Platform popular with US far right has faced an uncertain future after being essentially forced offline Parler, the social media platform favored by the US far right, has dismissed its CEO John Matze. Continue reading… Platform popular with US far right has faced an uncertain future after being essentially forced offline Parler, the social media …
The Amazon founder’s relentless quest for ‘customer ecstasy’ made him one of the world’s richest people – now he’s looking to the unlimited resources of space. Is he the genius our age of consumerism deserves? The first thing I ever bought on Amazon was an edutainment DVD for babies. I don’t recall making the purchase, …
Lockdown helped company make £19.4bn but it has not stated how much tax it paid in the UK last year Jeff Bezos and the world Amazon made | Long Read Amazon’s UK sales soared by 51% last year to a record $26.5bn (£19.4bn) as people trapped at home due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns turned …
Strategic shift beyond music content helps streaming service to grow advertising income by 29% to €281m Spotify recorded a doubling in podcast listening hours in the fourth quarter of 2020, as locked-down listeners hunting for entertainment tuned in to Michelle Obama and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, driving a Wall Street-beating 24% year-on-year increase …
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The internet might not be as funny as real life but it is funny. We asked comedians to tell us how funny. Here’s what Sam Taunton said Years ago an electrician came around to replace the light fittings at my ex-girlfriend’s all-female sharehouse. He walked in, announced he’d forgotten his toolbox, asked to use the …
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Paying $14.99 a month for workout videos when you can find them free on YouTube might seem pricey, but Josh Taylor finds some advantages I abandoned my paltry selection of panic-bought fitness equipment and the hastily cobbled-together workout videos from my local gym fairly quickly over the course of Melbourne’s 2020 lockdowns. But there was …
Having stepped down as Amazon’s chief executive the billionaire is ‘super passionate’ about many other projects Inside the mind of Jeff Bezos A quarter of a century after he founded Amazon in a Seattle garage, Jeff Bezos announced this week that he is preparing to loosen his grip on the $1.7tn (£1.2tn) company. The billionaire …
Scientists at MIT have taken the leafy greens online – in the hope they will be able to warn about explosives Name: Spinach. Age: About 2,000 years old, originating, it is said, in Persia. Continue reading… Scientists at MIT have taken the leafy greens online – in the hope they will be able to warn …
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From lonely birds to legal eagles, our critics share their favourite digital diversions to combat the boredom and uncertainty of the Covid era I’m not sure why I keep going back to Cloudpunk (PS4, Xbox, PC, Switch). The sprawling, dystopian city of Nivalis is every bit the future imagined by the cyberpunk fiction of the …
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Lack of exclusive content for streaming gaming service hits plan to compete with Nintendo and Sony Google has shuttered its internet game development studio, the company has announced, and is all but abandoning the idea that Stadia, its groundbreaking streaming service, could be a top-tier competitor to traditional games consoles. In a blogpost from Phil …
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