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‘Threads is just deathly dull’: have Twitter quitters found what they are looking for on other networks?

There’s been an exodus of users from X, propelled by Elon Musk’s lurch to the…

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Have laptop, can travel: the rise and rise of the commuter student

High rents and living costs mean almost half of students are travelling to campus instead…

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Former Sunak adviser urges Labour to introduce wealth tax on housing

The economist behind the Covid furlough scheme has called for ‘unfair’ council tax and stamp…

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Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’

Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X to block certain accounts as he investigated fake…

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Scourged by online scammers, tarot readers get their own platform

Impersonators love tarot readers. Regulators and social media companies don’t care. Mystic practitioners fight back…

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Brain implants to treat epilepsy, arthritis, or even incontinence? They may be closer than you think

Startups around the world are engaging in clinical trials in a sector that could change…

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£100 cash and interest-free overdrafts: how to pick a student bank account

If you are heading off to university, there are tempting freebies on offer – we…

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The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to…

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Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years

GMB union urges Health and Safety Executive to investigate ‘shocking’ figures revealed by the Observer…

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‘Kafkaesque’: bank blocks cash transfer, saying it could be an AI scam

Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in…

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