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Amazon delivers another blow after I was hacked
It just won’t believe that I did not buy £437-worth of earphones I am at my wits’ end…
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Hot tip to tackle the Covid blues | Brief letters
Border control | Red light | Rude names | Careful words | College motto | Vaccine row …
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The tyranny of passwords – is it time for a rethink?
They are elusive, infuriating gatekeepers that rule our lives. Easy to crack and hard …
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Retail is at death’s door – and tinkering with business rates won’t save it
The fact that buyers rescuing Debenhams and Arcadia don’t want their 500 shops shows h…
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What a great shot! Vaccination selfies become the latest social media hit
A new trend has emerged – public figures posting ‘vaxxies’ showing the moment they rec…
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Mighty Amazon looks all but unassailable as Covid continues
Jeff Bezos’s company is set for sales topping $100bn last quarter, and while rivals ar…
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Facebook letting fake news spreaders profit, investigators claim
Social network allowing dangerous Covid theories to be shared, says Bureau of Investig…
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Forget the furore over Trump - Facebook is interested only in maintaining its monopoly | John Naughton
The social network’s ‘supreme court’ of 40 assorted academics, politicians and journal…
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GameStop shares surge again as Robinhood restores trading
App helping to fuel share-buying frenzy allows ‘limited buys’ after a $1bn cash inject…
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Facebook is banning leftwing users like me - and it's going largely unnoticed | Akin Olla
Facebook placed a number of leftwing organizers on a restricted list during Biden’s in…
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WallStreetBets' founder on GameStop: 'I didn't think it would go this far'
The Reddit forum is at the center of a war between Wall Street and an army of small in…
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What's up with WhatsApp?
A routine update to WhatsApp’s privacy policy resulted in a public relations fiasco ea…
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Apple and Facebook at odds over privacy move that will hit online ads
Tim Cook lambasts firms ‘built on misleading users, data exploitation, on choices that…
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Chromecast with Google TV review: full smart TV upgrade with voice remote
New smart TV gadget is step up from basic Chromecast with new interface, apps and voic…
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A queer, immersive take on haunted house scares – podcasts of the week
Lucy Fallon and Pearl Mackie star in the audio drama Sour Hall. Plus: Alan Carr is a r…
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Pollutionwatch: how smart braking could help cut electric car emissions
Extra battery weight of electric cars means ways must be found to cut particulate emis…
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Facebook removes Save Our Rights UK Covid denial videos
Social media site pulls videos by group that Tory MP told to persist with its anti-loc…
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Facebook board set to rule on Trump ban reverses four content removal cases
Cases included content on Covid misinformation and hate speech, and panel will rule so…
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Tesla shares fall despite electric carmaker's first annual profit
Bumper payout to CEO Elon Musk and move to cheaper EV models means earnings missed for…
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Hacking your way to victory: the joy of cheating in open-world games
Coming up with sneaky routes to glory has long been a guilty pleasure in video games t…
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Young women of colour navigate the risky world of forex trading
Channel 4 short, The Wolf of High Street, explores how a new generation is turning to …
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Apple records most profitable quarter ever as sales soar amid pandemic
Company announces sales for last three months of 2020 totalled $111.4bn, fueled largel…
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says platform will halt political suggestions
The announcement comes on the heels of the company’s earnings report, which exceeded a…
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Too rude for Facebook: the ban on Britain's historic place names
The social network’s oversensitive hate speech filters have made it impossible to ment…
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Amazon seeks to block workers from voting by mail in landmark union drive
5,000 workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to vote in landmark effort Mail ballots used in …
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The Medium review – split-world horror stranded in unsatisfying limbo
Xbox Series X/S, PC; Bloober Team This beautiful-looking exploration of intergenerati…
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Big tech facilitated QAnon and the Capitol attack. It’s time to hold them accountable
Social media platforms have become information monopolies with runaway scale, an ideal…
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How GameStop found itself at the center of a groundbreaking battle between Wall Street and small investors
The video game retailer has become one of the hottest stocks this year in a tale that …
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UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and …
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YouTube extends ban on Trump amid concerns about further violence
After review, platform continues indefinite suspension that prevents former president …
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US has 'moral imperative' to develop AI weapons, says panel
