Month: March 2021

Michael Slaby calls Facebook and Google ‘two gorillas’ crushing the creativity needed to combat online conspiracy theories A former digital strategist for Barack Obama has demanded an end to big tech’s profit-driven optimization of outrage and called for regulators to curb online disinformation and division. Continue reading… Michael Slaby calls Facebook and Google ‘two gorillas’ …

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Tablet PC screen that folds like book or as dual-screen laptop is incredible piece of technology but not ready for mass market Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold is an entirely new form – a tablet PC that closes like a book with a foldable screen. It may just be the future of the computer. The £2,500-plus …

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Canberra’s parliamentary triangle springs to life after dark with majestic projections and illuminations as part of the 11th annual Enlighten festival, which lights up the grounds and walkways and reimagines the buildings as giant canvases Continue reading… Canberra’s parliamentary triangle springs to life after dark with majestic projections and illuminations as part of the 11th …

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Department of Justice said to have asked WhatsApp for details of alleged targeting of clients in 2019 NSO Group appears to be facing renewed scrutiny by the US Department of Justice months after leading technology companies said the spyware maker was “powerful and dangerous” and should be held liable to the country’s anti-hacking laws. DoJ …

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Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law Uber has been accused of using “loaded questions” in a consultation with drivers, after a landmark court ruling handed workers rights to improved conditions. The firm may have to pay out over £100m in compensation to 10,000 drivers, after the UK supreme …

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