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Clubhouse app: what is it and how do you get an invite to the audio app Elon Musk uses?

The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty Part talkback radio, part conference call, part Houseparty, Clubhouse is a social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations, interviews and discussions between interesting people on various topics – it is just like tuning in …

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Instagram removes anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr for false Covid-19 claims

Moves comes as platforms attempt to crack down on misinformation and conspiracy theories about Covid vaccines The prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr has been booted from Instagram for repeatedly sharing false claims about Covid-19 and the safety of vaccines. Continue reading… Moves comes as platforms attempt to crack down on misinformation and conspiracy theories …

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Salesforce shifts away from in-person work: ‘The 9-to-5 workday is dead’

Most workers for San Francisco’s biggest private employer will come into an office just one to three days a week Salesforce has become the latest tech company in San Francisco to signal a transition away from in-person work, declaring the “9-to-5 workday is dead”. The city’s largest private employer announced on Tuesday it would permanently …

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The model who made Instagram apologise: Alexandra Cameron’s best photograph

‘My first picture of Nyome Nicholas-Williams was removed by Instagram. This one was taken as a celebration after it agreed to change its algorithms’ When I noticed the model and activist Nyome Nicholas-Williams on social media early last summer, I felt hugely appreciative of how confident she was in her images. She was celebrating who …

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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury review – a never-ending fountain of fun

Nintendo Switch; NintendoOne of the brightest and cutest Mario games with a novel adventure as a side dish Almost every significant game Nintendo made for its interesting but ill-fated Wii U console has found its way on to the vastly more popular Nintendo Switch, either as a rerelease or remake. Super Mario 3D World sits …

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TikTok sale to Oracle and Walmart shelved as Biden reviews security, say reports

Deal would have shifted video app’s US assets into new entity to prevent total ban on use Oracle and Walmart’s plan to buy TikTok’s US operations has reportedly been pushed back indefinitely, as the US president, Joe Biden, reviews the previous administration’s efforts to address potential security risks posed by Chinese tech companies. The administration …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review: four months with the folding tablet-phone

After 4,500 folds the screen is pristine, the device is useful and the wow factor hasn’t worn off Are phones that unfold into tablets really the future of mobiles? And is flexible screen technology really ready for prime time? I spent four months with the £1,800 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 to find out. The …

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‘I get better sleep’: the people who quit social media

Soo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge – with liberating results My memory and recall are alarmingly good – borderline photographic. But when I used Instagram, I found it would short-circuit my recall in an alarming way. I’d be describing something mid-sentence and I’d …

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Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson

Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity implications’ The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers. Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to …

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Cryptocurrencies rise in popularity in world’s conflict zones

Libya, Palestine and Syria near top in online searches for bitcoin and other digital forms of money, analysis finds People in the world’s major conflict zones are turning to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin as soaring values and the backing of super-rich investors make them more attractive. Online searches for bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin have increased …

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