After punching below its weight for years, firm is building new tech and experimenting with charging users By any objective measure, Reddit is an internet giant. The social news site is one of the top 20 sites in the world, with more users than Twitter. They move markets, break news and source most of the …
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Badlands considers crime, history and legends bubbling beneath the surface of Tinseltown. Plus: a look at the “unseen forces” around us, and just who is Matthew MaGill? Badlands: Hollywoodland Jake Brennan’s Disgraceland chronicled rock’n’roll’s most notorious moments, and now the master storyteller is turning his attention to movies. Hollywoodland mixes history, legends and – of …
Users will be asked if they are sure they want to send a tweet that could be ‘harmful or offensive’ Many of us have dashed off a mean-spirited reply in the heat of the moment. Now, Twitter wants to appeal to the good inside even the most callous trolls in an attempt to improve the …
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Readers are in demand on dating sites, with one focused entirely on bringing book-lovers together. But is our taste in literature truly a good indication of compatibility? “He mentioned in his bio that he liked Virginia Woolf and I was like, ‘Ah! The dream boy,” says Francesca, 34, who met her boyfriend Andy on Tinder. …
I am a member of Facebook’s oversight board. Here’s why we decided to continue his suspension from Facebook As so often is the case, Donald Trump gets to the heart of the problem. On 6 January, he was the president of the United States: probably the most powerful man in the world. He should be …
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Former editor Alan Rusbridger looks back on the dawning realisation that news was about to change forever A crystal ball was – at least at the outset – not required. A trip to the US in 1993 to “see the internet” left me in no doubt: the days of the daily printed newspaper were numbered. …
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Delivery bookings rose 166% from the same period last year, although ride hailing bookings were down 38% Uber saw record demand in the first quarter as its food delivery business grew while lockdowns ended and more customers hailed rides. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday that its bookings jumped 24% to an all time high …
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Analysts say Elon Musk’s turn as host of Saturday Night Live will raise its profile yet further It is perhaps the ultimate symbol of late capitalism: a digital currency that started as a joke, now worth more than the Ford motor company, BP or Tesco. Riding a wave of speculative interest despite Covid-19 triggering the …
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So many hours spent on the internet, so many bizarre and incredible things for this Australian comedian to show you Do you remember a time when you weren’t on the internet? I sure don’t, or at least the special version they gave us at gifted school so we did not become Troubled. But sometimes I …
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Analysis: Ruling stopped short of making final decision, deepening questions over the oversight board’s effectiveness Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump’s Facebook account should not be reinstated. But it stopped short of making a final decision, saying Facebook itself must decide what to do with the former president’s account. The move has …
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