Month: July 2022

Tissue-regrowing implants, which will enter human trials next week, could provide comfortable and accessible alternatives to silicone Having an ice pack strapped to your chest – that’s how some describe the experience of taking a walk in cold weather when you have breast implants. Silicone only slowly reaches body temperature once out of the cold, …

Goodbye silicone? A new era of breast reconstruction is on the horizon Read More »

‘I can’t remember anything’ is a common complaint these days. But is it because we rely so heavily on our smartphones? And do the endless alerts and distractions stop us forming new memories? Last week, I missed a real-life meeting because I hadn’t set a reminder on my smartphone, leaving someone I’d never met before …

Is your smartphone ruining your memory? A special report on the rise of ‘digital amnesia’ Read More »

Most of us can read, but is there a way to do it better? Faster? With more comprehension or even … joy? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast Why read books, in this day and age? “Haven’t we all secretly sort of come to an agreement, in the last …

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Sales of non-fungible tokens totalled just over $1bn in June, compared with peak of $12.6bn in January Non-fungible tokens have been swept up in the cryptocurrency crash as sales reached a 12-month low in June. NFTs confer ownership of a unique digital item – often a piece of virtual art – upon someone, even if …

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It took me half an hour to add £30 to my wristband and buy a pint at a festival – no wonder the fiddle player looks dazed The band I’m in is playing a festival, our first in three years. We were first meant to play here in 2020, but it got cancelled because of …

Tim Dowling: I’m at a cashless festival – it feels like a dystopian future Read More »

The company said that sensitive places including fertility centers, clinics and addiction treatment facilities will be erased Alphabet will delete location data showing when users visit an abortion clinic, the online search company said on Friday, after concern that a digital trail could inform law enforcement if an individual terminates a pregnancy illegally. As state …

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Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad TikTok is seeking to assuage fears over the security of American users’ data on the Chinese-owned platform, after Republican senators and a regulator argued the app poses a national security risk. The concerns by lawmakers came after BuzzFeed …

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Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova allegedly defrauded investors out of $4bn with fake cryptocurrency scam A woman known as the “Cryptoqueen” who is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (£3.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency has been placed on the FBI’s list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives. The story of Ruja Ignatova became came to prominence …

FBI offers $100,000 reward for help finding OneCoin ‘Cryptoqueen’ Read More »

Fifteen black former or current employees allege they faced racial abuse and harassment at carmaker’s factories Fifteen black former or current employees at Tesla have filed a lawsuit against the electric carmaker, alleging they faced racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behaviour by …

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MiCA law contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation The EU has moved to rein in the “wild west” of crypto assets by agreeing a groundbreaking set of rules for the sector. Representatives from the European parliament and EU states thrashed out an agreement on Thursday that contains measures to guard against market …

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