Month: December 2022

Facebook owner says companies are adapting and changing tactics in face of efforts to shut down activities Meta has warned that the use of spyware to indiscriminately target people – including journalists and activists – is a persistent threat because surveillance-for-hire companies continue to adapt and change tactics in the face of efforts to shut …

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In this week’s newsletter: Other than God of War star Christopher Judge’s heartfelt acceptance speech, the Game Awards felt symptomatic of something wrong with the industry Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Believe it or not, this issue marks a year of Pushing Buttons. However long you’ve been a subscriber, …

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PC, PlayStation; Mads & Friends/Bedtime Digital GamesThree musicians pick up the emotional and practical pieces after their singer dies in this comforting and warm game of fiendish headscratchers with a phenomenal soundtrack Grief is strange and unpredictable. While countless songs depict the devastation of loss, what they don’t prepare you for is the harrowing numbness …

The Forest Quartet review – joyous jazz in a surreal forest of memory Read More »

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title Elon Musk has sold a further $3.6bn worth of shares in Tesla, in the same week that he lost the title of world’s richest man to France’s Bernard Arnault. The disposal, revealed in a regulatory filing, takes the …

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In this week’s newsletter: Working It from the Financial Times investigates how four businesses are trialling the perhaps revolutionary shorter work week. Plus: five podcasts to lift your spirits Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Dark Is RisingBBC Sounds, episodes daily from MondayAward-winning actors Harriet Walter and Toby Jones …

Best podcasts of the week: Is a four-day week the secret to a better work-life balance? Read More »

Research suggests algorithm promotes self-harm and eating disorder content within minutes of interest being shown TikTok’s recommendation algorithm pushes self-harm and eating disorder content to teenagers within minutes of them expressing interest in the topics, research suggests. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that the video-sharing site will promote content including dangerously restrictive …

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Legal action backed by Amnesty alleges hateful posts inflaming war in northern Ethiopia were allowed to flourish on platform Meta has been accused in a lawsuit of letting posts that inflamed the war in Tigray flourish on Facebook, after an Observer investigation in February revealed repeated inaction on posts that incited violence. The lawsuit, filed …

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Billionaire had vowed to allow @ElonJet to continue on free speech grounds last month after acquiring social media firm Twitter has suspended an account that monitors the flight paths of a private jet owned by the social media giant’s new boss, Elon Musk. On Wednesday morning, the page for the account, @ElonJet, said “Account suspended”, …

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Changpeng Zhao calls withdrawals a ‘stress test’ as investors continue to react to FTX collapse More than a billion dollars were pulled out of Binance in a single day, according to the largest cryptocurrency exchange’s founder Changpeng Zhao, as investors across the sector continue to react to the collapse of its rival FTX. Zhao, better …

Binance founder insists ‘business as usual’ after $1bn pulled out in a day Read More »

Loss of top spot to LVMH chief executive comes after Tesla shares more than halve in value Elon Musk has lost his crown as the world’s richest person, after further falls in the value of shares in his electric car company Tesla. Forbes and Bloomberg, which track the wealth of billionaires, reported that Musk had …

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