The New Age spirituality of TikTok, from prosperity gospel to manifesting
“It just doesn’t sit right with me,” begins a TikTok by a user named Evelyn Juarez. It’s a breakdown of the tragedy at Astroworld, the Travis Scott concert in early November where eight people died and more than 300 were injured. But the video isn’t about what actually happened there. It’s about the supposed satanic […]
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Do South African businesses have to accommodate employees who refuse to get vaccinated?
While employers in South Africa are entitled to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for certain categories of employees, they will need to tread carefully when implementing these rules, say legal experts at law firm Bowmans. This includes shouldering the responsibility of maintaining a safe and healthy working environment while still ensuring that they respect the rights […]
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$399 PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition Linux Smartphone will go on sale within weeks
The PinePhone Pro began shipping to developers earlier this month. And soon it’ll be available for anyone to purchase. Pine64 has announced that it will begin taking orders for the $399 Linux-friendly smartphone in late December or early January. First announced in October, the PinePhone Pro is a smartphone with a 6 inch HD+ display, […]
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Review: Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is a powerful laptop with heat problems
Enlarge / Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 4. Andrew Cunningham The term “desktop replacement” is a bit out of fashion as a descriptor for laptops these days, if only because fewer people have desktop computers they’re trying to replace. But I struggle to think of a better term for something like Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme, […]
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UK criminal sanctions for tech bosses ‘could be copied by non-democracies’ | Technology
Introducing criminal sanctions for tech executives in the online safety bill could be copied by non-democratic regimes, the industry has claimed before an influential report this week. A joint committee of MPs and peers scrutinising the bill will publish its findings on Tuesday after the culture secretary promised to accelerate provisions for criminal liability for […]
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