Xi Jinping has grasped a fundamental truth in his quest to win the technology race – that internet companies are all ultimately disposable This is story of two parallel universes. Over in the western one, neoliberal capitalism rules. In the other – the Chinese universe – a different system presides. In both universes, government concern …
Philippines journalist Maria Ressa says social media firm is threat to democracy and failing to halt spread of misinformation The campaigning Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, who was last week awarded the Nobel peace prize, has launched a stinging attack on Facebook, accusing the social media firm of being a threat to democracy that was “biased …
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If you think ending the supply chain crisis will be hard, pity the poor players of this popular job simulation game, who have to deal with angry customers, mean relatives and weird physics The fuel crisis has brought the rigours of one particular profession into sharp focus this month. Petrol station managers throughout Britain have …
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‘In our vernacular, a lemon is something that’s not right. We have a lot of lemons around’ In Miami, Florida, a few years ago, Charles H Traub was walking past the packed lot of a car dealership when he saw this outsized lemon parked in a vacant spot. “In our vernacular, as I suppose in …
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Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, joined a growing list of Silicon Valley former employees to call out company policies When Frances Haugen revealed she was the Facebook whistleblower who supplied internal documents to Congress and the Wall Street Journal, she joined a growing list of current and former Silicon Valley employees who’ve come forward to …
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Facebook apologises to users struggling to access picture feeds and send messages Facebook has confirmed that some users were having trouble accessing its apps and services, days after the social media giant suffered a six-hour outage triggered by an error during routine maintenance on its network of data centres. Some users on Friday were unable …
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Israeli maker of surveillance software blocked +44 code after detecting hack against Princess Haya, source says The powerful spyware used to hack into mobile phones belonging to Princess Haya and her divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton is no longer effective against UK numbers, sources familiar with the software’s developer have said. NSO Group, the Israeli maker …
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Clips peddling Covid misinformation remain on site months after being flagged to TikTok by Newsguard Lies and conspiracy theories about Covid-19, which have amassed millions of views and are accessible to young children, have remained on the social media platform TikTok for months after it was alerted to them, the Guardian has learned. TikTok accounts …
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With its larger, brighter display and array of useful updates, this sleek new version of the Switch is expensive but desirable I will be for ever grateful to the Nintendo Switch for saving my sanity during the two most trying periods of my life: my first year of parenthood, during which I learned to breastfeed …
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According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in decline Oliver Coughlan embodies Facebook’s problems with teen and young adult audiences – a growing number of them don’t like it. The 23-year-old says he stopped using Facebook regularly three years ago and he is considering deleting the app. His …
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