Comedian Pete Davidson secures seat on Blue Origin space flight
Comedian Pete Davidson will blast off to space in a rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ company. Blue Origin announced that the Saturday Night Live comic will be among the passengers on its 20th flight scheduled for
UK and EU watchdogs launch competition probes into Google and Meta over ads
UK and EU regulators have opened investigations into tech giants Google and Meta over concerns the firms broke competition rules for online display advertising services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and European Commission announced parallel
Russia limits access to Instagram after ‘calls for violence against Russians’
Instagram has been restricted in Russia after posts “calling for violence against Russians” were “distributed”, Russian authorities have said. The state’s communications watchdog will restrict access to the social media app and website following the posts,
Social Media Awards Nominations Close Monday
Does your company do social media? If so why not enter the "sockies"? The Social Media Awards nominations are currently open and the closing date has been extended until Monday next at 2pm: https://twitter.com/socmediaawards/status/718364799936118785 Full details
WhatsApp Turns On End To End Encryption
Earlier today WhatsApp did something pretty interesting. They turned on "end-to-end encryption" for all their users. As far as users of WhatsApp are concerned the interface and user experience hasn't changed, though you now have the
Sad Affleck Afflicted by Batman v Superman Slump
Embed from Getty Images The difference between pre-release hype and post-release critical pasting has probably never been more stark than in the case of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and while audiences like it somewhat better
Bohemian Rhapsody Played On A Dot Matrix Printer
If you're old enough your first printer was probably a dot matrix one. Remember waiting for ages for those pages to print? Remember the noise? Well some creative types have managed to hack a dot matrix
