Tether pays out $10bn in withdrawals since start of crypto crash
Tether, the multibillion dollar “stablecoin” that functions as the largest bank in the cryptocurrency economy, has paid out $10bn (£8bn) in withdrawals since the crypto...
‘Phones are like a scab we know we shouldn’t pick’: the truth about social media and anxiety
Most people think that phones are a bad thing for anxiety. Parents, in particular, believe phones are terrible for the mental health of children, teenagers...
Can Abba really recreate the feel of a live concert using holograms 41 years after their last set?
Just over 41 years ago, Abba played their last concert together. It wasn’t a live show for salivating fans, but a short set for Swedish...
Seven centuries of Irish archives painstakingly recreated after being destroyed in civil war
In June 1922, the opening battle of Ireland’s civil war destroyed one of Europe’s great archives in a historic calamity that reduced seven centuries of...
YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war
YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including removal of videos...
TikTok and tiaras: the youngsters leading a new generation of royalists
Charlie Richardson, 19, known on TikTok as notaroyalexpert, has been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to update his online audience on the Queen’s...
Crypto is starting to lose its cool – just look at El Salvador | Rowan Moore
To its evangelists, bitcoin is a frictionless, empowering form of money that liberates citizens of the world from the shackles of banks and national governments....
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have an unhealthy Twitter habit | John Naughton
Why do billionaires tweet? Is it because they no longer have to earn a living? Or because they’re bored? Or because they spend a lot...
‘A catastrophic failure’: computer scientist Hany Farid on why violent videos circulate on the internet
In the aftermath of yet another racially motivated shooting that was live-streamed on social media, tech companies are facing fresh questions about their ability to...
What are Elon Musk’s options in the Twitter takeover deal?
Elon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) planned takeover of Twitter cannot progress until the microblogging platform proves that fewer than 5% of its users...