Month: March 2021

A powerful battery of drones, thermal cameras and heartbeat detectors are being deployed to exclude asylum seekers Khaled has been playing “the game” for a year now. A former law student, he left Afghanistan in 2018, driven by precarious economic circumstances and fear for his security, as the Taliban were increasingly targeting Kabul. But when …

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Documents provided to the Intercept published after the company denied reports delivery workers lack access to bathrooms Amazon caused an uproar on Thursday when it denied reports that its delivery workers have been forced to urinate in bottles due to lack of access to bathrooms, but a leaked internal memo shows the company has been …

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Former Australian prime minister interviewed by Abbey Hansen, known as minorfauna on TikTok, who turned misogyny speech into viral hit A year ago, former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech was given new life after it became a viral dancing meme on TikTok during the first wave of Covid-19 lockdowns. Now the woman who …

Julia Gillard TikTok interview: former PM says gender equality fight must ‘turn anger into action’ Read More »

‘You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?’ a tweet from the Amazon News account read To paraphrase one of the most iconic tweets of the past 10 years, Amazon’s recent denial about employees not being forced to urinate in bottles at work has people asking a lot of questions already answered …

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Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai called to answer for the role of tech and social media in fueling Capitol violence and extremism 4.57pm GMT Jack Dorsey of Twitter gave his opening statements after Pichai, seeming to be videoing in from a sleek kitchen somewhere. His opening statements were live tweeted from his account …

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs face disinformation grilling in Congress – live Read More »

Company says it ‘must do better’ after Guardian finds more than 150 offensive comments on Maps site Google has said it “must do better” at removing what campaigners called “sickening” and “grotesque” antisemitic content following an investigation by the Guardian. More than 150 antisemitic comments were discovered on the Google Maps site for the Auschwitz-Birkenau …

Google criticised for failing to remove antisemitic Auschwitz reviews Read More »

Ben Kirby’s PreachersNSneakers took off when he posted the enormous price tags of the fashion worn by prominent clergy Ben Kirby never intended to gain a social media following or obtain a book deal based on his knowledge of religion and sneakers, but that’s exactly what happened when he launched the PreachersNSneakers account on Instagram …

The preachers wearing Saint Laurent: behind the viral Instagram account Read More »

Millions bought new consoles in 2020. But with the pandemic ruining big releases, there’s a shortage of games to play on them Since the pandemic began, the video games industry has been booming. Last year was a bumper year, with most of the world’s population forced inside by lockdowns and looking for safe ways to …

‘Pushed to the limit’: could 2021 be the worst year ever for video games? Read More »

Schoolgirl’s fake cosmetics site helps hundreds of women as domestic violence rises during Covid In April 2020, weeks after Poland went into its first Covid-19 lockdown, Krysia Paszko, a 17-year-old high school pupil, watched a TV report about Europe’s surge in domestic violence cases, which had increased by up to 60% on 2019, according to …

‘Just write STOP’: the teenager helping Polish women flee abuse Read More »

Hackers used malware to infect devices and enable surveillance Tech giant says hackers set up fake profiles to build trust Facebook has blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. Related: ‘Think of your family’: …

China-based hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad with malware Read More »