The WeWork co-founder is reportedly at the helm of Flow, a new company looking to reinvent apartment living – but have any lessons been learned? Adam Neumann presided over one of the most spectacular business collapses in recent history. A New Age-spouting, barefoot business messiah, he managed to build and burn his last startup, the …
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Ghanem Almasarir’s victory opens way for other hacking victims in UK to bring cases against foreign governments A British judge has ruled that a case against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia brought by a dissident satirist who was targeted with spyware can proceed, a decision that has been hailed as precedent-setting and one that could …
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Content written to appear high up on web search results will be targeted with new changes, the company says Google is tweaking its search results in an effort to prioritise “content by people, for people” and fight back against the scourge of clickbait, the company says. “We know people don’t find content helpful if it …
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One of the minds behind deeply unsettling sci-fi classic Dead Space imagines another haunted, forsaken space station in this forthcoming horror game An unnamed convict staggers through a lunar prison that’s been sundered by some sort of galactic catastrophe. The steely corridors are shrouded in darkness, save for the neon glow of computer terminals. Every …
In The Callisto Protocol, dark and terrible things lurk in space Read More »
Embracer buys Middle-earth Enterprises which controls intellectual property rights to Tolkien’s most famous works The company that owns the rights to JRR Tolkien’s works, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, has been bought by the Swedish gaming firm Embracer Group, which has hinted it could make spin-off films based on popular characters …
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From pictures of puppies to deadly political manoeuvres, WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging platform. But is it losing its appeal? Every morning before she leaves for work, Rosie, a 28-year-old physiotherapist, chats with her three housemates. Sometimes they commiserate or celebrate over the weather or football results; sometimes one of them has good …
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The email subscription platform has been a source of inspiration and financial freedom for Pitchfork favourites struggling in the streaming economy “I jumped from my chair and knelt over my father, cradling his head. As if in a movie, I held his head in one hand and snapped the other in front of his face, …
In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last? Read More »
The vulnerability has affected various models of the iPhone, iPad and Mac, with experts advising updating products to secure them Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices on Wednesday. The company said it is “aware of a report that this …
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Local council decides proposed bunker-like home would negatively impact surrounding landscape The billionaire Peter Thiel’s plans for an elaborate bunker-like lodge in a remote part of New Zealand’s South Island have been thwarted, after the local council decided the home would have too great a negative impact on the surrounding landscape. Second Star, a New …
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LGBTQ+ people blazed a trail with swipe culture, which fulfils a genuine need for those who are less confident or conventional Disco. Brunch. Iced coffee. All beloved by the gay community way before they went mainstream. Similarly, no celebration of a decade of dating apps would be complete without acknowledging that the LGBTQ+ community ran …
