Analysis: Twitter has faced criticism for allowing members to post, while Facebook has taken harder line Afghanistan live news: latest updates As Kabul fell to Taliban forces over the weekend, social networks struggled to cope with the renewed attention brought to the organisation – and its presence on their platforms. In the US, Republicans expressed …
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We ask funny people about what’s funny online. Comedian Alexei Toliopoulos dives so deep he hasn’t seen the surface in years My whole life is a deep dive into the mysteries of pop culture. I don’t think I’ve seen the surface in years and likely have a permanent case of the bends. Each of these …
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Push comes as Fortnite creator Epic Games fights a global legal battle against the tech giants over in-app payments As Fortnite creator Epic Games continues its global legal battle against Apple and Google over in-app payments, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says “upfront rules and regulations” may be needed to force the tech giants …
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Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube implement new rules … CGI CEOs … and unpleasant rightwing ‘lolz’ in Kabul I bring good news: regulation works. The last month has brought a flurry of changes to major tech platforms related to child safety online, and specifically to the use …
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I blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west On 18 May 2021, German YouTuber Mirko Drotschmann tweeted an unusual message: a marketing agency was asking him to share allegedly leaked documents on Covid-19 vaccine deaths. Within a week, French YouTuber Léo Grasset shared similar …
Sinead Stubbins is the first to admit she might know a bit too much about the British personality. Is it creepy? Maybe. Maybe not? Who knows • Internet Wormhole is a new column where Guardian Australia writers take you on a tour of their online obsession. Click here for more Last year, I spent a …
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Mining cryptocurrency requires lots of cheap energy and many miners have settled on Texas as their destination In the middle of rural Texas, a cryptocurrency mine is currently under construction. Hundreds of machines more powerful than the average computer will soon be housed in this 320-acre mining facility in Dickens county, where they will work …
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Lawsuit filed after Blue Origin offered Nasa $2bn if it would change its mind on lunar lander contract Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has sued the US government over Nasa’s decision to award a $2.9bn lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Related: Billionaire space cowboys could become heroes by focusing on the climate crisis Continue …
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• Investigators to review 765,000 vehicles made since 2014 • NHTSA identifies 11 crashes involving first responder vehicles The US government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles. The investigation covers 765,000 vehicles, almost everything that Tesla has sold in the …
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Schools already have pupils’ mobile phone use under control, say leaders in response to government plans School and college leaders have condemned the government’s plan to ban mobile phones from classrooms as outdated and out of touch, arguing that schools should be allowed to decide on appropriate rules. Responding to a Department for Education (DfE) …
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