Month: December 2021

Strange, horny game ads are flooding social media. I accidentally became obsessed | Alex McKinnon

In his quest to discover why these ads are everywhere, Alex McKinnon ended up downloading too many of them – and investing too much In a glamorous penthouse apartment, rain drumming against the floor-length windows, a chiselled man wearing nothing but a bath towel slowly undresses a beautiful young woman – only to stop when …

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‘We were pinned as the bitches’: the OC and 90210 stars reclaiming their voices

Hit noughties US teen shows – and UK ones like Skins – were irresistible to their wide-eyed, hormone-fuelled viewers. Now their casts are reuniting in podcasts to discuss the good – and the bad – of adolescent stardom There is nothing new about a nostalgic TV reunion. In the last year we’ve seen televisual specials …

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AmazonSmile donated more than $40,000 to anti-vaccine groups in 2020

Donations through the online retailer’s charitable program come as it faces criticism for its role in health misinformation Amazon’s charitable program is paying tens of thousands of dollars to anti-vaccine groups in a move experts say is “shocking” as millions of Americans remain unvaccinated in the face of another Covid-19 wave. AmazonSmile reportedly donated more …

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Bitcoin could become ‘worthless’, Bank of England warns

People investing in the cryptocurrency should be aware of risks, central bank says The Bank of England has said that bitcoin could be “worthless” and people investing in the digital currency should be prepared to lose everything. In a warning over the potential risks for investors, the central bank questioned whether there was any inherent …

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‘A weird meta experience’: artist has @metaverse handle restored after Meta disables it

Thea-Mai Baumann reflects on making art in the web 3.0 world and digital disappearing acts Thea-Mai Baumann’s Instagram profile is an eclectic mix of pink-lipped selfies, David Bowie memes, colorful recordings of her hologram artwork, shots of skyscrapers in Shanghai and portraits of friends tinted in Valencia, Amaro and Toaster, all filters from Instagram’s early …

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Cyber review warns UK and west in ‘clash of values’ with Russia and China

Ministers and spy chiefs warn Britain must improve capabilities and wider digital skills to meet ‘evolving’ challenges Britain and the west are becoming embroiled in a “clash of values” with Russia and China over the rules governing the internet, ministers and spy chiefs have warned in the UK’s first national cyber review published since 2016. …

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Google and Apple have ‘vice-like grip’ on UK mobiles, warns regulator

Competition watchdog says proposed new ‘big tech’ regulator should investigate effects of duopoly Apple and Google have a “vice-like grip” over people’s mobile phones and their duopoly over the market should be investigated by the proposed new “big tech” regulator, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. The two companies effectively control users’ mobile phone experience …

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