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Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta’s social media platforms Victims speak out over ‘tsunami’ of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Mental anguish’: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings ‘I felt stupid and embarrassed’: victim of ‘Hi Mum’ fraud on WhatsApp lost £1,600 Mel …

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Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta’s social media platforms Victims speak out over ‘tsunami’ of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Mental anguish’: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings Instagram scam: ‘I spent £1,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived’ Meta has …

‘I felt stupid and embarrassed’: victim of ‘Hi Mum’ fraud on WhatsApp lost £1,600 Read More »

Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta’s social media platforms Victims speak out over ‘tsunami’ of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp ‘I felt stupid and embarrassed’: victim of ‘Hi Mum’ fraud on WhatsApp lost £1,600 Instagram scam: ‘I spent £1,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived’ Jane* lost …

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The company’s 2023 Showcase drove home the changes facing the industry, and its need to adapt after after the pandemic. Its CEO is positive the way forward is together Phil Spencer is sitting alone on the stage at the Novo Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The building is across the street from the empty LA …

Phil Spencer on the future of Xbox: ‘Most people just want to find a great game’ Read More »

Digital Storytelling, its new exhibition, shows how interactive technology has changed – and expanded – the way we tell stories When you walk into the British Library, the first thing you’ll see – apart from people sitting in every available free space, writing on laptops or in notebooks – is a glass tower encasing rows …

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New laws are urgently needed to keep powerful open-source tools from being picked up by malicious actors A researcher was granted access earlier this year by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to incredibly potent artificial intelligence software – and leaked it to the world. As a former researcher on Meta’s civic integrity and responsible AI teams, …

AI is already causing unintended harm. What happens when it falls into the wrong hands? | David Evan Harris Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: With guests such as author Riaz Phillips, Museumand looks back at 75 years of British-Caribbean culture in Objeks & Tings Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here My Mrs Maisel PodWidely available, episodes weeklyThe final curtain has fallen on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (starring Rachel Brosnahan, pictured …

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Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry, millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits Support open, independent journalism today The phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state’s attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head. At …

Tony Blair’s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control Read More »

Canon events, which are central to the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, reframe unfortunate experiences as central to each person’s story The universal human experience of regretfully pondering the things that could have been different in your life has had a TikTok makeover. Meet “canon events” –unfortunate periods that make you, you. The idea of …

‘A form of acceptance’: TikTok’s new trend of ‘canon events’ Read More »

Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms Google has made millions of dollars in the last two years from advertisements misdirecting users who were seeking abortion services to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not actually provide care, according to a new study. The tech …

Google earned $10m from ads misdirecting abortion seekers to ‘pregnancy crisis centers’ Read More »