Instant messaging app experiences one-day surge in signups and tops the US iPhone download chart The instant messaging app Telegram registered 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook blackout, its Russian founder said, as people around the world flocked to the encrypted service. “The daily growth rate of Telegram exceeded the norm by an order …
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In this column we normally ask funny people to list the best things they’ve seen online. This one sends in a letter of complaint instead Dear the Guardian, This was originally meant to be an article but now I’d like to submit this as a formal letter of complaint. Continue reading… In this column we …
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Drivers say automated ID system needed to work failed to identify them because of their race Uber is facing further claims for compensation over racial discrimination from drivers who say they had been falsely dismissed because of malfunctioning face recognition technology. The claims have emerged after Uber introduced an automated system to check the ID …
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Analysis: Blair is an adviser to NSO Group, whose Pegasus spyware was found to have been used in phone hack Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife using NSO Pegasus spyware, high court judge finds ‘The walls are closing in on me’: the hacking of Princess Haya The finding by a senior judge that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware …
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When Chris Stedman’s friend Alex took his own life, he left him a final puzzle to solve. Unread charts Stedman’s journey down a rabbit hole of grief and realisation “When someone dies, there are always questions that will be left unanswered. But what happens when you lose someone and they leave you a trail to …
Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Zuckerberg forced to deal with crashes, leaks and ‘destabilising democracy’ Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here What a week for Facebook, and it’s only Wednesday. After a month or so of bad news for the company, during which there have been damaging revelations …
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We’d like to hear from social media users about how recent developments have affected them Facebook has come under fire after a whistleblower accused the company of putting “astronomical profits before people”, stoking divisions and endangering children. Frances Haugen’s testimony to the US Congress is the latest in a series of problems for the social …
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It is refreshing to return to the world of Battlefield: two big sides and lots of multi-level combat In the distance, a skyscraper towers above the island foliage, its lights flickering on in the stormy twilight. This is the target, the final objective our side needs to take to achieve total dominance of the map. …
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Frances Haugen’s testimony that social networking company puts profit before people ‘just not true’ Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at the testimony of the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, saying her claims the company puts profit over people’s safety are “just not true”. In a blogpost, the Facebook founder and chief executive addressed one of the …
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Undaunted by scandals, the social media giant plans to tighten its grip on our everyday activities. We don’t have to just submit Facebook is in perpetual crisis mode. For years now, the company has confronted waves of critical scrutiny on issues caused or exacerbated by the platform. Recent revelations have lengthened the charge sheet. That …
