In this week’s newsletter: To see where an IT flaw became a crisis, you have to look past the technology altogether. Plus, Substack’s biggest names jump ship • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here The Post Office Horizon scandal has long been a frustrating one to follow …
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Social media firms have faced scrutiny from Congress over their impact on young users, but parents who have lost kids to online harm are now leading the charge The night of 23 June 2020 passed by like any other for 16-year-old Carson Bride. The teen had just gotten a new job at a pizza restaurant, …
A limited-edition ‘Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat’ trading card drew in a new, younger audience to the Amsterdam gallery but caused mayhem In early November, I was standing in a long line at the Van Gogh gift shop in Amsterdam waiting to purchase a Pokémon ballpoint pen. It was one of the few remaining items …
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YouTube robotics tutorials helped 17-year turn his concern for his grandmother into a device that alerts carers if Alzheimer’s patients fall or wander off In the blissful summer that Hemesh Chadalavada spent with his grandmother in 2018, the pair watched endless movies and ate her chicken biryani. Late one evening, as Chadalavada, then 12, sat …
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Import ban applies to Apple’s Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches and stems from patent infringement dispute with Masimo US Customs and Border Protection has determined that Apple’s redesigned Apple Watch is not subject to an import ban, according to a Monday court filing. The import ban, issued by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), …
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For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and US – many prosaic but each whispering: I love you Find more essential summer reading It’s hard to say when it became a daily habit. There were stops and starts. Days when it wasn’t thought about. But little by little it …
The world needs people willing to stand up for freedom of expression – which makes Musk’s trajectory all the sadder Is there anyone in the world who is a bigger hypocrite on free speech than Elon Musk? I say this as someone who wishes Elon Musk actually cared about free speech. In my opinion, social …
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‘Crucial’ that countries build social safety nets to mitigate impact on workers, says Kristalina Georgieva Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence will affect 40% of jobs around the world and it is “crucial” that countries build social safety nets to mitigate the impact on vulnerable workers, according to the head of the International Monetary …
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UK’s national library apologises to researchers, saying full recovery could take until end of the year The British Library is restoring online its main catalogue, containing 36m records of printed and rare books, maps, journals and music scores, 11 weeks after a catastrophic cyber-attack. However, access is limited to a “read-only” format, and full restoration …
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Once confined to weightlifting, workout hype tracks have become a hugely popular (and profitable) genre online. Jenny Valentish goes in search of the daddy of them all Perhaps my father walked out on me, the speaker hypothesises, his voice thundering over crashing drums (the kind that accompany tense moments on reality TV shows). Absent fathers …
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