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Jagmeet Singh: the ex-lawyer and TikTok star who could topple Trudeau

The New Democratic party’s leader is riding high in the polls – and could be the kingmaker in next week’s election He’s the most-liked national political leader in Canada, wears sharply tailored suits, has graced the pages of a men’s fashion magazine and is followed by starstruck fans on social media. And he’s not Justin …

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Facebook office cleaner who led protests at London site fears for his job

Suspended union rep calls on social media giant to intervene after exhausted workers complain of extra workload Facebook’s facilities management firm has demanded the removal of a union activist leading a campaign against “impossible workloads” imposed on exhausted cleaners at the US tech giant’s London offices. Emails seen by the Observer show JLL @ Facebook, …

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PC, internet, smartphone: what’s the next big technological epoch? | John Naughton

The long view suggests we’re due a new era, whether it is that of metaverses, blockchain or quantum computing One of the challenges of writing about technology is how to escape from what the sociologist Michael Mann memorably called “the sociology of the last five minutes”. This is especially difficult when covering the digital tech …

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‘We’re going after creatives that greenwash fossil fuels’: the group targeting ad agencies

Jamie Henn, the founder of Fossil Fuel Free Media, on how advertising agencies help legitimise the fossil fuel industry Jamie Henn, a co-founder of the climate group 350.org, had for a long time noticed a gap in climate advocacy that many had overlooked: while the fossil fuel industry pours money into ad campaigns, much of …

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‘Every message was copied to the police’: the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history

Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police The rain pattered lightly on the harbour of the Belgian port city of Ghent when, on 21 June 2021, a …

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Apple: what is Fortnite feud about and what does App Store ruling mean?

Tech firm is ordered to remove restrictions on app developers steering buyers outside platform A US district judge has dealt a blow to Apple’s business model by ruling that it cannot prevent app developers from including links that allow users to buy items outside the Apple App Store. The App Store is highly profitable for …

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Russian minister complains to US about role of ‘digital giants’ in election

Sergei Ryabkov’s claim of interference in Duma vote believed to be reference to anti-Putin apps on Apple and Google The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador, John Sullivan, to complain about alleged interference by “American digital giants” in Russia’s upcoming parliamentary election. According to a ministry statement on Friday, the deputy foreign minister, …

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Judge in Fortnite case orders Apple to loosen restrictions on in-app payments

Tech giant ordered to let developers steer buyers elsewhere Judge finds Apple engaged in ‘anticompetitive conduct’ A US judge on Friday ruled in a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, striking down some of Apple’s restrictions on how developers can collect payments in apps. Related: Apple’s automotive ambitions dealt blow as car chief joins …

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