By Kim Harrisberg JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance – a virtual nation born online. His is among a number of African-led virtual projects that aim to … Read moreStartups eye metaverse, NFTs, to solve Africa's economic woes

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More than half of Britons admit they have been deceived by fake news online at least once, a study has revealed. Newsworks, the newspaper industry marketing body, found 80 per cent of people regularly come across misinformation while browsing the internet. However, less than half of respondents said they bothered to check whether it was … Read moreFake online news has fooled over half of us at least once, study shows

NEW YORK (AP) – McSweeney’s has raised just over $300,000 – exceeding its goal by $25,000 – in the two months since announcing it was buying back The Believer, the acclaimed literary publication that nearly went out of business last year. Around 1,500 people gave money for the Kickstarter campaign, averaging roughly $200 per contribution. … Read morePublisher of The Believer raises $300,000, exceeding goal

Facebook’s Meta reports earnings slip Facebook-parent Meta reported on Wednesday its first quarterly revenue drop and a plunging profit as the social media powerhouse battles a turbulent economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok. Meta had long delivered seemingly endless upward growth but after this income miss — and reporting earlier this year its first … Read moreFacebook's Meta posts first-ever revenue drop

Howard Brown was the wonderfully cheery, bespectacled, sharp-suited customer-services rep who was plucked from obscurity more than 20 years ago to put some bang into banking as the all-singing, all-dancing new face of the . He sprang on to our screens in 2000 with a cover version of Tom Jones’s song Sex Bomb.It was the … Read moreHoward Brown brands Halifax 'DISGRACEFUL' over gender badge row

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