GetGo store uses weight sensors and skeleton outlines to track shoppers, who are billed when they leave Tesco is fighting back against Amazon with its first “just walk out” store, where it is possible to buy groceries without having to scan items or visit a till. The supermarket’s GetGo store in Holborn, central London, follows …
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After endless attempts to either repair or replace the broken screen, the company decided my warranty had now elapsed I bought a £2,000 8K TV from Richer Sounds in August last year but just short of its first birthday the screen stopped working. I reported it to Richer Sounds immediately who said it has to …
High-end MacBooks get big redesign with more ports, better screens and M1 Pro and Max chips Apple has announced new third-generation AirPods and its much-anticipated new MacBook Pro laptops, with new screens and high-end M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. During a livestreamed event on Monday, the Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, unveiled the redesigned …
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Nine schools in North Ayrshire begin using technology to take payments, with others in UK expected to follow Privacy campaigners have raised concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Nine schools in North Ayrshire began taking payments for school lunches this week by …
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The world’s bestselling video game series combined reverence of US cinema with satire of nihilistic capitalism. But in a post-Trump world, what does GTA have left to say? In 2013, then-poet, now Booker prize finalist Patricia Lockwood tweeted at the Paris Review: “So is Paris any good or not” The tweet, which went viral, was …
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Social network says it wants to ensure virtual world is built responsibly Facebook is creating 10,000 jobs in the EU as part of its push to build a virtual world for its users. The company has trumpeted the “metaverse” as the next big phase of growth for large tech companies and recently announced a $50m …
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As Succession returns to our screens, Guardian critics offer artists’ varied takes on the seductive and corruptive nature of excessive riches Hell hath no fury like a pop icon scorned, and nobody does indignant financial rage better than Rihanna on the impeccable Bitch Better Have My Money. Hummed under the breath of many a freelancer …
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People don’t need catchprases: they need resources and empowerment so they can secure good green jobs Anna Markova is the Trades Union Congress’s co-lead on climate and industrial policy If you really want to know what a just transition looks like, don’t start with the official speeches of Cop26. Ideally, don’t even ask me. Ask …
Fourteen-year-old was bundled into car in Bradford by gang who wanted £10,000 ransom, court heard A schoolboy who was thought to have made money trading in bitcoin was kidnapped by a gang who demanded £10,000 for his safe return, a court heard. The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was confronted outside a …
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After six months and 15 visits by Openreach technicians BT still left us without a working connection Back in March I placed an order with BT for “superfast enhanced” broadband for the community centre which I help run as a volunteer in Hastings. It is now almost six months on and we are no nearer …
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