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Firm increased business expenses in 2021 after former chancellor introduced 130% ‘super-deduction’ relief scheme Amazon could be off the hook for tax in the UK for at least two more years after benefiting from reliefs brought in by Rishi Sunak during the pandemic, a report suggests. The research from the Fair Tax Foundation indicates that …

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Controversy over Google’s AI program is raising questions about just how powerful it is. Is it even safe? In autumn 2021, a man made of blood and bone made friends with a child made of “a billion lines of code”. Google engineer Blake Lemoine had been tasked with testing the company’s artificially intelligent chatbot LaMDA …

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Inside the protests taking place at the online giant which is accused of exploiting workers and awarding derisory pay offers Amazon workers say they are working in a “sweatshop” as safety concerns and worries about the cost of living crisis have triggered walkouts at warehouses around the country. The Observer has spoken to four staff …

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The titular ‘social audio’ app was a would-be $1bn unicorn in the pandemic, but its recent decline has exposed it as just another Silicon Valley solution in need of a problem to solve In March 2020, a new app suddenly arrived on the block. It was called Clubhouse and described as a “social audio” app …

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Klerb is ideal for finding companions who share your taste in books, its developer says. Early signs are it will be a bestseller When Tania O’Donnell was dating, she met a man online and went back to his place … where he proudly showed off his book collection. “It was about 20 books on Nazi …

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Dating apps have opened up opportunities to meet more people, but what have they done to our psyche? Emily Witt looks at how they have shifted the way we understand modern love, sex and relationships Over a decade ago, online dating existed through sites such as match.com and OKCupid. But they did not tend to …

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Wellness tech company, which enjoyed a boom in custom during the Covid lockdown, has let 90 of its 400 staff go The US-based meditation app Calm has laid off 20% of its workforce, becoming the latest US tech startup to announce job cuts. The firm’s boss, David Ko, said the company, which has now axed …

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Royal Lyceum, EdinburghUsing a VR headset and an empty stage, Tim Crouch puts his audience at one remove from the Shakespeare play to comment on the world and theatre itself On the back wall there is a notice saying: “Please rinse and sanitise.” Over to the right a poster from Equity, the union for performers …

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It started with blocky players and electronic crowd noise, now it boasts intelligent animation and specific movement capture for the women’s game Earlier this year, at the famed La Romareda stadium in Zaragoza, Spain, EA Sports organised two football matches, one each for male and female pro players. During these competitive 90-minute fixtures, all participants, …

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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the celestial spectacle, the last super moon of of 2022 Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast With a ‘sturgeon’ supermoon rising, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, …

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