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Jools and Jim get in the driving seat – podcasts of the week

Jim Moir and Jools Holland talk memorable trips with celebrity guests on their Joyride podcast. Plus: seeing the world differently, and racial inequalities in healthcare Jools and Jim’s Joyride Jim Moir and Jools Holland are the latest celebrities bringing escapist joy with their transport-themed podcast. It’s a laid-back affair, with the pair reluctant to hog …

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‘Mr Emmer, are you OK?’: Congressman appears upside down in virtual hearing – video

US congressman Tom Emmer appeared to be floating upside down on screen during a virtual congressional committee hearing, shifting the mood of the meeting. Emmer’s peculiar on-screen appearance prompted chairwoman Maxine Waters to ask if he was ok while other lawmakers commented ‘at least he’s not a cat’ referring to the viral video of a …

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Clubhouse app: what is it and how do you get an invite to the audio app Elon Musk uses?

The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty 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 people on various topics – it is just like tuning in …

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Romeo & Juliet review – Verona is a dystopia in trailblazing tragedy

Available onlineSam Tutty and Emily Redpath star in an ambitious new version of Shakespeare’s play created with digital wizardry The warring houses of Montague and Capulet are living in a “near future” in this cutting-edge digital production, set in a disturbed world in which rich families and urban gangs have been forced to live, cheek-by-jowl, …

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Facebook moderators ‘told not to discuss working conditions’

Workers in Dublin office claim US company used NDAs to try to stop them talking to Leo Varadkar Facebook has been accused of using nondisclosure agreements to try to build a “wall of secrecy” and prevent its moderators from discussing working conditions with Leo Varadkar, the Irish tánaiste (deputy PM). The moderators claim that Facebook …

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Google apps feel strain as firm’s privacy standoff with Apple drags on

Google failure to update more than 80 apps to comply with Apple’s ‘nutrition label’ requirement means users are being told apps are out of date Google’s privacy standoff with Apple has lasted so long that even the company’s own apps are complaining about it. Since early December, Apple has required any iOS app to include …

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Pvt Chat review – refreshingly grownup take on virtual sex

This mumblecore drama about a man’s obsession with an online sex worker is uncomfortably funny and semi-insightful In a 2016 Vanity Fair article, Nancy Jo Sales wrote about prostitution going mainstream, describing a new economy of young people selling their bodies to pay off student loans or just to get by in the tough economic …

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Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal to star in The Last of Us TV series

The Game of Throne actors will take on the roles of Ellie and Joel in HBO’s adaptation of the blockbuster video game Game of Thrones actors Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal – who also stars in Disney’s Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian – have been cast in HBO’s television adaptation of blockbusting video game series …

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