Controversy over former president’s ban has prompted letters from activists and record 9,000 comments Facebook is expected to announce imminently whether it will allow Donald Trump to return to the platform after banning him more than a month ago. The decision will be the most consequential yet made by Facebook’s Oversight Board, a group of …
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Despite protestations from both companies, the Australian parliament is set to pass legislation it says is needed to boost public interest journalism The Australian parliament is poised to pass a landmark media law that would make Google and Facebook pay news publishers for displaying their content. The Australian law is separate to a deal Facebook …
App was cut off by major service providers amid accusations that it failed to police violent content related to the deadly attack Parler, a social media service popular with American rightwing users that virtually vanished after the US Capitol riot, re-launched on Monday and said its new platform was built on “sustainable, independent technology”. In …
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Carmaker also says it will abandon petrol vehicles entirely by middle of next decade Jaguar Land Rover, the UK-based carmaker, will make its Jaguar brand electric-only by 2025 and abandon petrol vehicles entirely in the middle of the next decade as part of a set of sweeping changes brought in by its new chief executive. …
From old-school publishing models to a collective of indie game makers, funding has never been more important for an industry in perpetual flux Brenda Romero, the designer behind Prohibition-era strategy game Empire of Sin, remembers the meeting as if it were yesterday. Facing publisher bigwigs in a Cologne conference room, the veteran game maker presented …
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Anker’s true wireless earbuds sound good and fit well for about half the price of AirPods Pro The Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro by the longstanding charging brand Anker look to offer good sound, long battery life and noise-cancelling at almost half the price of Apple’s AirPods Pro – and largely achieves the goal. The …
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After putting $100m into Covid research, the billionaire is taking on the climate crisis. And first he has some bones to pick with his fellow campaigners… Read an exclusive extract from Gates’ new book Bill Gates appears via video conference – Microsoft Teams, not Zoom, obviously – from his office in Seattle, a large space …
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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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My brother-in-law Don Hunter, who has died aged 93, was a physicist who worked on some of the first electronic computers in the Rutherford Laboratory at Cambridge University and later helped set up one of the first major computer software companies in the UK. Don worked as a research assistant in the maths department of …
Booking sites urged to step in after Observer research reveals many doors are open for half-term breaks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Accommodation booking sites are being urged to clamp down on holiday-home owners after an Observer investigation found that half of Airbnb owners were willing to host guests for trips …
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