We are told these members-only groups are the beginnings of Web 3.0. Are they all they are hyped up to be? I have seen the light, and I was not convinced. This month, I was invited to a party hosted by Friends With Benefits, an exclusive club of artists and investors who have access to …
The UK automotive industry will need a large local supply of battery capacity. If it does not get it, it could shrink quickly The end of the internal combustion engine was one of the goals identified by Boris Johnson before Cop26. The climate summit in Glasgow has delivered in part – some manufacturers and a …
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In the future, will we find a better way to live, or will our homes be taken over by surveillance and despotic appliances? Imagine, if you can, a small, bluish room. Wires, screens, sensors. A few keepsakes from the old world. The room’s fleshy inhabitant, confined indoors by a zoonotic pandemic, greenwashes a data-mining company …
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Companies offering remote monitoring software are booming. But spying on your employees is no way to treat people A year ago, while still in the grips of the pandemic, workers at many businesses – small and large – were continuing to work from home mostly due to either government or corporate mandates. Now, as the …
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The machine learning outfit’s foray into pharmaceuticals could be very useful, but its grand claims should be taken with a pinch of salt The most interesting development of the week had nothing to do with Facebook or even Google losing its appeal against a €2.4bn fine from the European commission for abusing its monopoly of …
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How do musician Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie get everyone from popstars to politicians to tell all on their podcast? They cook them lunch If the British media are still looking for the new Jeremy Paxman, she’s been hiding in plain sight under our noses for four years now: a Jewish grandma with sciatica …
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Experts from Internet Watch Foundation demand UK uses online safety bill to protect children Experts are finding fifteen times as much child sexual abuse material online as they were a decade ago, figures show. The online safety organisation the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), said its analysts were facing a “tidal wave” of abuse material. It …
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From pastiches of stilted old animations to trash-talking pubescents meeting their match, TikTok’s gaming zone is an often maddening place, full of energy, attitude – and space skullduggery Gaming culture has lived online since the internet became a thing, so it is no surprise that TikTok is now a primordial soup of video game memes. …
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The platform is full of tips, in-jokes, insights and some great mini-recitals, perfect for demystifying the music world. Our critic even learns how to play the violin hook to Britney Spears’ Toxic You might not think TikTok lends itself to the best of classical music and opera. After all, no classical fan ever said: “What …
Hooked tells the story of how addiction led Tony Hathaway to embark on a shocking crime spree. Plus: chilling catfish hit Sweet Bobby, and the rise and fall of the phone sex industry Hooked“Let’s be clear here, I’m not saying it’s OK to rob a bank … but I found a way to justify it …
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