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‘I’m pretty sure he was checking his own phone at the time’: Monaris’s best phone picture

The photographer and Instagrammer looks back at the day under Manhattan Bridge when a hobby became a calling It was a moody January morning in Brooklyn, New York, when Monaris, whose real name is Paola Franqui, headed to a local pier to meet a group of strangers. The 100 or so she found there were …

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Elon Musk denies he sexually harassed attendant on private jet in 2016

Billionaire says report is ‘utterly untrue’ after allegation he paid $250k in 2018 to settle claim Elon Musk has denounced as “utterly untrue” claims in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. Business Insider reported earlier on Thursday that the billionaire’s SpaceX paid $250,000 (£200,000) in …

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‘A catastrophic failure’: computer scientist Hany Farid on why violent videos circulate on the internet

‘Hashing’ would allow copies of videos to be removed from social media – but tech companies can’t be bothered to make it work In the aftermath of yet another racially motivated shooting that was live-streamed on social media, tech companies are facing fresh questions about their ability to effectively moderate their platforms. PaytonGendron, the 18-year-old …

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Gibbon: Beyond the Trees review – short, simple and lovely to play

PC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), iPhone/iPad; Broken RulesA noble environmental message provides the basis for this delightfully uncomplicated adventure, but elements of performance are amiss Lovely to play but sad to think about, this game follows three pastel-coloured gibbons from their natural treetop habitat through the lumber camps and human habitations that have been rapidly …

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Best podcasts of the week: Penn Badgley goes back to school for tales of teenage cringe

In this week’s newsletter: The Gossip Girl and You heartthrob explores adolescent angst through listener-submitted stories in Podcrushed. Plus: five essential celebrity podcast interviews Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Listening InWidely available, episodes weekly from Wed 25 MayThe Marvelous Mrs Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan is the …

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Elon Musk plans to ‘vote Republican’ and warns of political attacks on him

The Tesla CEO expressed discontent with Democrats amid speculation he is seeking to back out of his Twitter deal Elon Musk said on Twitter that he plans to “vote Republican” and warned of “political attacks” on him, the latest in a series of tweets from the billionaire expressing discontent with Democrats and progressives. Musk’s tweet …

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Crypto crash unlikely to reduce its climate impact, expert says

Enormous energy consumption has barely reduced despite $1tn being wiped off the sector The crypto crash will not reduce the sector’s climate impact any time soon, an economist has warned, even though the environmental footprint of digital currencies is in theory set by their market value. “Unless bitcoin collapses further, there’s no reason to expect …

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Facebook fails to stop Spanish language anti-abortion disinformation, study says

A group examined nine profiles reaching more than 2.79 million people peddling inaccurate information without consequence Anti-abortion Facebook pages with millions of followers are spreading disinformation about abortion to Spanish speakers with little to no intervention from the social media platform, according to a new report from Naral Pro-Choice America. The abortion rights group examined …

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