The singing sensation belting out big numbers in the veg aisle, Britney’s Oops! redone as vintage jazz, how to flirt if you’re a woman in a musical … our critic takes her seat for theatre on TikTok Theatre TikTok threw out a lifeline for actors during lockdown with musical spin-offs and plenty of theatrical silliness …
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Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be targets for Ofcom if the government passes the proposed legislation Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here You wouldn’t blame Ofcom for feeling daunted. The world, or at least the bit of the planet that wants to clean up …
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The film side of TikTok has plenty of spoofs. But our writer prefers the critics, the metal-jawed burger-biting machine – and the effects experts revealing how to make a camera crew vanish into thin air Film TikTok is giving film an explosion of energy, a performative and democratised version of cinephilia that celebrates, imitates, teases, …
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Small updates keep Apple at top of smartwatch market, even if it’s not worth upgrading from recent models The Apple Watch gets a bigger, better screen, faster charging and a small price cut for 2021, which is enough to keep it at the top of the smartwatch market. The Series 7 version costs from £369 …
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Kingshuk Das testifies that former CEO was resistant to critiques of company’s devices The former lab director of Theranos has testified that Elizabeth Holmes gave “implausible” excuses for apparent failures in the company’s tests and personally pushed back against his concerns about its signature blood testing machines. Kingshuk Das testified on Tuesday in the high-profile …
Businessman allegedly used surveillance tool to spy on journalist, raising questions about authorities’ links to Israeli company Mexico’s use of spyware made by NSO Group is facing new scrutiny following the arrest of a businessman on allegations that he used the surveillance tool to spy on a journalist. The arrest of the businessman – who …
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PC, Xbox (version tested), Nintendo Switch; Witch BeamTwo decades of house moves are condensed into one relaxing puzzle as you help the narrator to unpack – and unpick her life in the process Moving home is such an intense and often melancholic experience. Nothing forces you to assess the events of your life, and the …
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Other cryptocurrencies such as ethereum also reach records as investors hedge against inflation The bitcoin price has reached a new record high, breaking through $68,000 (£50,000), and analysts predict that the world’s best-known cryptocurrency will rise further in the coming weeks. This beats the previous record high set in late October, when bitcoin reached nearly …
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From tap stars duetting with Gene Kelly to Gordon Ramsay twisting with his daughter, TikTok is where performers – large, small, amateur, pro – drop the facade and dance till their toes are raw TikTok is made for dance. The most popular TikToker – Charli D’Amelio, 17, with 9.9bn likes – is a dancer, or …
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Some firms reinvent themselves in the battery era, but others struggle as work moves abroad Corners of the Alucast factory in the Black Country would be familiar to metalworkers several centuries ago. Workers pour molten aluminium at 720C into steel moulds. The cooling metal is then quickly pressed into shape before being sanded down into …
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