It takes a lot to become a celebrity, but according to the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, having 30,000 followers is good enough to make you a legitimate famous person… at least according to advertising rules and regulations.

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Being bored is no fun, especially at work. There’s nothing worse than finding yourself bored in your cubicle on a Monday morning only to realise there’s still four and a half more days to the weekend. But new research out of the Research School of Management at Australian National University argues that while boredom is certainly boring, it isn’t all bad. This loathed mental state can actually spark precious creativity.

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Electric cars are so quiet that they’re posing a threat to pedestrians and other road users. In the EU, electric cars now need to add “fake noise” to their engines in order to be considered legally certified and safe for use, which somewhat defeats the purpose of having an electric engine.

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The Dewan Rakyat yesterday passed a new Trademarks Bill 2019 with amendments that would allow individuals or companies to register trademarks such as smell, sound, shape and colour. But more importantly, this is one step closer that would enable Malaysia to fulfil its obligations in the Madrid Protocol system and be entitled to receive the concomitant benefits.

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Yesterday some of us were given a glimpse behind the digital curtain of Facebook, as the image outage revealed how AI was tagging our uploaded pictures. Basically, this is how your life looks to a computer.

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Why do some people feel the need to constantly say ‘female leader’ or ‘ladyboss’ or ‘girlboss’? What’s so wrong with just being ‘boss’?

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Kim Kardashian West finally backs down about naming her new shapewear and intimates line ‘Kimono’ after a flood of backlash online and even a letter from the mayor of Kyoto.

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Jony Ive is leaving Apple Inc. After years talking to us about design in front of the camera in a white room, the time has come where we look at some of his iconic designs; from the iMac to the iPhone and the Apple Watch. Jony Ive made everyone cared about design.

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The world changed on July 1st, 1979: the day that Sony released the iconic Walkman TPS-L2, the first real portable music player that would revolutionise the way we listened to music in a way that no other device really had ever done before. Boomboxes and portable radios had been around for a while, but the Walkman made portable music private, ushering in a whole new era of people listening to music away from home.

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Researchers from Princeton claim thousands of online shopping sites - from J.Crew to Walmart - are using dark patterns to deceive users. From using fake customer testimonials to shaming customers who try to leave, we look at the ways these sites convince you to buy more or give up more data.

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