8 h. ago Gen Z workers use business trips as way to boost their lifestyle and social media feeds

A survey found a quarter of young adult seek content creation opportunities while away for work as holiday companies pull out all the stops to guarantee a luxury break

Economics

3 d. ago Liam Payne death and Charlie Kirk murder flooded onto children's social media feeds

Children have been bombarded with upsetting content on social media including the death of Liam Payne and the murder of Charlie Kirk, research shows today

Events

6 d. ago Parents who film their children crying for clicks should take a good look at themselves | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Toddlers have big feelings. But sharing their tantrums and pain on social media is not a ‘teachable moment’. It’s cruelThere’s a song that’s been in my head all week, and no, it’s not from Taylor Swift’s new album. It’s by a far more sophisticated songwriter than Swift: Ms Rachel. The song is called Big Feelings and it goes: “Big feelings are OK / I’m here to stay with your big feelings.”Thanks to the trend for gentle parenting, the concept of “big feelings” has become big money online, and for the most part I welcome that (Big Feelings isn’t the only song that reflects this cultural shift; the animation Small Potatoes on CBeebies has a song that goes “Feelings / I’ve got so many feelings”, which my husband likes to sing to me when I’m premenstrual). As a parent, strong emotions are hard to escape: you’re feeling them, the small child in your home is feeling them and, in one of the biggest departures for us as a species, so are myriad other children on your social media feed.Rhianno...

Society

9 d. ago How Gen Z workers are using business trips as a way to 'upgrade' their lifestyle

More than eight in 10 Gen Zers view business trips as an opportunity to 'upgrade' their lifestyle.

Economics

9 d. ago Gen Z workers 'upgrade' business trips by expensing fancy dinners and taxis

A poll of 2,000 business travellers found 26% often seek cool entertainment and content creation opportunities while away for work.

Economics

9 d. ago I've spent years following the exploits of Conor McGregor and this is the truth about the dark side of the most odious man in sport: RIATH AL

Conor McGregor has been silent in the past few days, which is somewhat out of character for a man whose social media feed serves as a reliable, unfiltered sewage pipe to his many followers.

Politics

2 w. ago OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’

Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidationOpenAI launched the latest iteration of its artificial intelligence-powered video generator on Tuesday, adding a social feed that allows people to share their realistic videos.Within hours of Sora 2’s, release, though, many of the videos populating the feed and spilling over to older social media platforms depicted copyrighted characters in compromising situations as well as graphic scenes of violence and racism. OpenAI’s own terms of service for Sora as well as ChatGPT’s image or text generation prohibit content that “promotes violence” or, more broadly, “causes harm”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Cute fluffy characters and Egyptian selfies: Meta launches AI feed Vibes

Under Mark Zuckerberg’s publicity video for Vibes, one Instagram user commented: ‘Bros posting ai slop on his own app’Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free versionCat videos, selfies and dad jokes are typical fare for any social media feed but Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is introducing a new twist: they’re all made by artificial intelligence.The Meta founder and chief executive has announced the launch of Vibes, a new feed on the Meta AI app comprised entirely of AI-made videos. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago From dark academia to medievalcore: fashion is embracing our need for escapism | Lauren Cochcrane

Much is written about how young people no longer form real-world communities. Well, fashion trends are a stark rejoinder to thatWake up babe, a new trend just dropped.According to the website Know Your Meme, it’s been five years since the “wake up babe” format – which sees the phrase pasted over an image of a man waking up his girlfriend to announce a new internet talking point – really took off. I first encountered it at the height of what might be called “core fever” in fashion. A new look seemed to be arriving on social media feeds every week, driven by gen Z’s love of blink-or-miss-it microtrends. “Wake up babe, there’s a new aesthetic,” seemed an apt and amusing way to sum up the times. Continue reading...

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