Month: August 2025

Excelling in … Excel? Inside the high-stakes, secretive world of competitive spreadsheeting

New documentary Spreadsheet Champions follows six competitors as they head to the Microsoft Office Specialist world championship in Florida Six years ago, Melbourne-based film-maker Kristina Kraskov read an article about an international Microsoft Excel competition and had two thoughts. The first: “What the hell, that can’t be real.” The second: “There’s got to be a …

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UK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X

Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship UK politics live – latest updates Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content. The social media …

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Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns

Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their children Far-right extremists are using livestream gaming platforms to target and radicalise teenage players, a report has warned. The new research, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, reveals how a range of extremist groups and …

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Apple quietens Wall Street’s fears of China struggles and slow AI progress

Tech giant sees double-digit revenue rise, with huge gains in iPhone sales, despite stock-price drop and looming tariffs Apple has been under pressure this year. It’s playing catch-up to its fellow tech giants on artificial intelligence, it’s seen its stock fall by double digits since the year began, it closed a store in China for …

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Aamir Khan: India’s movie legend on a cut-price mission to save Bollywood

The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can watch About ten years ago, Aamir Khan became troubled. Despite being one of Bollywood’s most bankable superstars for more than three decades, he realised that only tiny numbers of Indians were watching him on the big screen. …

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Punch bags, penny pushers and Hillbilly shootouts: the 10 best classic seaside arcade machines

A trip to the seaside isn’t complete without a jangling cup of 2p coins or an overconfident uncle nursing a sore hand. Here’s a rundown of the top nostalgia-inducing games The seaside day trip remains an almost essential component of the school summer holidays, and although the big beachfront arcades have changed a lot over …

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