Month: August 2022

In addition to banning political, electoral and social issue adverts, Facebook will also remove organic content spreading falsehoods Facebook’s owner, Meta, will devote “hundreds of people across more than 40 teams” to ensure the security and safety of the US midterm elections, Nick Clegg has said, despite criticism for dialing back its investment somewhat from …

Meta announces more measures for safety and security of midterm elections Read More »

If you felt like your life was lacking a video of a gambling cat or a list of the ways people have misspelled ‘pregnant’ online, this comedian is here to help Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Asking someone to list the funniest things they’ve ever seen on the internet should be an official …

Simon Taylor: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

The Melbourne international film festival installation transports viewers to the Daintree Rainforest. Its creators share how they built an entire ecosystem Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts stopped all the clocks the moment they arrived in the Daintree Rainforest to start a five month research trip for their …

100 years in 24 hours: the ‘epic’ VR film Gondwana is set in the world’s oldest tropical rainforest Read More »

Bookings to be judged by factors such as reviews and length of trips, after Australia pilot Airbnb says it will deploy “anti-party technology” in an effort to crack down on guests who trash houses they have booked with massive bashes. The technology, which has been trialled in Australia, will look at “factors like history of …

Airbnb to use ‘anti-party technology’ to crack down on rowdy guests Read More »

‘Provenance hashes’ and bug bounties are supposed to protect platforms. Why do so many flaws in crypto and open-source projects fester for years? Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In February, Twitter user Brodan, an engineer at Giphy, noticed something odd about Bored Ape Yatch Club (BAYC), the premiere ape-based non-fungible …

TechScape: Why can’t crypto exterminate its bugs? Read More »

Billionaire may well not be serious in his claim but some fans welcomed the offer, given the club’s current woes Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has electrified the debate about the future of Manchester United by claiming on Twitter that he is buying the struggling Premier League club. It was not immediately clear what his views …

‘I’m buying Manchester United’: Elon Musk tweet charges debate over struggling club’s future Read More »

Security flaw had meant hackers could bypass protection and convince installer of app to load and run malware Users of Zoom on Macs should update the app, after the company issued a patch to fix a security flaw that could allow an attacker to take over their computers. The fix will eventually roll out automatically, …

Users of Zoom on Macs told to update app as company issues security fix Read More »

Memo from boss Tim Cook backs down from earlier attempt to get all employees in on same three fixed days Apple has told its employees they must come in to the office for at least three days a week from next month, in an effort to restore “in-person collaboration”. In a memo to all employees, …

Apple tells staff to come into the office for at least three days a week Read More »

PC, PlayStation 4/5; Roll7/Private DivisionMixing the colour palette of 80s comic books with post-apocalyptic bloodlust, movement in this fluid game feels sublime. Until you get shot in the head Skating of all kinds became a whole thing during the Covid lockdowns. As the pandemic put a pause on indoor socialising, parks became the new pubs …

Rollerdrome review – skating as a bloodsport Read More »

After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel … and now Lightlark is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year Having finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the …

‘More zeros than I’ve seen in my life’: the author who got a six-figure deal via ‘BookTok’ Read More »