Draft Congress report claims AI will make fewer mistakes than humans and lead to reduc…
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Twitter permanently bans My Pillow chief Mike Lindell
Lindell continued to perpetuate baseless claim that Trump won the US presidential elec…
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Birdwatch: Twitter pilot will allow users to flag misinformation
Company has faced growing calls to better combat misinformation, particularly after th…
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Google announces plan to tackle privacy issues in online advertising
Company attempts to chart middle ground between Apple’s privacy-first approach and the…
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Black images matter: Shade, the powerful podcast unpicking the tumult of 2020
Lou Mensah explains why the new season of her podcast about art, race and identity exa…
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WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
Poorly-executed change to terms of service sends messaging app’s subscribers flocking …
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Tesla investment reaps $29bn profit for Edinburgh fund
Electric car maker was $6 a share when Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust started buyi…
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Sony WH-1000XM4 review: Bose-beating noise cancelling headphones
Top sound, noise-cancelling and comfort with long battery life, plus connection to two…
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It's blooming good to see signs of spring | Brief letters
Seeking marmalade makers | Taking on tech giants | Covid terms | Spring I am puzzled …
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Is it time to leave WhatsApp – and is Signal the answer?
The Facebook-owned messaging service has been hit by a global backlash over privacy. M…
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I’m painting the amazing Galápagos wildlife – from my sitting room
Can a virtual four-day art class come anywhere close to visiting the famous archipelag…
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The five: emotional contagion
The idea that emotions can ‘spread’ from one person to another seems to be taking hold…
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Australia's cheapest EV: can it survive a week of on-street parking and one very sandy dog?
The MG ZS EV brings electric cars into the realm of financial possibility for many mor…
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After Covid, will digital learning be the new normal?
Schools have embraced apps and remote classes in the past year. Some see benefits in v…
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UK bosses set up IT systems to track Covid vaccine status of staff
Moves to assess who has had coronavirus jab could be used by human resources teams to …
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The strange case of Alibaba's Jack Ma and his three-month vanishing act
The ebullient tech tycoon embarrassed China’s leaders and went missing. Now he’s back,…
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Page refresh: how the internet is transforming the novel
Doom scrolling, oversharing, constantly updating social media feeds ... the internet s…
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'Touching fish' craze see China's youth find ways to laze amid '996' work culture
An online movement is pushing back against the country’s ferocious work culture of lon…
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How to expand your wine horizons online | Fiona Beckett on wine
Since we can’t yet visit vineyards, a wine tasting on Zoom (other platforms are availa…
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Concerns grow for children’s health as screen times soar during Covid crisis
Experts say rise in sleep and eyesight problems may also be linked to increased use of…
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How to help your children make the most of their screen time
Child development experts on how best to reap the benefits of being online while stayi…
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‘I worry about their social skills’: parents on children's screen time in lockdown
While some parents have relaxed limits on devices, many are concerned about the physic…
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Hitman 3 review – a wild bacchanalian backdrop to bloody escapades
PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC; IO Interactive Industrialise…
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Google's threat to withdraw its search engine from Australia is chilling to anyone who cares about democracy | Peter Lewis
The tech giant’s Senate testimony shows how far it is prepared to go to resist real re…
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US lawmakers ask FBI to investigate Parler app's role in Capitol attack
House oversight chair seeks inquiry into platform’s potential use to facilitate planni…
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WHO platform for pharmaceutical firms unused since pandemic began
Exclusive: ‘pool’ to share Covid-19 information has received no contributions since Ma…
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Spacewatch: Bezos's Blue Origin 'really close' to flying humans
Space travel company, which plans to take six people on a sub-orbital flight, complete…
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An anonymous hotline for crimes big and small – podcasts of the week
The Apology Line tells the story of a confessional service which consumed the life of …
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: the new king of Android phones
Great screen, performance and battery plus new camera with dual 3x and 10x lenses for …
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Facebook admits encryption will harm efforts to prevent child exploitation
British MP asks firm why it is introducing end-to-end encryption that will ‘put more c…
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Malware reportedly found on laptops given to children in England
Investigation launched after teachers warn of worm on devices handed out for home scho…
