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The images of Spain’s floods weren’t created by AI. The trouble is, people think they were

My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of...

Influencer who brought camera crew to New York marathon banned from race

A social media influencer from Texas was disqualified from last weekend’s New York City Marathon and banned from...

Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading

Cross-channel train operator Eurostar has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats...

Russia says $20 decillion fine against Google is ‘symbolic’

The Kremlin has said that Russia’s huge fines imposed on Google were largely symbolic and designed to spur...

France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15

France is to trial a ban on mobile phones at school for pupils up to the age of 15, seeking to give children a...

Arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you | Chris Stokel-Walker

The shock arrest of Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov as he stepped off his private jet in the Bourget airport near Paris over the...

‘It’s David v Goliath’: a recovering addict takes on TikTok’s gambling influencers

Rob Minnick was in a bathroom in Paris when it dawned on him that he might need some help. Having flown 3,700 miles to...

Telegram app founder Pavel Durov to appear in court after arrest in Paris

The Russian-born founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, is due to appear in a French court in the coming days after his arrest at a...

Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at French airport

Pavel Durov, billionaire co-founder and chief executive of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1...