TikTok drives sales of yoghurt as demand soars by 34 per cent

TikTok drives sales of yoghurt as demand soars by 34 per cent

Sales of yoghurt and dairy drinks with added protein are soaring, as social media encourages gym-loving youngsters to seek out products that boost muscle growth. Stores have seen a 34 per cent rise in demand, with the growing market now worth £204million a year, according to latest data from market research specialists Kantar. Tesco has … Read more

What sort of traveller are you? Take the quiz to find out | Travel News | Travel

What sort of traveller are you? Take the quiz to find out | Travel News | Travel

What type of traveller are you? Are you a ‘Culture Vulture’ or a ‘Cultural Influencee’? Take this quiz to find out. If you are all about the experience and only want to soak up the local culture, then you are no doubt a ‘Culture Vulture’. But if your trip has purely been planned around your … Read more

Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media outlets over ‘foreign interference activity’

Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media outlets over ‘foreign interference activity’

Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related … Read more

Bot campaign backing Pierre Poilievre looks the work of an amateur, experts say

Bot campaign backing Pierre Poilievre looks the work of an amateur, experts say

Academics who study social media say a suspected bot campaign associated with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent speaking event in northern Ontario likely was the work of an amateur. A rapid analysis conducted by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Social Media Lab (SML) concluded the bot campaign does not have the fingerprints of a sophisticated actor, but didn’t say … Read more

Trial of key convoy figures Lich, Barber nears end of the road

Trial of key convoy figures Lich, Barber nears end of the road

Closing arguments start this morning in the trial of key Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — the beginning of the end for a slow-rolling legal drama that began two and a half years ago. For the accused, it’s been a long and uncertain road that keeps leading them back to Ottawa. “For … Read more

From Chemistry Professor to Yacht Captain: How Kelly Gordon Turned Her Passion into a $124K Side Hustle

From Chemistry Professor to Yacht Captain: How Kelly Gordon Turned Her Passion into a 4K Side Hustle

Kelly Gordon first stepped foot on a yacht in 2007. During her first boat ride, the now-42-year-old climbed the metal ladder’s rungs, walked on the deck, and instantly became addicted to the salty sea air. Reflecting on her early days, Gordon told CNBC Make It, “I didn’t even know port from starboard.” Despite her initial … Read more

Worker Quits After Chick-fil-A Tells Her To Stop Posting Staff Meals; Turns Influencer With Millions of Views

Worker Quits After Chick-fil-A Tells Her To Stop Posting Staff Meals; Turns Influencer With Millions of Views

Fast food reviews are the most recent trend followed by content creators on TikTok.Some creators have been slammed for profiting from their food reviews and monetising their content through paid partnerships. Viewers have questioned the creators on whether they have paid for their meals themselves or if the food was gifted to them by the … Read more