Delivery bookings rose 166% from the same period last year, although ride hailing bookings were down 38% Uber saw record demand in the first quarter as its food delivery business grew while lockdowns ended and more customers hailed rides. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday that its bookings jumped 24% to an all time high …
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Analysts say Elon Musk’s turn as host of Saturday Night Live will raise its profile yet further It is perhaps the ultimate symbol of late capitalism: a digital currency that started as a joke, now worth more than the Ford motor company, BP or Tesco. Riding a wave of speculative interest despite Covid-19 triggering the …
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So many hours spent on the internet, so many bizarre and incredible things for this Australian comedian to show you Do you remember a time when you weren’t on the internet? I sure don’t, or at least the special version they gave us at gifted school so we did not become Troubled. But sometimes I …
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Analysis: Ruling stopped short of making final decision, deepening questions over the oversight board’s effectiveness Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump’s Facebook account should not be reinstated. But it stopped short of making a final decision, saying Facebook itself must decide what to do with the former president’s account. The move has …
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Trump’s account suspended in wake of Capitol attack Board says Facebook should make final decision in six months Donald Trump’s Facebook account should not be reinstated, the social media giant’s oversight board said on Wednesday, barring an imminent return to the platform. However, the board has punted the final decision over Trump’s account back to …
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The oversight board has ruled that the former president must remain suspended for now but also asserted its independence The US supreme court is defined by Marbury vs Madison, an 1803 case in which the court ruled that it had the power to strike down laws. It was a pivotal moment for the court, less …
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Jet suit developer Gravity Industries has joined forces with the Royal Marines to test its latest product for maritime boarding operations. The company said it spent three days with 42 Commando Royal Marines off the south coast of the UK. The suit was tested in exercises between two moving vessels as an alternative to boarding via helicopter …
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Jerry Lawson led the invention of cartridges, Ed Smith made a hybrid console/PC, and designer Muriel Tramis won France’s highest honour for bringing history into play. How many more names are forgotten? In the 1970s, in the fledgling days of the video games industry, an engineer named Gerald “Jerry” Lawson designed one of the earliest …
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Lack of prenuptial agreement with Bill Gates could herald $73bn divorce settlement as fears focus on future of couple’s charity Melinda Gates, a philanthropist and campaigner for female empowerment, could be about to become the world’s second-richest woman, with a fortune estimated at $73bn. In her divorce petition filed on Monday at King County superior …
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Keep checking your smartphone without knowing why? You may be unconsciously copying those around you, according to Italian research into the ‘chameleon effect’ Name: The Chameleon Effect. Age: About 22 years old. It was discovered and named by the sociologist John A Bargh and the social psychologist Tanya L Chartrand, who published a paper about …
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