Facebook has removed hundreds of fake profiles it has linked to the conservative group Turning Point USA for carrying out organized attacks on the site, including attempts to influence public conversations by flooding news articles with pro-Trump comments and misinformation. The move was prompted by reporting last month in the […]
Fifa 21 review – fancy footwork and spectacular goals
Never mind football coming home. This year, football had to work from home. Every major competition shut down at the height of the pandemic, leaving elite athletes to train over Zoom and fans to stare at incomplete league tables. Some, like the Scottish Premiership, awarded trophies. Others spent small fortunes […]
Apple Watch SE review: an almost great cheaper option
The Apple Watch SE is a cheaper version of Apple’s smartwatch that offers most of what makes it good while cutting out some key features. The Watch SE comes in two sizes, 40mm or 44mm, and is made of aluminium. Prices start at GBP269 – GBP100 less than the top […]
Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
In November 2018, I travelled to Guangzhou, a city of about 14 million people in southern China. Late autumn is the time for making lap yuk, a type of preserved pork that is a local speciality, and across town I would often spot slabs of meat hanging from high-rise apartment […]
Facebook announces plan to stop political ads after 3 November
Facebook has announced significant changes to its advertising and misinformation policies, saying it will stop running political ads in the United States after polls close on 3 November for an undetermined period of time. The changes, announced on Wednesday, come in an effort to “protect the integrity” of the upcoming […]