Selfies, influencers and a Twitter president: the decade of the social media celebrity

From Gyneth Paltrow to Trump, todays stars speak straight to their fans. Are they truly managing their message? I have a pal, Adam, who is a sign seller– a specific niche occupation, and one that is getting more specific niche every day. When we satisfied for breakfast last month he...
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Eating disorders have been rebranded as fasting. But they are as dangerous as ever

Chicago rap artist CupcakKe has actually been criticised for social networks posts about her month on a water quick. Its tech masters who blazed a trail in this irresponsibility C# SEEEE upcakKe is a 22-year-old Chicago rap artist well-known for extremely specific sex-positive tunes, consisting of one about SpongeBob SquarePants....
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Chonky, fluffy, thicc: inside the internet’s obsession with fat cats on diets

More social networks accounts are committing themselves to particular chonky felines and their weight-loss efforts They’re chonky, they’re fluffy, they’re thicc and body pawsitive. They’re round young boys, floofs and outright systems. The brand-new animal pattern on the web commemorates the rotund and plump, with social networks users concentrating on...
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Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’

The physician, author and geneticist speak about his brand-new book on the future of medication Eric Topol is an American cardiologist and geneticist– amongst his lots of functions he is creator and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. He has actually formerly released 2 books on the...
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Hit the mute button: why everyone is trying to silence the outside world

Uber is trialling a function that permits consumers to stop their motorists from talking. Theres growing proof that cutting ourselves off like this isn’t healthy T he mute button was developed in 1956 by Robert Adler, an Austrian-born engineer working for the Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago. It was among...
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‘Being mean is lucrative’: queer users condemn YouTube over homophobic content

Sites waffling over harassment throughout Pride month was not unexpected, YouTuber states YouTube’s haphazard action to an anti-gay harassment debate today highlights thecompany’s continuing failure to safeguard developers from hate speech, queer users state. The platform’s preliminary rejection to discipline Steven Crowder for many years of continual anti-gay and racist...
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‘The peoples yogi’: how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon

With 4 million customers and numerous thousands more enjoying complimentary weekly videos, Yoga with Adriene is a social networks experience. What makes her fans so committed? T here are more than 2,400 individuals in the primary hall of Alexandra Palace in north London, breathing in unison. “Take the inmost breath...
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The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end

Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the mood The utopian dream of Silicon Valley is no more 2017 made sure of that. Every month has brought fresh scandal to the titans of the industry, from Russian...
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Inequality on Apple’s doorstep: how the GOP tax bill could worsen the divide

In Cupertino, the worlds most important business might gain massive take advantage of Republicans prepare even as the step threatens sorely required budget-friendly real estate and health care advantages for regional homeowners Y vonne Scott seems like she’s caught in a cell. The 65-year-old and her other half, Hector Chavez,...
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Having a high IQ is a curse … just look at Donald Trump | Arwa Mahdawi

Research recommends that individuals with high IQ ratings are most likely to have state of mind conditions, and a greater danger aspect of mental overexcitabilities maybe that discusses the behaviour of the guy in the White House M y IQ is exceptionally, practically embarrassingly, high. I’ve never ever in fact...
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