Payment platform offers service for bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and bitcoin cash PayPal is to allow users in the UK to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies through the payment platform for the first time. The firm said it would allow customers to choose from four types of cryptocurrency – bitcoin, rthereum, litecoin and bitcoin cash – …
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The correspondent who went on to put the first Guardian content online recalls the chance news item in 1981 that opened up the possibilities of home computing and kicked off the paper’s dedicated coverage of a social revolution Technology isn’t a beat with a natural affinity for nostalgia. The industry thrives on its futuristic image, …
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Latest collaboration puts great sound behind fabric art panel that can be hung or leant against a wall The latest device from Ikea’s novel partnership with the wifi-speaker maker Sonos is a bit different: a speaker hidden in a picture frame. The Symfonisk picture frame costs £179 ($199) and joins Ikea’s other unusual speakers – …
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Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costs Before she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance Bailey’s audition immediately made her feel different. “Everyone else arrived in these really fancy cars – there were all …
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Whether it’s chatting with small children, planning occasions or finding ways to socialise off-camera, after 18 months of lockdowns we’ve learned what works With many parts of Australia still in lockdown, connecting with others can feel increasingly challenging. Whether video calls are stifling your usual banter with friends, or the problem is actually hearing them …
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According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency? Dr Anna Lembke, a world-leading expert on addiction, is concerned about my “phone problem”. During our interview I confess, in passing, to having an …
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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of taking pictures of this month’s blue moon, also known as a sturgeon moon When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a …
The startling rise to wealth of the nation’s entrepreneurs has been an affront to Beijing’s political philosophy and increasingly, a threat to the communist party In a Politburo group study session on 23 November 2015, China’s president, Xi Jinping, recommended the book Capital in the Twenty-First Century by the French economist Thomas Piketty. “The rich …
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A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hope Explainer: what are UK workers’ rights when asked to return? Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Not so long ago it may have seemed more like a futuristic vision of the workplace – …
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They are good for the environment and your wallet but there can be pitfalls. Here’s how to grab a bargain safely in the UK Smartphones are a key part of modern life but with prices routinely in excess of £1,000 for the latest high-end handsets, should you be considering cheaper secondhand or refurbished models instead? …
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