In the increasingly lifelike worlds of VR, users are experiencing hate speech and sexual harassment. How should these lawless spaces be governed? Psychotherapist Nina Jane Patel had been on Facebook’s Horizon Venues for less than a minute when her avatar was mobbed by a group of males. The attackers proceeded to “virtually gang-rape” her character, …
The artist on creating a tableau with a toy and some cheap plastic plants Artist John Adams worked with assemblage boxes for years – eccentric cabinets of curios in the tradition of Joseph Cornell – before moving on to larger dioramas. An ex-teacher, Adams wanted to think bigger. In his studio, he sets up a …
In Twitter Data Dash, players take control of a blue puppy who eats bones that inform him of site regulations On Friday, Elon Musk announced he was pausing his $45bn purchase of Twitter because he had only just discovered some of the accounts on the site were fake. But that’s not the strangest thing that …
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‘Algorithmic stablecoin’, whose collapse triggered multibillion-dollar selloff, turns off blockchain TerraUSD, the “algorithmic stablecoin” whose collapse prompted a multibillion-dollar selloff across crypto markets, has turned off its blockchain and been delisted from major exchanges, in effect shuttering the project for good. But the wider impact of the failure of the project, once valued at more …
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The self-styled expert was quick to criticize Black women in the relationship sphere – and sympathy over his death was in short supply As a source of dating advice, Kevin Samuels would seem a last resort for America’s Black women. On his YouTube show and podcasts, Samuels criticized Black women for being old and out …
Tesla owner says $44bn deal has been paused until he gets more information about fake accounts Elon Musk has said his $44bn takeover of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” after the social media platform claimed that less than 5% of its users were spam or fake accounts. The Tesla chief tweeted on Friday morning that …
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Encrypted messaging apps could be threatened by requirement for platforms to search for and combat child sexual abuse Critics have accused the European Commission of seeking to end encrypted communications after the EU’s executive body unveiled strict regulations for messaging apps intended to fight the spread of child sexual abuse imagery. Under the proposed regulations, …
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David Harville is one of six others charged for harassing the Boston duo who ran a new newsletter criticizing the company A former eBay executive pleaded guilty on Thursday to participating in a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included the delivery of live spiders and other disturbing items to their …
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The news comes as the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is working to close a $44bn deal to acquire the social media company Twitter announced that the social media company would pause most hiring, and that two top leaders are departing the company. In an email to employees on Thursday, CEO Parag Agrawal said the …
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Fears of contagion among already falling cryptocurrencies if tether follows terra into collapse Tether, the largest “stablecoin” and a foundational part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, is at risk of a bank run after breaking its peg to the dollar amid the sector’s worst crash in years. The cryptocurrency traded at less than $0.98 (82p) for …
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