Month: January 2022

The IRS will look into the digital payment service accounts of small businesses, freelancers and independent contractors A new tax rule will impact millions of small businesses in 2022. You can thank one small change buried in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Let’s suppose you’re a small business owner or freelancer, and you …

There’s a new tax rule for US small business owners. What to make of it? | Gene Mark Read More »

We look at who will be making headlines this year, in both a positive and negative light Toby Helm Continue reading… We look at who will be making headlines this year, in both a positive and negative light Toby Helm Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian

Smoother skin, slimmer faces, plumper lips … how unattainable ideals are harming young users Popping a beautifying filter on the TikTok video she was filming seemed harmless to Mia. It made it look as though she had done her makeup, took away the hint of a double chin that always bothered her, and gently altered …

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Democracies have finally begun to confront the internet giants and their unrivalled and untrammelled power The thing about history is that it sometimes repeats itself. As far as the tech industry is concerned, we saw that in the year just ended and it looks as though we’re about to see it again in the year …

As a new year dawns expect a fresh assault on big tech | John Naughton Read More »

Our business writers pick their contenders for the headlines in 2022, from startups to venerable high street favourites In all likelihood, BT will be under new ownership, or at the least involved in a takeover battle, in June next year. The billionaire Patrick Drahi has been assiduously building his stake in the British telecoms giant, …

From flying taxis to painless vaccines: seven businesses to watch this year Read More »

To find out why Finland is the happiest place in the world, the photographer visited a steam room in Helsinki In 2019, the UN named Finland the happiest place in the world, and Manuel Vazquez and journalist Ana Alfageme were sent by a Spanish magazine to find out why. Saunas are a big part of …

‘Sauna patrons just sit on the icy street’: Manuel Vazquez’s best phone picture Read More »