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Conspiracy! review – help a Trumpist president steal an election
PC, Mac; Tim Sheinman In this brief but insidious information game, you’re an aide to …
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Amazon wins 49% of new TV streaming customers in run-up to Christmas
Live sport major draw for Prime Video, while Netflix second with 17% share in fourth q…
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Facebook under pressure to resume scanning messages for child abuse in EU
Half of referrals for child sexual abuse material could be falling under the radar aft…
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Dixons Carphone has bumper Christmas as online revenues soar
CEO Alex Baldock says Currys PC World owner is ‘winning online’ as shopping habits cha…
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Far-right extremists take over UK land sales Facebook page
A Facebook page with 40,000 members created for people buying plots of land has been t…
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Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal
Social media company aims to avoid liability over Cambridge Analytica scandal by argui…
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Parler website partially returns with support from Russian-owned technology firm
Platform popular with Trump supporters is back online, but only carries a message from…
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GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link
Technology firm admits ‘significant errors of judgment’ Employee, who is Jewish, pos…
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Galaxy Buds Pro review: Samsung's AirPods Pro-beating earbuds
Great sound, solid noise-cancelling, decent battery, comfortable fit and small case ar…
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Electric car batteries race ahead with five-minute charging times
Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling…
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Is bitcoin a scam? – podcast
In 2013 James Howells threw out a computer hard drive containing bitcoin. Last week he…
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US attacks Australia's 'extraordinary' plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news
The US in a submission to a Senate inquiry favours a voluntary code rather than govern…
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When film stars attack: Russell Crowe's reaction to criticism could set a trend
The actor’s unexpected response to a complaint about an 18-year old film could pave th…
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The greatest handheld games consoles – ranked!
During lockdowns, handhelds have come into their own: here’s our Top 20, from Gizmondo…
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Super Meat Boy Forever review – a gristly challenge
PC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), Xbox One, smartphone (forthcoming); Team Meat Pr…
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How Trump supporters are radicalised by the far right
A move by extremists to the encrypted Telegram app from Parler makes it harder to trac…
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Revealed: Tory MPs and commentators who joined banned app Parler
Nadine Dorries, James Cleverly and Michael Gove joined the platform favoured by Trump …
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The silencing of Trump has highlighted the authoritarian power of tech giants | John Naughton
The US president’s ban has sparked a furious debate about online opinion, but it’s par…
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Who deserves the wifi? The war is on in my house – and I am losing
Last year, it was simple: if you had proper work, you deserved it; if you were keeping…
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Vulnerable person cut off from landline and broadband for weeks
TalkTalk service was cut off when the road was dug up and Openreach has not fixed it …
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Free fast broadband offered in UK to support home schooling
Families in 37 local authority areas with poor or no connection can get service until …
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Should we celebrate Trump’s Twitter ban? Five free speech experts weigh in
In recent years, the conversation around free speech – and arguments to protect it – h…
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Fashion goes soft as Fendi turns boots into slippers
Milan fashion week is virtual this year, but Fendi has a six-minute menswear showstopp…
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Trump social media ban sparks calls for action against other populist leaders
After US president’s ban, some wonder if action will be taken against populists accuse…
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'Law unto themselves': the Australian battle to curb Facebook and Twitter's power
The suspension of Donald Trump’s accounts sparked outrage among conservatives but the …
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TikTok photoshoot of car on UK level crossing – 'sheer stupidity'
British Transport Police investigate ‘reckless’ video posted of car on working level c…
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Banning Trump won't fix social media: 10 ideas to rebuild our broken internet – by experts
Away from the vitriol, researchers are investigating concrete steps companies, officia…
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Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your digital privacy intact
We spoke to convicted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick to find out how …
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'Human etch-a sketch': GPS art, burbing and my attempt to recreate the Guardian masthead
GPS art, or GPX, is a fitness and artistic activity where your movements, traced by GP…
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Vaccine passports: what are they and do they pose a danger to privacy?
Race to build app for people to demonstrate Covid jab or a negative test, but rights g…
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