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Should Apple be taking on mental health?

Should Apple be taking on mental health?

Apple’s latest iOS update will allow iPhones and to track our mental health. The news is raising questions about the rise (and ethics) of digital health.  In an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, our relationship with digital devices has become deeply intertwined with our daily lives. Besides dominating the tech...

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Meta fined a record $1.3bn for EU data transfers to the US

Meta fined a record $1.3bn for EU data transfers to the US

Meta has been hit with a record $1.3bn fine for transferring the Facebook data of EU citizens to the US despite security risks. Is Mark Zuckerberg’s burgeoning social media enterprise already reaching last-chance saloon territory? To summarise the current Meta situation in Gen Z terms, there’s only one phrase that springs to mind: ‘common L’. Mark Zuckerberg’s burgeoning social media enterprise is looking more like a strange social experiment by the...

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey launches new app ‘Bluesky’

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey launches new app ‘Bluesky’

Who doesn’t love a little healthy competition? Jack Dorsey, who is partly responsible for Twitter’s rise to success, has now launched a new platform called Bluesky. It’s aimed at competing with Twitter, under Elon Musk. Twitter has been nothing short of a mess since Elon Musk took over as CEO in October of last year. From the iconic bluebird symbol being switched to the Dogecoin Shiba Inu for a week,...

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Dove campaign examines ‘cost of beauty’ for youth mental health

Dove campaign examines ‘cost of beauty’ for youth mental health

The brand’s research has revealed that nine in ten children are being exposed to toxic beauty content on social media, which is having a ‘heart-breaking’ impact on their mental and physical wellbeing.   Renowned for championing self-esteem, Dove has just debuted a report titled ‘The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals’ examining the impact of our image-obsessed world on young people’s mental and physical wellbeing. Investigating both body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination,...

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How personalised ads are contributing to climate change

How personalised ads are contributing to climate change

A new report from Global Action Plan analysing the scale of unnecessary emissions being generated by Big Tech’s business model has uncovered just how energy intensive it really is. Recently, it’s become all but impossible to use social media without being constantly bombarded with ads. And while online marketing is nothing new, you may have begun noticing that whenever you open up your favourite apps these days, the products being pushed...

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