The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are advising visitors to their Archewell website to take regular screen breaks. How does this approach line up with the evidence? Name: Screen time. Age: It’s less about how old, more about how long. Continue reading… The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are advising visitors to their Archewell website …
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Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental health Facebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app’s impact on teen mental health. Instagram said it was “pausing” work to address concerns raised by parents, experts and regulators. The move follows revelations in the …
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Nick Clegg will on Monday set out the tech giant’s vision of a virtual world where you can work, shop and ‘live’. But the move is prompting new fears over privacy The concept of the “metaverse” first came from the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash as a place that people flee to escape a dangerous …
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‘That the young girl in the foreground was a soldier with a gun on her knee is an integral part of that moment’ Dina Alfasi has often said that her favourite place to shoot is on the train. It’s not only a mobile studio with, as she puts it, great natural light and interesting subjects; …
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From town hall meetings to QR codes and crowdfunding, three environmental campaigners share the practical tips that helped make their work effective If you’ve ever signed a petition, written a cranky letter to your local MP or joined a protest there’s a good chance you’ve been part of an grassroots campaign, but what does it …
Analysis: After the Huawei chief’s detention, the saga rapidly turned from a narrow legal dispute into an escalating battle The deal allowing Meng Wanzhou to return home to China nearly three years after her arrest will come as a relief to all the participants in a saga that rapidly turned from a narrow legal dispute …
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Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founder Facebook paid $4.9bn more than necessary to the US Federal Trade Commission in a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal in order to protect Mark Zuckerberg, a lawsuit has claimed. The lawsuit alleges that the size of the $5bn settlement was driven …
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Country steps up its campaign to block use of unofficial digital money China’s central bank has declared illegal all transactions involving bitcoin and other virtual currencies, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. The price of bitcoin fell more than 8% immediately after the announcement, dropping to just over $41,000 (£30,000). …
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Experts say it would make sense to expand 007’s appeal into fresh media but Barbara Broccoli resists call ‘Bondmania’: cinemas hire extra staff ahead of No Time To Die release James Bond’s next mission should be a TV spin-off as 007 contemplates his future in the streaming era, according to experts, but the secret agent’s …
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Partnership with new platform LaCollection aims to inspire next generation of art collectors The British Museum is venturing into the emerging world of non-fungible tokens by partnering with a new platform to launch digital postcards of the work of Katsushika Hokusai. NFTs – unique digital assets stored on the blockchain – have gripped the arts …
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