The poster for new film Parallel Mothers, which depicts a female nipple, was removed from the social network but has been restored because of ‘clear artistic context’ Instagram has apologised for removing the official poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s new film from the social network because it showed a female nipple, after the poster’s …
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New flip phones and phone-tablet hybrids, plus updated earbuds and first Google Wear OS 3 smartwatch Samsung is taking a big step towards making folding-screen smartphones mainstream with the launch of a pair of the first water-resistant models as part of its big tech event for the second half of 2021. The new and improved …
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The classic grinning emoji has once more changed its meaning – at least amongst gen Zers. So what is it communicating now – and what should you be using instead? Name: The smiley face emoji. Appearance: A bland, benign smile on a yellow background. Continue reading… The classic grinning emoji has once more changed its …
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Near-future tale of a woman who accepts a male ‘companion’ robot played by Stevens is laboriously told and not really funny enough Directed by Maria Schrader, this was a crowd-pleasing favourite at the Berlin film festival earlier this year and its star, Maren Eggert, won the festival’s new gender-neutral best leading performance prize. But I …
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Silicon Valley has been anticipating virtual reality for more than three decades, and keeps running into the same problem: people mostly like actual reality Maybe this will be my Paul Krugman moment. The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist was famously the winner of a study to establish which op-ed commentator was most …
Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Privacy fears over Apple’s plans to scan photo libraries to flag child abuse material … algorithmic bias … and comics in your inbox Apple made waves on Friday, with an announcement that the company would begin scanning photo libraries stored on iPhones in the US to find …
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Russia-based marketing firm sought to pay social media influencers to smear Covid vaccines Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a mysterious advertising agency operating from Russia that sought to pay social media influencers to smear Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca. A network …
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PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Modern Storyteller/Dear VillagersA time-loop murder mystery set in ancient Rome is enlivened by excellent acting, dialogue, and good old-fashioned skulduggery The genesis of The Forgotten City can be traced back to the day a stranger decided to punch its writer and creator, Nick Pearce, in …
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As it celebrates with a teaser of a new update, the strange, metaphysical space exploration has survived a tricky take-off and retained its vital spirit As soon as I set foot on my first planet in No Man’s Sky five years ago, dying almost immediately in the boiling atmosphere of an utterly barren, deserted world, …
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Twitter pays $3,500 to Bogdan Kulynych who demonstrated bias in the algorithm Twitter’s image cropping algorithm prefers younger, slimmer faces with lighter skin, an investigation into algorithmic bias at the company has found. The finding, while embarrassing for the company, which had previously apologised to users after reports of bias, marks the successful conclusion of …
