Paper ballots may act as barrier to cyber attacks, but introduction of voter ID could lead to a host of complications While the date of the next UK general election itself remains in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, one thing is certain: when the campaign begins it has the potential to be …
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I know nothing online is private. I also won’t be able to resist taking photos of my cute baby. Can a privacy girly have it all? I spent my teen years baring my soul on Blogger, Xanga, Friendster and Myspace, well before there was widespread acceptance and knowledge of the ways companies already did and …
I’m a tech reporter. Can I still post my baby’s picture responsibly? Read More »
Mutual fund Fidelity, which owns stake in social media platform, marks down value of its shares in disclosure obtained by Axios The social media platform X has lost 71% of its value since it was bought by Elon Musk, according to the mutual fund Fidelity. Fidelity, which owns a stake in X Holdings, said in …
Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter Read More »
The apps on our phones are designed to be addictive, but if we recognize what is happening, we can claw back our free time • Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone It was 3.30 in the morning when I realized I needed to break up …
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From the future of X to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, we make a call on the deals, products and technologies that could define this year • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Partway through 2023, I caught up with a respected, high-ranking tech writer at another publication. …
Cybercrime, AI supremacy and the metaverse: the tech stories that will dominate 2024 Read More »
Exclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media Almost half of British teenagers say they feel addicted to social media, according to findings that come amid mounting pressure for big tech companies to be held accountable for the impact of their platforms on users. The …
Revealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study says Read More »
From non-stop action in Final Fantasy XVI to a rare find in Starfield, readers share their top picks of the year Spider-Man 2 was even better than the original. Not knowing who the antagonists were going to be was truly exciting, and that feeling of swooping through the streets of New York City was even …
‘Pure joy and fun’: readers’ favourite video games of 2023 Read More »
In an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about climate change – and why a truly sustainable world is in reach Hannah Ritchie Q&A: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’ …
I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong Read More »
In week 1 of Rhik Samadder’s detox, he tries aversion therapy. Can he use his phone to such excess it makes him sick of it? • Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone They say you should never waste a crisis; I had a full deck …
I tried to get over my phone addiction – by spending even more time on it Read More »
Momentum seemed to be on their side of US lawmakers this year to stop 150 million Americans from using TikTok. What happened? Banning TikTok in the US seemed almost inevitable at the start of 2023. The previous year saw a trickle of legislative actions against the short-form video app, after dozens of individual states barred …
How 2023 became the year Congress forgot to ban TikTok Read More »
