ShinyShiny snippets: TikTok algorithm points some teens to ‘harmful content’

  A study into TikTok's video recommendation algorithm has found it suggests eating disorder and self-harm content to some new teen accounts within minutes. Research from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) saw one account shown suicide content within 2.6 minutes, and another suggested eating disorder content within eight minutes. Further investigation by Sky…

Fossil launches £249 smartwatch on Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform

Watch brand Fossil has announced its latest addition to its wearables line-up, the Fossil Sport Smartwatch. Based on the recently launched Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform and the newly redesigned Wear OS by Google, this watch boasts several new technology features including extended battery life, a new battery saving mode, enhanced ambient mode, integrated heart…