Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds fake agencies using the social media platform to dupe Kenyans into paying for nonexistent jobs in Europe

Lilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a recruitment agency offering jobs overseas. The Kenya-based WorldPath House of Travel, with more than 20,000 followers on the social media platform, promised hassle-free work visas for jobs across Europe.

“They were showing work permits they’d received, envelopes, like: ‘We have Europe visas already,’” Lilian recalls.

There is a bread and circuses feel to this scandal. A wise public would see red flags; instead it sees entertainment

One upside of adversity is art, inspiring cultural output that seeks to process and channel suffering. “I’ll say one thing about Thatcher, some fantastic songs were written during her reign,” said the Irish singer Christy Moore once – before belting out a goosebump-raising rendition of Ordinary Man by Peter Hames, a song about the 1980s recession. That is, so far, the only upside of the publication of Olivia Nuzzi’s book American Canto, an affliction to journalism, politics and publishing: there has been some fantastic writing since it all kicked off.

Masterful reviews. Very funny commentary. Scathing analysis. But first, a summary of events for readers of this column, most of whom I assume are well-adjusted, offline people, with better things to do with their time than follow what can only be described as a niche beef. Nuzzi is (or perhaps was, keep reading) a celebrated US political journalist who had a “digital affair” with Robert F Kennedy Jr while he was running for president, broke all sorts of journalistic rules while doing so, and was fired from her job at New York magazine. RFK Jr went on to become Donald Trump’s anti-vaccine health secretary, Nuzzi has published a book about the whole affair, and her ex-fiance Ryan Lizza – another political journalist – has been dripfeeding revelations about how she cheated on him, and a litany of other personal and professional transgressions. There are no heroes here.

Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist

A rich, buttery crumb, a hint of bittersweet coffee, a spot of icing and a cherry on top … better gift them before you scoff them

These festive cookies are inspired by The Nutcracker’s Land of Sweets sequence, in which coffee and sugar plums are two of the flavours used to conjure a fanciful world of decadent diversion. Anything from a hard candy to a candied fruit can qualify as a “sugar plum” and, in the case of these cookies, the sugar plum is represented by the amarena cherry. Coffee’s bitterness balances the sweetness of the fruit and the rich butteriness of the dough, while the oat flour adds a dash of shortbread-like delicateness.

Brian Levy is the author of the Formal Assignment newsletter and Good & Sweet, published by Avery at £35.99. To order a copy, visit guardianbookshop.com

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More than two-thirds of UK workers are interested in this latest Gen Z working trend. But does it really benefit staff or just reinforce an ‘always on’ culture? Helen Coffey talks to the experts to find out

Seventy-five years after its release, Billy Wilder’s melodramatic satire on celebrity culture and faded stardom – starring Gloria Swanson as its grotesque heroine – retains its tragic grandeur, writes Xan Brooks

Researchers say new compound improves metabolic activity within muscles instead of acting on hunger pathways like Ozempic and Wegovy

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Si nous avions dû établir une liste de 40 logiciels marquants pour le quarantième anniversaire du Mac, il n’est pas impensable que DragThing y figure. Dans les années 90, ce logiciel a connu son heure de gloire et était un must pour de nombreux utilisateurs.

Malheureusement, l’application a raté son passage à macOS X. Il faut dire que le Dock lui faisait perdre en partie son utilité. Le logiciel a cessé sa carrière à la fin des années 2010 : la dette technique était trop importante, l’app étant écrite en Carbon 32 bits.

DragThing ne survivra pas au passage à 64 bits

L’application avait pris un coup de vieux, mais le concept demeure toujours intéressant. DragThing était un lanceur qui permettait de créer des palettes sur lesquelles on plaçait les éléments dont on avait toujours besoin.

Avec l’abandon du Launchpad dans macOS Tahoe 26, les développeurs de Synium ont dû se dire qu’il y avait un bon coup à jouer. Ils viennent tout juste de présenter DockThings, qui n’est rien d’autre qu’un successeur de DragThing remis au goût du jour.

Le logiciel est extrêmement flexible. Sur ces fameuses palettes, vous pouvez stocker tout ce que vous voulez : apps, documents, dossiers, fichiers, signets, volumes… Chaque palette peut comporter des onglets pour ranger encore plus d’éléments. Vous pouvez définir l’emplacement et la taille de chaque palette. Enfin, pour qu’une palette ne prenne pas de place tout en restant accessible rapidement, il est possible de la coller sur un côté de l’écran.

Pour fêter son lancement sur le Mac App Store, DockThings est disponible au prix de lancement de 9,99 €. Son prix est appelé à doubler prochainement.

Guide : quel utilitaire pour remplacer le Launchpad sous macOS Tahoe ?

Face à l'explosion des coûts de la mémoire DRAM, une rumeur persistante annonce le retour du slot microSD sur les smartphones. Cette décision, attendue pour 2026, permettrait aux utilisateurs d'étendre leur stockage à moindre coût et aux fabricants de maintenir des prix compétitifs. Un retour en arrière qui pourrait bien être une avancée pour le portefeuille des consommateurs.

Face à l'explosion des coûts de la mémoire DRAM, une rumeur persistante annonce le retour du slot microSD sur les smartphones. Cette décision, attendue pour 2026, permettrait aux utilisateurs d'étendre leur stockage à moindre coût et aux fabricants de maintenir des prix compétitifs. Un retour en arrière qui pourrait bien être une avancée pour le portefeuille des consommateurs.