Month: January 2025

Amazon’s Beast Games reflects the greed, narcissism and worship of aggro-capitalism that has brought us our second helping of Trump The YouTube superstar Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson vowed to make his Amazon TV series Beast Games the “biggest reality competition show ever”, and by most metrics, he succeeded. A little over halfway through its run, Beast …

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Observer analysis finds unregulated products being promoted as contraception despite concerns about their accuracy Apps promising to help women “take control” of their sex lives by predicting the days when they are fertile are putting users at risk of unplanned pregnancy by making misleading claims. Millions of women in the UK – including 69% of 18-24-year-olds …

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To realise his dream for economic growth, Keir Starmer must seize the reins of technological power Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t do visions. But last Monday he broke the habit of a lifetime in a speech delivered at University College London. It was about AI, which he sees as “the defining opportunity of our generation”. The …

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Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the world In the dark days of the spring in 2022, as Russian troops terrorised Bucha and every day brought shocking new scenes …

The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain Read More »

App no longer available on US Apple and Google stores after supreme court upholds lawmakers’ ban TikTok stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app was due to take effect. The app was no longer available on Apple’s iOS App Store or Google’s Play Store. …

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President-elect said he’d probably give the company an extension from US ban the supreme court recently upheld Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” give the Chinese-owned TikTok app a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the US after he takes office on Monday morning. The incoming president said on Saturday, in an …

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Social media accounts blocked for breaking Beijing rules as millions of users join up before ban takes effect Nine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTok When Angelica Oung received the notification that her Xiaohongshu account had been blocked for violating the social media app’s code of conduct, her mind started racing. The only picture she …

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As the platform bows out in the US, here is my carefully curated list of the best things it’s taught me Chinese rival app Xiaohongshu is overwhelmed by ‘TikTok refugees’ in US The average TikTok user spends almost one hour each day on the app. However, the screen time of American users is about to …

Never have stale crisps again… nine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTok Read More »

Labels and artists forced to rethink marketing strategies as viral hit-making app faces possible US shutdown on Sunday On a recent Monday morning, Olivia Shalhoup opened her laptop and steeled herself for a day of meetings. Around 40% of her work as the founder of Amethyst, a marketing and PR agency, focuses on helping musicians …

‘A lot of chaos, quickly’: panic grips US music industry as ‘kingmaker’ TikTok faces ban Read More »

Would six-year-old Malakhi be strict? Could the grownups give up their phones? Three writers let their children set the rules Zoe Williams Continue reading… Would six-year-old Malakhi be strict? Could the grownups give up their phones? Three writers let their children set the rules Zoe Williams Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian