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GCHQ uses Instagram to 'open up world of espionage' to publicUK intelligence hub opens account on app that has become growing source of citizens’ metadata -
Gab forced offline following anti-semitic posts by alleged Pittsburgh shooterPayPal, Stripe and Joyent abandoy support of site that hosted multiple anti-semitic posts by Robert Bowers -
Want to ‘upgrade’ your partner? Why the modern approach to love is killing itA quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds want the opportunity to treat their relationship like a phone contract, a survey says. Perhaps the commoditisation of life is to blame -
Digital contraceptives and period trackers: the rise of femtechWith market predicted to be worth $50bn by 2025, is women’s health no longer being overlooked by tech?
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Why is it OK for online daters to block whole ethnic groups?You don’t see ‘No blacks, no Irish’ signs in real life any more, yet many are fed up with the racism they face on dating apps -
Harassment is just one of the unfair obstacles we women in business faceAs a female CEO myself, I have seen the host of extra challenges we face in getting startups off the ground, writes Sophia Matveeva, CEO of the Enty app -
Weight Watchers plans tech rebrand to take on wellness industryUnder the name ‘WW’ the US-listed firm hopes to broaden its appeal as diets begin to wane -
Uber bid to buy Deliveroo could give founder £150m payoutReports say Uber Eats is in talks to gobble up London-based rival food app for £1.5bn
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Natural Cycles may be flawed, but contraception apps are still the futureDecades of research have gone into condoms, the coil and the pill – we need to give next-generation birth control a chance, says sex and relationships expert Nichi Hodgson -
Natural Cycles app: 'highly accurate contraceptive' claim misled consumersThe UK’s advertising watchdog rules against company over its marketing of the app -
Access Bollywood: app opens up cinema to millions of blind IndiansXL Cinema uses audio descriptions to enable people to enjoy recent films such as Sanju -
'Our generation's inside joke': the bizarre, nostalgic afterlife of VineThe seven-second video app may be dead, but its best clips are having a resurgence on YouTube. What does it mean for creators?
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