For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started It’s just like building Lego, they said. Enjoy the process, they said. You’ll have such a feeling of accomplishment when it’s finished. This is what friends and colleagues told me when I set out …
Ten diplomats expelled as part of fresh package of sanctions announced by US president Joe Biden announced new United States sanctions on Russia, including the expulsion of 10 diplomats, in retaliation for hacking and election interference. The sanctions, foreshadowed for weeks by the administration, represent the first retaliatory action announced against the Kremlin for last …
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Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s Inland Empire, bring pollution that disproportionately impacts people of color Amazon has dramatically expanded its warehouses in southern California in the past year, part of an effort to speed up deliveries during the pandemic’s online shopping boom. Continue reading… Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s …
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Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook’s enforcement of rules against powerful Facebook allowed a network of fake accounts to artificially inflate the popularity of an MP from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), for months after being alerted to the problem. The company was preparing to remove the fake accounts but paused when it …
iPhone, iPad (via Apple Arcade); Mistwalker/AppleThis role-playing game by Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi trades in tropes but has just enough peril to keep it interesting It’s a truism that you can’t take more than a few steps in a Japanese role-playing game without triggering a random battle. Each encounter transports you to a separate screen where …
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Women in the Middle East and north Africa say social codes leave them unable to talk about social media abuse as pandemic pushes sexual harassment off the streets The first pornographic picture sent shivers of shock through Amal as she stared in horror at the phone screen. Until now, she had responded politely to the …
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Package of sanctions could see 10 officials expelled and comes in response to cybersecurity breach of US government The Biden administration is planning to announce sanctions on Russian officials as soon as Thursday, in a move that will target several individuals and entities, according to several people familiar on the matter. Continue reading… Package of …
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After 16 years, one of the internet’s first – and most surreal – Q&A platforms is to be shut down Before Reddit’s Am I the Asshole? forum for the “frustrated moral philosopher”, or days-long Twitter debates about whether you wash your legs in the shower, there was Yahoo Answers: one of the first online crowdsourcing …
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We asked Australian comedians to find the good bits online and share them with us. Diana Nguyen has delivered them here So a little strange thing about me – while looking for lovers on the traditional dating apps, I found myself on LinkedIn and started dancing on LinkedIn, which then went viral. If you are …
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Analysts expect company to be valued $65bn to $100bn, making CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong’s net worth up to $20bn The soaring value of cryptocurrencies added another name to the list of the world’s wealthiest billionaires on Wednesday with the introduction of Coinbase, the US’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, on to the Nasdaq stock exchange. Brian …
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