‘That the young girl in the foreground was a soldier with a gun on her knee is an integral part of that moment’ Dina Alfasi has often said that her favourite place to shoot is on the train. It’s not only a mobile studio with, as she puts it, great natural light and interesting subjects; …
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From town hall meetings to QR codes and crowdfunding, three environmental campaigners share the practical tips that helped make their work effective If you’ve ever signed a petition, written a cranky letter to your local MP or joined a protest there’s a good chance you’ve been part of an grassroots campaign, but what does it …
Analysis: After the Huawei chief’s detention, the saga rapidly turned from a narrow legal dispute into an escalating battle The deal allowing Meng Wanzhou to return home to China nearly three years after her arrest will come as a relief to all the participants in a saga that rapidly turned from a narrow legal dispute …
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Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founder Facebook paid $4.9bn more than necessary to the US Federal Trade Commission in a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal in order to protect Mark Zuckerberg, a lawsuit has claimed. The lawsuit alleges that the size of the $5bn settlement was driven …
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Country steps up its campaign to block use of unofficial digital money China’s central bank has declared illegal all transactions involving bitcoin and other virtual currencies, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. The price of bitcoin fell more than 8% immediately after the announcement, dropping to just over $41,000 (£30,000). …
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Experts say it would make sense to expand 007’s appeal into fresh media but Barbara Broccoli resists call ‘Bondmania’: cinemas hire extra staff ahead of No Time To Die release James Bond’s next mission should be a TV spin-off as 007 contemplates his future in the streaming era, according to experts, but the secret agent’s …
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Partnership with new platform LaCollection aims to inspire next generation of art collectors The British Museum is venturing into the emerging world of non-fungible tokens by partnering with a new platform to launch digital postcards of the work of Katsushika Hokusai. NFTs – unique digital assets stored on the blockchain – have gripped the arts …
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Contracted workers doing the same jobs for less pay and no job security are exposing the tech company’s workplace inequalities Ben Gwin works for Google Shopping in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Though he is technically a temporary worker at the tech giant, Gwin and 65 of his colleagues are now represented by the United Steelworkers union. The …
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We lived in our dream home. Then suddenly a huge chasm split our town. Rather than buy a new home for the move, we decided to transplant the house I moved to Malmberget – a town in the far north of Sweden, above the Arctic Circle – from a nearby village when I was four. …
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The escapades of the famously Italian brothers will be portrayed by a non-Italian voice cast in an upcoming animated film Thirty years since his first appearance in a video game, Mario is facing his biggest battle yet: on Twitter. The cast of an upcoming feature film based on the escapades of Mario and his motley …
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