Recent changes have driven down pay for drivers, including a reduction in minimum pay for long distance trips Socializing, parties and late night trips are all coming back as the coronavirus pandemic recedes in the US and along with them has come a surge in the price of calling a cab. It’s good news for …
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AirPods rivals have top sound, battery and translation features but cost significantly less Google’s latest AirPods competitors, the Pixel Buds A-Series, get a big price cut and a slightly more comfortable design. The new Bluetooth earbuds take a cue from Google’s cheaper but great A-Series phones, cutting a few features to cost £100 (US$99) – …
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The Booker prize-winning author on Mare of Easttown, her favourite lockdown park and the fearsome power of folk music Born in Dublin in 1962, Anne Enright studied English and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin and received an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. Formerly an RTE television producer, she has written …
Owner of video-sharing app also reports a 93% increase in gross profit to $19bn in 2020 ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, more than doubled its revenues last year as usage of the hugely popular video app boomed. The company, which last year weathered pressure from Donald Trump to sell its US operation as part …
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Meet the man trying to pick up the pieces after being brutally fired by Hanks. Plus: an extraordinary investigation into sinister goings on at the British military training camp MotherhackerThe second season of this bingeable podcast opens with Bridget (Carrie Coon) caught up in even more chaos since the pandemic hit. Her Tesla has been …
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Auto regulators have opened probes into crashes involving 10 deaths where the company’s Autopilot system was in use US safety regulators have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where an advanced driver assistance system was suspected to have been in use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a …
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FCA says the digital assets appear to have become more normalised and viewed less as a gamble The number of UK adults who hold cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin has risen to an estimated 2.3 million, despite warnings from regulators and the head of the Bank of England that people should be prepared to lose all …
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With workers outside the ‘castle walls’ of their companies, criminals have it easier – and cryptocurrency hasn’t helped Ransomware has roared into the headlines in recent weeks after criminal hacking networks, tentatively linked to Russia, launched attacks on the major US meat packing plant JBS and the nation’s largest fuel pipeline. Joe Biden and his …
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Analysis of 20,000 mobile apps that ask for sensitive information shows that some track users across different platforms Nine out of 10 mobile health apps collect and track user data, according to a new global study. The research published in the British Medical Journal conducted in-depth analysis of more than 20,000 mobile health apps on …
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Switch; NintendoFrom Mario Kart racers to 2D platforms, this charming game-maker gives you access to the Nintendo toolkit One of the most wonderful elements of Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker titles, which give players the chance to build their own platformers, is that they provide a glimpse at how Nintendo thinks about game design. You get …
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