New home in shape of boulder is first legally habitable property with load-bearing walls made using 3D-printing technology A Dutch couple have become Europe’s first tenants of a fully 3D printed house in a development that its backers believe will open up a world of choice in the shape and style of the homes of …
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Company makes $8.1bn profit for quarter as positive economic reports suggest US shaking off worst of pandemic recession Amazon’s sales increased 44% to $108.5bn in the first three months of the year as the company’s pandemic boom continued into 2021. The sales figures from the online shopping and web services giant came after the release …
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The company says it’s creating a viable alternative for readers and writers – but is it trying to have its cake and eat it? Since launching in 2017, Substack has been touting itself as a “better future for news.” Their offering was simple: email newsletters with an option for subscribers to pay monthly fees for …
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Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the …
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Users based in India noted on Twitter that the #ResignModi hashtag had been blocked from view on Facebook A hashtag calling for the resignation of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was briefly blocked on Facebook on Wednesday, hiding more than 12,000 posts critical of the Indian government as the coronavirus pandemic spirals out of …
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Company, which brought in $89.6bn, has thrived during the pandemic as consumers bought more products Apple executives announced another quarter of record revenue on Wednesday, with growth driven in large part by a continued surge in sales. Earnings surpassed analysts’ expectations across categories, with revenue up 54% to nearly $90bn. Sales in China doubled, Mac …
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Despite a slew of antitrust hearings, an operating system update threat, and reports of a data leak, the company’s revenue rose to $26.17bn Facebook earnings beat analyst expectations Wednesday, bolstered by pandemic-driven traffic and ad sales. The positive earnings report for Facebook comes despite a number of roadblocks for the company in previous months – …
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Proposals come days after two men using Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system were killed in a crash near Houston US automakers have outlined principles designed to encourage drivers to pay attention to the road while driving partially automated vehicles as political scrutiny of the technology intensifies following a series of fatal crashes. The proposals, published yesterday …
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A brother and sister try to escape a satanic spell in this cruddy horror story shot entirely on smartphones In some corner of a US nowheresville town, sad-sack musician-schoolteacher Leo (Joey Millin) gets a call from his mom begging him to pick up his screw-up of a sister Virginia (Madison West). Virginia has had an …
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Relatives of Lee Kun-hee to donate 23,000 artworks to South Korean national museums The family of the late Samsung Electronics chair Lee Kun-hee have said they will pay more than 12tn won (£7.8bn) in inheritance tax and donate his collection of more than 23,000 artworks – including pieces by Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat …
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