7 h. ago Meta blocked nearly 550,000 accounts in first days of Australia’s under

Tech giant says ongoing compliance will be a ‘multi-layered process’ as UK Labour faces pressure to bring in similar ban for teenagersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeta has deactivated more than half a million accounts for teenagers across Facebook, Instagram and Threads as a result of Australia’s under-16s social media ban, the company has announced.Just over one month since the ban came into effect, Meta announced on Monday that between 4 December, when the company began deactivating accounts, and 11 December, 544,052 accounts Meta believed to be held by users under 16 were deactivated. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago EastEnders star Colin Salmon left 'genuinely grateful' for 'compassion' over driving offence

The George Knight actor delivered the message to fans on his X account on New Year's Day

Politics

1 week ago Trump keeps reposting messages from a fake Karoline Leavitt account

The president shared content from the account, which is clearly labelled as a ‘parody,’ as part of a flurry of posts from his Truth Social account on Christmas Day

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1 week ago Escape To The Country viewers rage 'are you kidding me BBC?!' as they share furious complaint just minutes into Christmas episode

The latest instalment of the BBC programme saw Sonali Shah, 45, meet a couple called Nicky and Gavin who wanted to find their dream home in Dorset for £550,000.

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2 w. ago Illegal black market bookies set for £100million Boxing Day bonanza – with not a penny paid in tax

ILLEGAL black market bookies are in for a Boxing Day bonanza, with Brits set to stake up to £100million. Industry analysis shows the non-taxpaying underground industry accounts for billions each year. With Boxing Day estimated to represent around one per cent of annual betting, up to £100million could flow to the rogue operators in just...

Economics

3 w. ago The one change that worked: sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us

Would telling a buddy my to-do list was done – before I’d done it – really make it more likely to happen? But leaving her a voice note every day has increased my productivity, and deepened our friendship When my friend Rosamund suggested we try a productivity technique of leaving each other a voice note every day, I immediately said yes – even if I suspected, deep down, that we might not keep it up for long. I was circumspect because we both lead busy lives, 3,500 miles apart. She lives in London and I’m based in Brooklyn. It is hard to keep in touch sometimes. Even talking on the phone feels tough, what with the time difference and our schedules. Adding another thing to do every day, even a small, two-minute task, felt like a challenge.The technique is simple enough. You send a friend a voice note in the morning saying what you “did” that day. You always speak in the past tense for accountability. The theory is that once you tell a friend you have “done” something, you will be more...

Economics