Month: May 2021

Back up pictures – and don’t forget prints: nine ways to organise your photographs

Most of us have phones, computers and boxes full to bursting with our snaps – and will probably only ever look at a fraction of them. So how do you work out what to keep? If you’re anything like me, then your phone is full to bursting with unsorted photographs. If I were to die …

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She broke her NDA to speak out against Pinterest. Now she’s helping others come forward

Ifeoma Ozoma has co-sponsored a bill to protect workers who speak out on discrimination or harassment. ‘Coming forward should not carry as much risk,’ she said For months, Ifeoma Ozoma couldn’t tell anyone – not even her closest friends and family – why she had left her high-profile job at Pinterest. Even as she gave …

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David Hockney on joy, longing and spring light: ‘I’m teaching the French how to paint Normandy!’

While enjoying an idyllic lockdown in France, the 83-year-old artist has created perhaps his most important exhibition ever – offering hope to an injured world ‘I think it looks terrific,” says David Hockney. “It’s all on one theme, isn’t it? And there’s not many exhibitions like that, really, a show all about the spring.” The …

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Algorithmic assumptions are everywhere but it turns out Instagram couldn’t know me any worse | Zoe Wiliams

Its algorithm suggests I am most interested in jewellery, luxury goods, electronic music, love and emotions. Nothing could be further from the truth You are worried about what social media giants know about you, because of course you are. Data is gold; algorithms, also gold. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the …

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UK Covid-related cybercrime fuels 15-fold rise in scam takedowns

Vaccine rollout used as a lure via email and text to harvest people’s personal information for fraud The UK’s cybersecurity agency has taken down more scams in the last year than in the previous three years combined, with coronavirus and NHS-themed cybercrime fuelling the increase. Experts oversaw a 15-fold rise in the removal of online …

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Anker Soundcore Life Q35 review: budget headphones with good noise-cancelling

Long battery life, comfortable fit, Bluetooth 5 with decent sound and features for the money The latest Bluetooth headphones from Anker offer very long battery life and surprisingly effective noise-cancelling on a budget. The Soundcore Life Q35 cost £129.99 and replace the Life Q30 as the brand’s top headphones, significantly undercutting leading models from rivals …

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Smartphone is now ‘the place where we live’, anthropologists say

A UCL study has found people around the world feel the same about their devices as they do about their homes Smartphone users have become “human snails carrying our homes in our pockets”, with a tendency to ignore friends and family in favour of their device, according to a landmark study. A team of anthropologists …

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Dogecoin’s value tumbles after Elon Musk calls the virtual currency a ‘hustle’

Price falls by as much as a third after billionaire’s comments on US comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live The price of dogecoin tumbled by as much as a third on Sunday, after billionaire Elon Musk, one of its biggest supporters, appeared to call the virtual currency a “hustle” while hosting Saturday Night Live. Cryptocurrency …

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Shutdown of US pipeline after cyber attack prompts worry over gas prices

Prices not expected to rise unless Colonial Pipeline outage lasts more than three days, but long-term shutdown could be significant The hackers who caused the vast Colonial Pipeline to shut down on Friday reportedly began their cyberattack against the top US fuel pipeline operator a day earlier and stole a large amount of data. The …

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Films shot on smartphones herald new age for cinema, say directors

London’s first international festival for movies made on mobiles will celebrate innovation, diversity and access Smartphone films are no longer just a fun experiment: they are the next step towards a new age of cinema, already attracting top performers and influential directors, believe the two award-winning film-makers behind Smart, next month’s first London International Smartphone …

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