Paolo Macchiarini is the subject of the latest series of the hit medical malpractice series. Plus: Fonejacker is back, and LOUD celebrates chart-topping music genre reggaeton Dr Death (available from 16 Aug)Just when you thought it was safe to step back into the surgery, here comes season three of Wondery’s unnerving blockbuster of a podcast, …
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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of taking pictures of the moon When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of. Two reasons: it is very …
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About $33m in frozen coins yet to be returned as still-unidentified hacker claims attack was carried out ‘for fun’ to ‘expose the vulnerability’ of platform Hackers behind one of the biggest-ever digital coin heists have now returned nearly all of the $610m-plus they stole, the cryptocurrency platform targeted this week by the attack says. The …
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Social networking firm introduces range of child safety measures including increased privacy controls TikTok will prevent teenagers from receiving notifications past their bedtime, the company said, announcing a range of child safety improvements that will arrive just before the UK introduces its age appropriate design code next month. The company will no longer send push …
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Site aims to integrate service with Instagram which ‘could see Facebook withdrawing gifs from competing platforms’ Facebook could be forced to sell gif creation website Giphy after an investigation by the UK competition regulator found its takeover could harm competition among social media companies and the digital advertising market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) …
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I dreaded doing without my device’s dopamine dripfeed, but insomnia was out of control. Now I’m not only sleeping but reading with real pleasure You might not consider sleep a skill, but I can confirm that it is because I am bad at it. The happiest fortnight of my life was when a GP prescribed …
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Pay calculator suggests workers who commute long-distance could see salary drop if they shun the office in wake of pandemic See all our coronavirus coverage Google employees could see their pay cut if they switched to working from home permanently in the wake of the pandemic, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. …
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Video platform suspends Republican senator, in latest move against a public figure who has spread Covid disinformation YouTube suspended Republican senator Rand Paul on Tuesday for seven days over a video claiming that masks are ineffective against Covid-19. It is the latest move against a prominent public figure who has spread disinformation about ways to …
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The poster for new film Parallel Mothers, which depicts a female nipple, was removed from the social network but has been restored because of ‘clear artistic context’ Instagram has apologised for removing the official poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s new film from the social network because it showed a female nipple, after the poster’s …
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New flip phones and phone-tablet hybrids, plus updated earbuds and first Google Wear OS 3 smartwatch Samsung is taking a big step towards making folding-screen smartphones mainstream with the launch of a pair of the first water-resistant models as part of its big tech event for the second half of 2021. The new and improved …
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