Our 20 favourite pieces of the year Gary Hersham has been selling houses to the very rich for decades. At first, £1m was a big deal. Now he sells for £50m, £100m, even £200m. What does it take to stay on top in this cut-throat business? Continue reading… Our 20 favourite pieces of the year …
Education secretary Gillian Keegan’s account was completely altered, with profile picture showing Elon Musk The Twitter account of the British education secretary appears to have been hacked. The profile picture was changed to one showing Elon Musk and several tweets were posted promoting a cryptocurrency event. On Christmas Day the account of Gillian Keegan, the …
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It’s been a bad year for delusional egomaniacs in Silicon Valley. But who had it worst? It’s been a pretty good few decades for America’s top tech CEOs, as their supposed brilliance turned them into billionaire oligarchs with cultlike followings. But in 2022, things suddenly looked a bit bleaker. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Jeff Bezos’s …
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Move follows criticism of Elon Musk after #ThereIsHelp feature disappeared from searches Twitter has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and support groups after its CEO Elon Musk was criticised over their removal. The feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, placed a banner at the top of search results for certain topics and listed contacts …
Top official confirms feature was removed but only temporarily, following Reuters report that prompted criticism of Elon Musk Twitter has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from users and consumer safety groups. The feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, placed a …
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How the Ukraine-born photographer, on a hot day by a pool in San Francisco, came to snap Santa socks Pasha Francuz was born in Chernivtsi, in western Ukraine, but left eight years ago, living in Poland and Italy before settling near San Francisco with his wife and teenage daughter. “A friend in Kyiv, Oleg, is …
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The Little Car Company, housed in a converted RAF base at Bicester, makes miniature classics that run on batteries Building cars is hard, so when Ben Hedley started his business he started small. To be precise, he started at 75% of the size. The Little Car Company does what its name suggests, producing shrunken but …
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Sources say new owner sought removal of #ThereIsHelp feature that appeared at top of certain searches Twitter has removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter, who said it was ordered by …
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Curry in Delhi | Elderly resilience | Jeremy Clarkson | Ransomware attack on the Guardian I have a clear recollection of eating chicken tikka masala in August 1971 in Delhi, India. It was with my parents in Kwality restaurant in the then Connaught Place area (Ali Ahmed Aslam, inventor of chicken tikka masala, dies at …
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Run an arcade, oversee an archeological dig, kill people on rollerskates or play the trombone – our critics pick some deep cuts from the year in games The 20 best video games of 2022 More of the best culture of 2022 Nostalgic for the heady heights of Theme Park World and the bloated cartoonish heads …
