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Labor says the payments are ‘offensive’ given the cost of the NBN has blown out by $6bn and there’s been a nationwide recession The government-owned company responsible for building and operating the National Broadband Network paid its staff and executives $77m in bonuses between July and December last year, new documents reveal. New data released …

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Need your hair cut? Cake served? No problem! Lockdown has led millions to discover the work of Joseph Herscher and friends, whose absurdly complicated ‘labour-saving’ machines reveal the potential for magic in the everyday “It’s one thing to maim myself,” says Joseph Herscher. “But maiming someone else? I’m not sure I could live with that. …

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The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty China blocks access to Clubhouse app after surge in user numbers Part talkback radio, part conference call, part Houseparty, Clubhouse is a social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations, interviews and discussions between interesting …

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Purchase by Shpock owner Adevinta could lead to less choice for consumers, says watchdog A $9.2bn (£6.5bn) deal to create the world’s largest classified ads business could reduce consumer choice and increase the fees people are charged for advertising goods online, Britain’s competition watchdog has warned. Shpock operator Adevinta’s proposed purchase of Gumtree from eBay …

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Exclusive: officials say the employees tested negatively but were sent notifications telling them to self-isolate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Thousands of Amazon workers received the wrong Coronavirus test results after a mistake meant they were given inaccurate information by test and trace. The Guardian understands that 3,853 staff members at …

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Cryptocurrency value up 75% since start of year spurred by prominent business people Bitcoin soared through the key $50,000 level on Tuesday for the first time as the growing acceptance of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency among large banks and investment funds continued to draw in mainstream investors. After a meteoric rise in which its value …

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The troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well In 2010, Time magazine made Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year. It described Facebook’s mission as being to “tame the howling …

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Controversy over former president’s ban has prompted letters from activists and record 9,000 comments Facebook is expected to announce imminently whether it will allow Donald Trump to return to the platform after banning him more than a month ago. The decision will be the most consequential yet made by Facebook’s Oversight Board, a group of …

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Despite protestations from both companies, the Australian parliament is set to pass legislation it says is needed to boost public interest journalism The Australian parliament is poised to pass a landmark media law that would make Google and Facebook pay news publishers for displaying their content. The Australian law is separate to a deal Facebook …

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App was cut off by major service providers amid accusations that it failed to police violent content related to the deadly attack Parler, a social media service popular with American rightwing users that virtually vanished after the US Capitol riot, re-launched on Monday and said its new platform was built on “sustainable, independent technology”. In …

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