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No tune, no words, no dancing: why white noise is the music industry’s newest hit

The sounds of bonfires, waves and rainfall are helping us relax – and making millions There’s no tune, no lyrics and you can’t dance to it. Don’t let that put you off: white noise is the music industry’s next big thing. Streaming services have seen an explosion of tracks in the last year consisting entirely …

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Law professor Danielle Citron: ‘Privacy is essential to human flourishing’

The American professor of law talks about her new book on the fight for data privacy, the personal dossiers brokers build on us and how, post-Roe v Wade, women’s data in the US may be weaponised Danielle Citron is a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she specialises in …

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Molly Russell was trapped by the cruel algorithms of Pinterest and Instagram | John Naughton

The coroner’s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in the 14-year-old’s death As the inquest into the death of Molly Russell ground to its conclusion on Friday, what kept flashing like a faulty neon sign in one’s mind was a rhetorical question asked by Alexander Pope in 1735: …

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‘Poisonous’: how WhatsApp is exposing UK school children to bullying and harmful content

Teachers say they are powerless to deal with damaging elements of social media and are calling for more parental vigilance Victoria Tully, co-headteacher at Fulham Cross girls’ school, a state secondary in west London, had no idea that her new first years had invited people from outside the school to join their WhatsApp group. She …

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Elon Musk and Twitter boss’s messages show how pair fell out

Texts disclosed in a Delaware court filing suggest the two men were bonding before the billionaire Tesla CEO tweeted: ‘Is Twitter dying?’ Newly published messages between Elon Musk and the Twitter boss, Parag Agrawal, show how their relationship appeared to be blossoming before it dramatically soured, with the billionaire Tesla CEO tweeting: “Is Twitter dying?” …

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‘He looks like an astronaut in space’: Hannah Cassidy’s best phone picture

The British photographer on the timeless quality black and white gives to an image of a young boy learning to swim Harry had never swum without armbands before. It was August 2021 and the three-year-old was on holiday with his parents, grandparents, sister and aunt, the photographer Hannah Cassidy. It had been the second arduous …

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The Molly Russell inquest verdict damns Silicon Valley. There can be no more excuses | Peter Wanless and Beeban Kidron

These companies make decisions that harm children. The government must take action Sir Peter Wanless is the chief executive of the NSPCC. Lady Beeban Kidron is the founder and chair of 5 Rights The ruling in a coroner’s court in north London on Friday will be felt around the world. The senior coroner, Andrew Walker, …

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Elon Musk to showcase humanoid ‘Optimus’ robot at Tesla’s AI Day

CEO also expected to discuss self-driving technology and high-speed computer at Friday event Elon Musk has said a robot business will be worth more than Tesla’s cars, and on Friday investors, customers and potential workers expect to see a prototype at Tesla’s “AI Day” that could prove whether the bot named “Optimus” is ready for …

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Too much information: when did video game character creation get so real? | Dominik Diamond

The older, saggier and sadder you get, the less you want to stare at your own digital doppelganger in a game, finds Dominik Diamond I’m having a midlife crisis with character creation in video games. My kids have always known the joy of recreating themselves virtually, but those of us who started playing in the …

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