Month: June 2025

Amazon under UK investigation over alleged failure to pay suppliers on time

Regulator says it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to suspect company breached groceries supply code of practice Business live – latest updates The UK’s grocery industry watchdog has launched an investigation into Amazon over allegations that the retail and technology company is failing to pay its suppliers on time. The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said it had …

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Chris Brown enters not guilty plea over alleged bottle attack at London club

US singer appears in court accused of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm after arrest last month over incident in Mayfair in 2023 The American singer and actor Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. Brown, 36, is accused of …

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Inside a deserted Melbourne shopping mall is a bizarre XR journey into psychosis

The Door in Question uses VR headsets, sound and even smells to create an immersive experience inspired by its creator’s experience with mental illness Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I’ve visited the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Footscray many times but last week I saw it in an entirely different light: as a nightmarish …

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Rough ride: how Uber quietly took more of your fare with its algorithm change

Ride hailing app’s ‘take rate’ – or cut – sometimes reaches more than 50% since introduction of dynamic pricing Uber drivers’ earnings cut after changes to secretive algorithm More than a decade after being one of 19 Uber drivers who took the company to court in 2015, Abdurzak Hadi continues to drive for – and …

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Garmin Forerunner 970 review: the new benchmark for running watches

Premium sports tracker adds built-in torch, smartwatch and accuracy upgrades, plus useful new training tools, but costs far more than rivals Garmin’s new top running watch, the Forerunner 970, has very big shoes to fill as it attempts to replace one of the best training and race companions available. Can a built-in torch, a software …

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‘We’re all connected – but it’s not the connection I imagined’: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding 2

The legendary video game designer discusses directing actors in Mexico from Japan, how Mad Max inspired his career and the unique reason why he wants to go to space Hideo Kojima – the acclaimed video game director who helmed the stealth-action Metal Gear series for decades before founding his own company to make Death Stranding, …

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Many UK Uber drivers earning far less an hour under dynamic pricing, study finds

Algorithm’s launch coincided with company taking bigger cut from fares and raising trip prices, researchers say Many Uber drivers are earning “substantially less” an hour since the ride hailing app introduced a “dynamic pricing” algorithm in 2023 that coincided with the company taking a significantly higher share of fares, research has revealed. The findings are …

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