldWhite cider is becoming like heroin among alcoholics, says reportThis article is more than 12 years oldSuper-strength ciders are becoming popular among heavy drinkers as tax breaks to protect the industry make them a cheaper fixIt may be cheap, but white cider, the drink of choice for many homeless alcoholics, commands big profits. A new report by the charity Alcohol Concern suggests profit margins on white cider are significantly fatter than those on other alcoholic drinks, thanks in part to tax breaks designed to help traditional British cider makers.