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How dating apps are disrupting India’s world of arranged marriage
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (701+ words) After breaking up with her boyfriend of two years, Ayshwarya, 26, decided to download Arike, a popular dating app for users from Kerala in south India. Originally from Kerala, Ayshwarya lives in Chennai, a big city farther north. Her parents passed…...
The WhatsApp Group: A family meeting for the House of Yawkward*
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (39+ words) The WhatsApp Group: A family meeting for the House of Yawkward*The Times "1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited access to all articles. Ends soon. Free access to this article "0.33/day for unlimited access Enjoy all of The Times...
How Helen Drumm’s Sound Quality Gifts became a sensation on TikTok
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (55+ words) How Helen Drumm's Sound Quality Gifts became a sensation on TikTok'The Times How Helen Drumm's Sound Quality Gifts became a sensation on TikTok The Monaghan shop is now a local landmark, drawing visitors from America, Japan and the Philippines who…...
How 150 years of the telephone changed our lives
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1822+ words) Chances are you're reading this on your phone, a feat that would have been inconceivable to users of early telephones. Since the first crackle of a distant voice was heard down the line, phones have connected the world, transformed work…...
Goodbye Hinge, hello singles nights — I’m a convert
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (423+ words) Online dating is a strange world that I'm increasingly unsure is for me. But if you don't do the apps then how do you meet people in real life? Or more to the point, how do you know if the…...
Is the CIA using radio to instruct Iran agents? Listen for yourself
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (359+ words) Rushing back from work to his home in Milan on Tuesday, Roberto turned on his shortwave radio set, tuned it to 7910kHz and heard a ghostly voice reciting a stream of numbers in Farsi. "A fellow shortwave enthusiast had told me…...
Satellite tech could become ‘Wild West’, warns Vodafone boss
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (877+ words) European telecommunications operators are looking into space to help close the "not spots" in mobile coverage that plague rural Britain, as the first consumer satellite phone services are launched this year. The launch of "direct-to-device" satellite services was touted as…...
Don’t blow it like Becks. Get your kids to sign my social media contract
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (73+ words) Don't blow it like Becks. Get your kids to sign my social media contract'The Times Don't blow it like Becks. Get your kids to sign my social media contract If you want to celebrate your children's stepping stones online, it…...
Google Gemini ‘told man to take his own life after relationship’
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (24+ words) Google Gemini "told man to take his own life after relationship'The Times Google Gemini "told man to take his own life after relationship...
‘I lost £254,000 to a Facebook scam’
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (42+ words) I lost "254,000 to a Facebook scam'The Times I lost "254,000 to a Facebook scam Social media sites are making millions from the ads that lure victims in to cruel and costly frauds Two ways to continue reading...