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From rants about famous buildings to unabashed property porn, TikTok is full of riffs on architecture and design. Our man enters a world of eccentric carpeting, lurid mansions and in-depth pavement analysis One minute, he’s sitting in a fast-food restaurant in a three-piece suit, twirling his moustache and miming popping a glock to the sounds …

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A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture described on the social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble. The signal – turning the palm outwards and closing the fingers around a tucked thumb – has been demonstrated by users on TikTok and by non-profit organisations like the Canadian Women’s …

Girl rescued in US after using TikTok domestic violence hand signal – video Read More »

US appeals court rejects Israeli company’s claim of immunity WhatsApp alleges firm’s spyware was used to hack 1,400 users NSO Group’s legal problems have deepened after a US appeals court thoroughly rejected the Israeli spyware company’s claim that it ought to be protected under sovereign immunity laws, in a high-profile case involving WhatsApp. The decision …

Legal woes mount for NSO after court rules WhatsApp lawsuit can proceed Read More »

Steve Wozniak, Steve and Patricia Jobs and Daniel Kottke built 200 Apple-1 units in Jobs’ home 45 years ago One of the few remaining Apple-1 computers, the company’s first product, will go on sale this week at an auction that is expected to fetch as much as $600,000. The 45-year-old computer is one of just …

Apple’s first computer, a collector’s dream, could fetch $500,000 at auction Read More »

World’s wealthiest person says proposed billionaires tax led to poll, the result of which sent price falling Tesla shares fall after Elon Musk’s Twitter poll Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and world’s richest person, asked his 62.8 million Twitter followers over the weekend whether he should sell $21bn (£15.5bn) worth of shares in …

Will Elon Musk abide by Twitter poll and sell 10% of his Tesla shares? Read More »

Huge stars like Justin Bieber have made singles designed to go viral on TikTok. Yet the platform’s pop scene is far weirder – from internet drama turned into 40-second tunes, to singers famous for making ‘adorable faces’ The means by which music is played invariably affects music itself: jazz changed with the introduction of the …

Pen-banging crooners and songs about broccoli: TikTok’s outlandish take on pop Read More »

Investigation finds rights activists working for groups accused by Israel of being terrorist were previously targeted by NSO spyware The mobile phones of six Palestinian human rights defenders who work for organisations that were recently – and controversially – accused by Israel of being terrorist groups were previously hacked by sophisticated spyware made by NSO …

Palestinian activists’ mobile phones hacked by NSO spyware, says report Read More »

The pandemic has driven a great leap forward in digital learning. Is there any point in looking back? My 21-year-old goddaughter, a second-year undergraduate, mentioned in passing that she watches video lectures offline at twice the normal speed. Struck by this, I asked some other students I know. Many now routinely accelerate their lectures when …

The big idea: Should we leave the classroom behind? Read More »

The writer’s follow-up to The Circle is longer and baggier, but still fuelled by rage at the power of Silicon Valley and its numbing effect on the human race Kudos to Dave Eggers. In this follow-up to the admirable, big-tech, dystopian thriller The Circle (which you needn’t have read to enjoy the current book), he …

The Every by Dave Eggers review – scathing big-tech satire sequel Read More »

Companies accused of using social media influencers to entice young people to try nicotine products Posing expertly for Instagram snaps, a parade of young and beautiful DJs, models and socialites line up to endorse Velo, a brand of flavoured nicotine pouches made by British American Tobacco (BAT). Between them, the 26 social media influencers boast …

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