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The Bridgerton star joins forces with Camilla Whitehill for a glorious send-up of rural Ireland. Plus: an absorbing investigation in Mississippi Goddam, and Esther Perel returns Whistle Through the Shamrocks (from 1 Nov)Nicola Coughlan teams up with Camilla Whitehill for a glorious comedy podcast that exploits all the Brit-bashing, potato-munching cliches of rural Ireland. While …

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Mark Zuckerberg has revealed a glimpse of Facebook’s plans to built the “metaverse” – a digital world built over our own, comprising virtual reality headsets and augmented reality. The product launch came as the social media giant announced it will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as …

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The rebrand comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises The announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta in a virtual-reality rebrand has prompted dismay and bemusement. On Thursday, Zuckerberg said Meta would encompass Facebook as well as …

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Despite posting a lower than expected revenue, iPhone 13 sales nearly doubled while iPad sales grew by 21% Apple shares slid slightly on Thursday after the company announced lower than expected revenue in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company posted a quarterly revenue of $83.4bn, up 29% year over year but still short of …

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Share price down 4% in after-hours trading on news that third-quarter earnings fell to $3.2bn compared with $3.6bn last year Amazon’s profits declined by the largest percentage in more than four years as the online giant said it has spent heavily on coping with the pandemic and delivered a downbeat forecast for the holiday season. …

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises. Zuckerberg made the announcement at Facebook’s annual conference on Thursday, where he outlined his vision for the ‘metaverse’ – a digital …

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‘Correct masculine response’ to newborn is for men to work harder, says venture capitalist A multimillionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist has refused to apologise for calling men in “important positions” who take six months paternity leave “losers”. Joe Lonsdale, a founder of software giant Palantir Technologies, made the comment on Twitter in response to Pete …

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The company, now rebranded Meta, already has a foothold in the digital world. How far will it go to see it succeed? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday outlined his vision for the future of the social media giant, formalizing the company’s focus on the metaverse. In a presentation at the company’s annual Connect conference, …

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Holding company will encompass Facebook as well as its apps, such as Instagram and WhatsApp, and the virtual reality brand Oculus Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as the company faces an ongoing series of public relations …

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Scam known as ‘brushing’ is deployed to increase ranking in Amazon search system More than 1m British households may have been targeted by a scam in which sellers on Amazon Marketplace send unsolicited packages to addresses in order to artificially increase their sales numbers, according to research. The technique, known as “brushing”, involves sending items …

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