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'Draining' few days for Gauff after online racist abuse
Coco Gauff says she had a "draining" few days after receiving racist abuse online before her fourth-round China Open exit.
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Coco Gauff says online racist abuse during China Open was ‘draining’ after loss to Mertens
American involved in disputed point during tournament Gauff called out ‘insane’ amount of abuse online Coco Gauff said she had been left drained by the racist abuse she experienced during the China Open after losing in the last 16 to Elise Mertens. The American was dismayed earlier this week after an incident during…
Al JazeeraSports
Coco Gauff says online racist abuse was ‘draining’ after China Open exit
Coco Gauff admits the racism she suffered during China Open exhausted her after US tennis star missed out on quarters.
The GuardianTechnology
Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online
Wife of Jamaica-born sociologist says project celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ he made to Britain’s culture Whether it was Thatcherism, populism or the story of the Sony Walkman, Stuart Hall was a public intellectual famed for defining the times. Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers…
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Ikea to pilot online buyback service for secondhand furniture
Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boom Ikea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture. The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of December…
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Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening leak
Push message claims fashion company’s data has been ‘fully compromised’, but website and app remain online Business live – latest updates Asos is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” the online fashion retailer’s data. The value of Asos’s shares…
WiredTechnology
The Best Online Gift Cards and Digital Gift Ideas (2026)
Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more.
WiredTechnology
OpenAI Wants Its New Agent to Run Your Life. Mine Said It Loved Me
Dots are designed to automate online tasks, like buying furniture. In my initial experience, the always-on agent was a bit buggy and couldn’t complete a captcha.
The GuardianClimate
A ‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño is causing extreme weather conditions around the world – put your questions to our environment writers
Climate writers Jonathan Watts and Gabrielle Canon will be online from 4pm BST (11am EDT) on Wednesday to answer your El Niño questions Sign in or sign up to join the conversation This year’s huge El Niño is causing climate chaos around the world. Temperate records have already been broken , with extreme heat reported…
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Sebastian Maniscalco’s SiriusXM channel is hurting up-and-coming talent, comics say
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is facing backlash from fellow comics who claim his takeover of SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel is harming up-and-coming talent, as reported earlier by Deadline. Many established comics, including Patton Oswalt and Margaret Cho, have posted videos online calling on Maniscalco to carry on…
The GuardianTechnology
Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme
Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging that One of the most beloved characters in an absurdist genre of online video content has become the center of an international legal battle that could determine where human creativity ends and…
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Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks
Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of the UK’s digital safety laws after launching a Snapchat-style feature on Instagram. The UK’s communications watchdog, Ofcom, is investigating…
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Gauff in racial abuse controversy at China Open after replayed point
Coco Gauff was targeted online after stopping play during a crucial point in the first set against China’s Sun Xinran.
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‘I was making no money’: Travel agent side hustle promoted by influencers criticised over fees
Would-be marketers enticed by online talk of entering a world of travel and easy cash find that the reality is rather different Months before she entered the Love Island villa, the content creator Yasmin Hadlow promised viewers of her online videos that they could “catch flights and get paid mid-air”. All they had to…
The GuardianSports
How did some City fans become aggressive defenders of a nation state’s regime? | Sean Ingle
The Manchester City case is one example of how fandom has warped beyond previous boundaries in online spaces A video of Liam Gallagher playing in a 1996 charity football match resurfaced on social media recently. Dressed in Manchester City blue and a bucket hat, in truth he appears to be in a fug of cigarettes and…
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Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material
Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s total AI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of illegal material investigated this year already exceeding the total for 2025. Analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation…
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‘They call every week’: the phishing attacks targeting past victims
Scammers reuse personal details harvested from fake Esta websites – and texts and calls can keep arriving for months When the British actor Lisa Riley was preparing to travel to the US last year, she applied online for an Esta so she would not need a visa. After finding the site through a Google search she filled in…
BBC NewsCulture
Spoiler alert! Is social media ruining big gig surprises?
Big moments from headline acts are shared online long before many fans see their favourite artists.
The New York TimesCulture
How Weird is ‘Weird Girl Lit’?
Romantic delusion. Social alienation. Body horror. Just a few of the elements celebrated online — if not always by the writers who earn the label.
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