The company has set an example in the fight against carbon – but it retains ties to obstructionist groups When the UN’s landmark climate report was released in 2018, calling for urgent and unprecedented changes, Microsoft executives were told to “commit it to memory”, said Elizabeth Willmott, who leads the company’s carbon program. “And so …
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From smartphones to tablets and headphones to laptop bags, there is plenty to choose from If you are stuck for ideas for Christmas gifts this year and looking for something more exciting than socks, here are some gadgets that might be just the ticket. From folding phones, headphones and VR headsets to smart speakers and …
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Apple is offering repair kits from next year so the Guardian spent a day in a specialist shop to see how it’s done When fixing an iPhone screen, you have to be careful with the heat gun – the clue is in the name. If you overheat the handset you can damage the insides even …
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Investors have salivated over the Illinois automaker – but juggernauts like Ford and GM still have plenty of advantages Normal, Illinois, a town of just 55,000 people, could be the future of car manufacturing, according to Wall Street traders, at least. Six hours’ drive away in Detroit, home of the US auto industry for more …
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There’s a wide choice of options, from credit cards to buy now, pay later services such as Klarna Buying festive gifts used to be so simple but the march of technology, Covid and other factors have shaken things up and led to a dizzying array of payment options. Buy something on the fashion website Boohoo, …
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Losing 10m followers on sites such as Instagram is a price worth paying for co-founder of ethical beauty empire Quitting social media is hard to do, even when it doesn’t cost you anything. So when Lush’s chief executive, Mark Constantine, shut its thousands of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok accounts on Friday, the biggest shopping …
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Israeli spyware firm goes from bad to worse as scathing Apple lawsuit follows US blacklisting Shalev Hulio, the co-founder of Israel’s NSO Group, was in Washington DC on a mission to try to resuscitate the surveillance company’s battered reputation on Capitol Hill shortly before the news broke that he had probably arrived too late to …
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Activists target distribution network to highlight company’s treatment of workers and environmental impact Climate activists have blockaded Amazon distribution centres across the UK to highlight the company’s treatment of its workforce and what they say are its “environmentally destructive and wasteful business practices”. Scores of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists locked themselves together and used bamboo …
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PC, Xbox One/Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5; FrogwaresThe detective returns to his childhood island home to solve an elegant series of cases in this lively open-world story Developer Frogwares has been making games about the world’s most famous detective for a long time now, but Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is the most personal. A 21-year-old Sherlock …
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Gamers are making millions by playing in front of audiences on platforms like Twitch. But when fame and money counts on you always being on, can you ever switch off? It is June 2018, and I am sitting at a table in a needlessly fancy restaurant in LA with a bunch of teenagers. Well, some …
