iPhone and iPad maker distorts competition for streaming services such as Spotify, says commissioner Apple has been accused of breaking EU law by charging high fees and setting unfair rules on those selling their products in its App Store, resulting typically in a 30% price hike for paying customers. Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for …
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Zoë Roth says she plans to use proceeds from sale of 2005 image of her smirking in front of burning house to pay student loans Zoë Roth, the woman whose picture was central to the 2005 Disaster Girl meme, has sold the original photo for $473,000 – the latest addition to the cryptocurrency-linked, digital image …
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Several internet personalities will be on the ballot on 6 May, though most know they have no chance of winning Niko Omilana will not be elected mayor of London next week. But the 23-year-old YouTuber prankster and mayoral candidate, who is polling just behind the Lib Dems and the Greens, is still likely to emerge …
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A Dutch couple have become Europe’s first tenants of a fully 3D printed house the first completed home of five for ‘Project Milestone’, in suburb of Bosrijk in Eindhoven. Inspired by the shape of a boulder, the dimensions of which would be difficult and expensive to construct using traditional methods, it is first legally habitable …
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Josie Bevan considers her own family’s story and societal flaws in Prison Break. Plus: more nuanced takes on black lives and racism from Resistance Prison BreakJosie Bevan’s Radio 4 series and podcast, Prison Bag, charted her family’s unexpected and traumatic experience with the UK penal system following husband Rob’s conviction for fraud. This striking and …
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Novel motorised smart screen tracks your movements to keep facing you for media and video calls Amazon’s latest top-of-the-range Alexa smart display has a trick up its sleeve like no other: it can follow you around a room. The third-generation Echo Show 10 costs £239.99 and is Amazon’s largest smart display, sitting above the smaller …
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New home in shape of boulder is first legally habitable property with load-bearing walls made using 3D-printing technology A Dutch couple have become Europe’s first tenants of a fully 3D printed house in a development that its backers believe will open up a world of choice in the shape and style of the homes of …
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Company makes $8.1bn profit for quarter as positive economic reports suggest US shaking off worst of pandemic recession Amazon’s sales increased 44% to $108.5bn in the first three months of the year as the company’s pandemic boom continued into 2021. The sales figures from the online shopping and web services giant came after the release …
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The company says it’s creating a viable alternative for readers and writers – but is it trying to have its cake and eat it? Since launching in 2017, Substack has been touting itself as a “better future for news.” Their offering was simple: email newsletters with an option for subscribers to pay monthly fees for …
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Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the …
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