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Meta Platforms Inc. said UK online safety legislation “risks people’s private messages being constantly surveilled and censored” unless it’s changed, adding to a long list of complaints recently lodged against the proposed law.
The sweeping Online Safety Bill is winding its way through Parliament and it’s intended to come into force next year. The government …
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Good mental health seemed like a given to Kamini Cormier. Then, came the pandemic. Back in 2020, when she was forced to isolate herself at home with her husband and adolescent daughters, she started feeling aches and pains all over her body. She figured she’d probably caught COVID-19 and scheduled lab tests, and an online appointment with her doctor. But the results didn’t indicate …
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Remote workers used to be second-class citizens; they were less likely to get raises and promotions, and more likely to face discrimination and stigma due to the circumstances keeping them at home. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic upended this traditional office hierarchy—equalizing the workplace playing field by keeping most of us at home.
Now that offices are reopening, remote…
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What a time to be managing a team.
On a macro level, being a manager is a more complicated role than it used to be: Employees increasingly approach their bosses with more personal and professional issues than before the pandemic, according to 59% of managers in a recent Prudential survey. They also say they want more guidance and training from their companies on how to handle ever-changin…
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In the run-up to the Sony-produced Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web, the movie’s star, Dakota Johnson, endeared herself to everyone who loves to see a celebrity veer off-script. In Entertainment Weekly she articulated the absurdity of trying to give a real performance against the fake reality of a blue screen. In L’Officiel she decried the greed and stupidity of stre…
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The U.N. climate conference known as COP28 officially kicked off this afternoon in Dubai with more corporate executives and big players in the financial sector present than in any such meeting before. Much of their attention on the ground will focus on the private sector announcements …
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Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition, and the series of content policy changes that ensued, has led to a dramatic spike in hateful, violent and inaccurate posts on the platform, according to researchers. That’s now the top challenge for Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino, who has to address advertisers’ concerns about the trend in order to boost revenue and…
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If there’s one thing media outlets from across the political spectrum agree on, it’s that the arraignment of Donald Trump is a “spectacle” and a “circus.” These are the words that came up, over and over again, on cable news in the 24 hours before the former President of the United States faced a judge in Manhattan—as though the networks’ own aroun…
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Just in time for the Academy Awards on March 10, Oscar-winning classics like Bonnie & Clyde and Out of Africa are coming to Netflix. And for party animals, National Lampoon’s Animal House starts streaming on March 1.
In terms of Netflix originals, the documentary series Full Swing, all about who’s who in golf, is teeing up for a second sea…
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