Bruce Daisley calls for ‘beefed-up’ online safety laws and compares tech billionaires to unaccountable oligarchs As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant Elon Musk should face “personal sanctions” and even the threat of an “arrest warrant” if found to be …
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Politico first reported getting emails with internal communications and a 271-page dossier on JD Vance The New York Times has confirmed it received the same or similar trove of Donald Trump presidential campaign documents as other media outlets did, after Microsoft confirmed that a “high-ranking official” at a presidential campaign was a hacking target. For …
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Summerhall, EdinburghDoom-scrolling and dopamine hits take centre stage in this arresting show in the festival’s Taiwan Season You may not recognise the word but you will know the behaviour. Phubbing, currently under consideration for the Collins dictionary, is “to interact with a mobile phone in preference to people in a social setting”. Part of Taiwan …
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The X owner, talking to Trump Monday, has cast doubt on mail ballots and claims there’s rampant non-citizen voting When Elon Musk took over as owner of Twitter, researchers and elections officials feared a rampant spread of misinformation that would lead to threats and harassment and undermine democracy. Their fears came true – and Musk …
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It’s easy to blame viral videos – and far harder to change the culture in which they thrive Among those swiftly convicted and sentenced last week for their part in the racist rioting was Bobby Shirbon, who had left his 18th birthday party at a bingo hall in Hartlepool to join the mob roaming the …
Spokesperson Steven Cheung accuses ‘foreign sources hostile to the United States’ of leaking internal documents Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said on Saturday it had been hacked. Campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung released a statement about the alleged hack, following reports from Politico that it had begun receiving emails from an anonymous account with internal documents from …
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An abandoned Australian ‘experiment’ shows that the public can successfully object to what companies and politicians claim is inevitable progress Scratch a digital capitalist and you’ll find a technological determinist – someone who believes that technology drives history. These people see themselves as agents of what Joseph Schumpeter famously described as “creative destruction”. They revel …
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The networking site one is calling a ‘cesspool’ is riddled with oversharing and lunatics – it’s time for change In need of a laugh? Spend an hour or two on the subreddit LinkedInLunatics. Trust me. There’s the financial expert who believes it necessary to share with his friends, clients and community that he enjoys watching …
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Personalised videos from celebrities such as Elijah Wood were a lockdown hit for a firm once valued at £1bn. Now A-listers have deserted it – though there’s always Nigel Farage It started, as many things do, with drama in the WhatsApp group. It was 2021, and a loose coalition of my friends and acquaintances was …
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A mirrored image shows how the photographer uses self-portraiture to explore feminism, motherhood and identity Heather McAlister was staying in a remote California farming community when she took this self-portrait. “We were staying in Tomales, near the Point Reyes national seashore. The landscape is known for its simple farmhouse architecture and green hills lined with windswept …
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