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05Nov/22

New in Peach: Send ads to Netflix

November 5, 2022MediaAdvertising, Australia, Brazil, E-commerce, France, Germany, Italy, Los Gatos, California, Marketing, Mexico, Netflix, Online advertising, Peach, Spain, United Kingdom, World Wide Webadmin

Peach, the global market leader in video advertising workflow and delivery has announced support of Netflix’s new ad-supported service Basic with Ads.

To coincide with the launch of the service, Peach has launched new destinations enabling clients to deliver ads to Netflix across multiple territories including UK, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil with more to follow. Peach provides a connected advertising workflow, enabling clients to get their ads delivered to Netflix straight from the edit suite, while ensuring the highest possible quality, formatting and accuracy. Continue reading

04Nov/22

Video doorbells: security or surveillance?

November 4, 2022SecurityAmazon, Avi Asher-Schapiro, China, Chris Gilliard, Closed-circuit television, Crime prevention, Doorbell, Encinitas, George Orwell, Las Vegas, Law enforcement, Learning, London, Masha Borak, National security, New York, Prevention, Privacy, READING, Remo, Ring Inc., Samuel Woodhams Digital, Security, Singapore, Skills, Smart doorbell, Surveillance, Uber, United Kingdom, United States, Video surveillance, Vivintadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Video doorbells are everywhere now, sold as a modern security solution that can help protect your home and belongings. They let you greet guests remotely, deter would-be parcel thieves, and could even reduce the cost of your home insurance.
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01Nov/22

Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new COVID variants

November 1, 2022ReasearchBQ, Building biology, Canada, Creative Commons, Epidemiology, Immunology, Infection, Manal Mohammed, Medical specialties, Natural sciences, New Zealand, Physical sciences, Radon, SHUTTERSTOCK, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vaccination, Vaccine, Virusadmin

Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster

Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are quickly gaining traction in the US, collectively accounting for 27% of infections as of October 29. Both are descendants of BA.5, the omicron variant that has dominated around the world for some months.

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01Nov/22

From QAnon to The Sandman: how demons found a place in popular culture

November 1, 2022SocialAdam, Angels, Bangladesh, Belfast, Creative Commons, Demon, Devil, Everett Collection Inc, Fallen angels, Hell, Iblis, Jinn, John Milton, Jonathon, Kevin Spacey, Legends, Los Angeles, Lucifer, Neil Gaiman, Pakistan, queen's university belfast, Religion, Robert Paterson, S. Jonathon O'Donnell, Satan, Spiritual warfare, United Kingdom, United States, Zohar Hadromi Alloucheadmin

Zohar Hadromi Allouche, Trinity College Dublin and S. Jonathon O’Donnell, Queen’s University Belfast

In western culture today, demons exist as something of a paradox. Religious belief in them is often presented as marginal. Many mainstream Christian denominations are silent or give them little prominence.

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01Nov/22

70 years of data suggest the Conservatives will suffer a big defeat at the next election – here’s how I worked it out

November 1, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, Creative Commons, Elections, FiveThirtyEight, Harold Macmillan, Jeremy Hunt, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Pack, Opinion polling for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, Paul Whiteley, Political ideologies, Political organizations, Political parties, Psephology, Rishi Sunak, Scottish Labour Party, Stuart, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

With the UK’s new prime minister in office, it looks like the political turmoil of the last few months is likely to ease, at least for the time being. Rishi Sunak and his fellow MPs must put their political differences aside to focus on stabilising the economy and calming financial markets. But Sunak will of course have one eye on the next election, which he must call before January 2025.

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25Oct/22

It matters that Rishi Sunak has become the UK’s first prime minister of Indian descent

October 25, 2022PoliticsAkshata Murty, British Asian, British Indian, Canada, Creative Commons, Economy of India, Government of the United Kingdom, Idi Amin, India, Indian people, Infosys, Kannada people, Kenya, Liz Truss, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Narayana Murthy, Narendra Modi, Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, Oxford, Parveen Akhtar, Rishi Sunak, Southampton, Sunak, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Usha, Winchester, Yashviradmin

Parveen Akhtar, Aston University

Following his uncontested run at the top job, Rishi Sunak acquires the less-than-coveted title of second successive un-elected British prime minister to take office in 2022. However, coming from Punjabi heritage, he also takes on the more esteemed title of the nation’s first British Asian leader.

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25Oct/22

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?

October 25, 2022PoliticsAkshata Murty, Boris Johnson, British MPs, Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, Government of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, N.R. Narayana Murty, Oxford, Penny Mordaunt, Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Southampton, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Victoria Honeyman, William Hagueadmin

Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds

When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance to choose between the two candidates blamed Sunak for Boris Johnson’s downfall. They also preferred Truss’s “optimistic” economic policies to Sunak’s sombre assessment of the fiscal outlook. Where she promised generous tax arrangements, he argued that economic circumstances would be hard and taxes could not be cut in the short term. Indeed, he warned, they might even have to rise.

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24Oct/22

Women turn to sex work to survive UK cost-of-living crisis

October 24, 2022EconomyAudrey Carradonna, Beatrice Tridimas, Claire Reindorp, Client, English Collective of Prostitutes, Human behavior, Human sexuality, Human trafficking, Laura Watson, London, Martha, Mastercard, Old Town, Prostitution, Runcorn, Service industries, Sex industry, Sex work, Sex workers' rights, Tess Herrmann, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Transgender sex worker, United Kingdom, Young Women's Trustadmin

Surging household costs take heavier toll on women
Sex workers see earnings shrink as clients stay away
Newcomers at risk from lack of information, support

LONDON – Online sex worker Martha blames Britain’s cost-of-living crisis for her dwindling earnings – partly due to increased competition as soaring household bills push more women to sell sex. Continue reading →

24Oct/22

Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things?

October 24, 2022Human InterestAnnie Lang, Articles, Bradley J. Irish, Bridget Rubenking, Charles Darwin, Creative Commons, Culture, Cynthia Marshall, Disgust, Emotions, Human behavior, Morality, Nina Strohminger, Samuel Pepys, Titus Andronicus, Tragedy, United Kingdomadmin

Bradley J. Irish, Arizona State University

Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore.

But the attraction to stuff that grosses us out goes beyond this annual holiday.

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23Oct/22

Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: the five causes of her downfall explained

October 23, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, Government of the United Kingdom, International Democrat Union, Liz Truss, Matthew Flinders, Prime Minister, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Truss, United Kingdom, university of sheffieldadmin

Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield

As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership campaign that got her there.

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