Why shopping influencers are flocking to Substack
We used to look to magazines, store assistants and bloggers to help us decide what to buy. Now the publishing site has become the go-to spot for style advice
Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech
The world needs people willing to stand up for freedom of expression – which makes Musk’s trajectory all the sadder
Leading tech journalist quits Substack over platform’s Nazi newsletters
Reporter Casey Newton takes more than 170,000 subscribers elsewhere over company’s failure to police extremist content
Italian influencer investigated over Christmas cake charity scheme
Prosecutors say consumers duped into believing they were helping Turin hospital by buying cake endorsed by Chiara Ferragni
Publish Nazi newsletters on your platform, Substack, and you will rightly be damned
The online publishing service has been criticised for the way it has allowed extremist propaganda to flourish on the site
TechScape: Cybercrime, AI supremacy and the metaverse – the tech stories that will dominate 2024
From the future of X to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, we make a call on the deals, products and technologies that could define this year
The biting feminist satire of Reductress: ‘Comedy shows what we know deep down to be true’
Staff are younger, and topics range from the climate crisis to #MeToo. After a decade, the magazine is as sharp as ever
‘Drama magnet’: Elon Musk’s biggest headlines of 2023
From cage fighting to rebranding Twitter: it was another controversial year for the multibillionaire
I’ll never stop blogging: it’s an itch I have to scratch – and I don’t care if it’s an outdated format
Even if nobody reads them, I’ll always be drawn to the freedom blogs offer. I can ramble about any subject I choose, says music journalist Simon Reynolds
Elon Musk’s X back online after global outage
Thousands of users reported being unable to access social media platform for more than an hour on Thursday
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game
The witty singer’s superb comeback is a delight to behold in this entertaining fly-on-the-wall documentary
Preserving our digital content is vital. But paying $38,000 for the privilege is not
Storing online is not just about photos and texts but thoughts and ideas. Platforms such as WordPress are starting to act, but it must be at a realistic price
Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms
Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless
We’ve watched in horrified fascination as the town square that was once the world’s collective pulse has gone up in flames
‘Let that sink in!’ The 13 tweets that tell the story of Elon Musk’s turbulent first year at Twitter (or X)
The billionaire’s posts began with a laboured gag and ended with a dangerous intervention into the reporting of the conflict in Gaza