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It may seem like a lot for a digital-only artwork. But in some ways, NFTs are a continuation of collecting as usual On 11 March, one of the art world’s signature can-you-believe-it moments made global headlines: a digital-only artwork sold for more than $69m, the third highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction. …

A jpeg for $70m: welcome to the strange world of cryptocurrency art | Sophie Haigney Read More »

Drivers react to new remuneration with taxi hailing app but say more still needs to be done to improve terms On Wednesday Uber, the taxi hailing app, began offering 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions after years of legal battles. Related: Uber to pay UK drivers minimum wage, holiday pay …

‘A lot are sceptical’: Uber drivers’ cautious welcome over worker status Read More »

We ask Australian comedians to liven up our day with comedy gems. Here’s what Nikki Britton sent us I’ll not waste too much of your time here. There is nothing funnier than an obnoxious dad, three beers in at a barbecue, dominating the kids’ trampoline, only to misstep and get his scrotum pinched in the …

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Union says taxi app firm will force workers to take new cases to court despite success with wage claim Uber is set to face further legal action over pay as unions said the taxi hailing app’s new deal was continuing to shortchange its UK drivers. On Tuesday, after years of resistance by the company, Uber …

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This online experiment uses live motion capture to bring the fairies and sprites of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to vivid life The opening moments of Dream contain all the enticements of an augmented Imax experience, beamed to our laptops. The camera hovers over a forest drenched in mist, then swoops in as if entering a …

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The regulatory body sounds like a positive step. But it’s designed to give political cover while Facebook continues to allow dangerous content In October, Facebook unveiled its long-awaited “oversight board” – a special, semi-independent body, staffed mainly by experts on free speech and constitutional law, with the authority to make decisions about controversial content posted …

Facebook’s long-awaited content ‘supreme court’ has arrived. It’s a clever sham | Jeremy Lewin Read More »

Great screen, flagship chips and good camera with a few corners cut for significantly cheaper price With the Mi 11 Xiaomi, one of China’s largest electronics firms, is attempting to undercut Samsung with a premium, top-spec phone costing significantly less. The £750 Mi 11 is the first of Xiaomi’s new top-spec phones for the year, …

Xiaomi Mi 11 review: cheaper, top-spec phone undercuts competition Read More »

Brothers Patrick and John Collison’s online payments empire is now valued at $95bn The latest fundraising round by the digital payments firm Stripe has boosted the net worth of its co-founders, Patrick and John Collison, to about $11.5bn (£8.3bn) each, catapulting them into the top bracket of the world’s millennial billionaires. Not bad for two …

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The cut will take effect from July with 99% of developers globally receiving a reduction as the company and Apple face legal action from Epic Games Google will slash the fee it takes from Android app developers in the Google Play store by half following a similar move by Apple last year, as the two …

Google to slash app store fees by half for developers’ first US$1m in sales Read More »

Graham Ivan Clark also took over account of Kim Kardashian West in 2020 bitcoin scam An 18-year-old hacker who pulled off a huge breach in 2020, infiltrating several high profile Twitter accounts to solicit bitcoin transactions, has agreed to serve three years in prison for his actions. Graham Ivan Clark, of Florida, was 17 years …

Teen who hacked Joe Biden and Bill Gates’ Twitter accounts sentenced to three years in prison Read More »