Month: June 2022

Hit send too soon? Now you’ll be able to edit those ill-advised iMessages

In the next version of the Apple app, you’ll be able to click ‘unsend’ and your message will disappear. Could this be the end of the drunken text? Name: Unsending. Age: Brand new, long overdue. Continue reading… In the next version of the Apple app, you’ll be able to click ‘unsend’ and your message will …

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Pushing Buttons: I don’t get Twitch – but we’ve been watching people play games since the arcades

In this week’s newsletter: from pure escape watches to gripping adventures, my fellow backseat gamers on titles that are as good to view as to play Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every …

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Apple unveils buy now, pay later feature and redesigned iPhone lock screen

Worldwide developer conference begins with changes to iPhone operating system and redesigned version of cheapest laptop Apple is taking on Klarna and ClearPay with a new “buy now, pay later” feature for iPhones, the company has announced at its worldwide developer conference. The company is also redesigning the iPhone’s lock screen, in the most substantial …

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‘People are stressed’: Apple workers set to begin first in-person union election

If successful, the store in Towson, Maryland, would be the first to unionize at the US tech company Workers at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin their in-person union election on 15 June and, if successful, the store would be the first to unionize at the US tech company. Workers at …

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Elon Musk threatens to scrap $44bn Twitter deal over ‘material breach’

Company accused of refusing to provide sufficient information about number of false users Elon Musk has accused Twitter of committing a “material breach” of his $44bn agreement to buy the company and threatened to terminate the deal, in the clearest indication yet that the world’s richest man is preparing to walk away from the takeover. …

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Influence, Inc review – a mesmerising dive into the world of public manipulation

Curious Bird; PC, MacYour job is to manage a digital influencing agency with commercial and political clients – and ethical challenges Remember when Boris Johnson revealed he likes to paint wine crates to resemble buses? Or, more recently, when he warned citizens off working from home lest they become distracted by cheese? Quirky, on-brand soundbites …

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Sheryl Sandberg’s influence reaches all of us. But it’s a troubling legacy | Stephanie Hare

From epic data mining to shocking failures of content moderation, Meta’s COO passes on a vast clean-up job If you are reading this, odds are that you are one of the 2.87 billion daily users of the products offered by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. If you are not …

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Mercedes-Benz issues global recall of one million older cars

German carmaker says move due to a potential problem with the braking system Mercedes-Benz has announced it is immediately recalling nearly one million older vehicles worldwide due to a potential problem with the braking system. Germany’s federal transport authority (KBA) said that the recall affected cars built between 2004 and 2015 of the SUV series …

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