Company is latest big US firm to offer education-focused perks to workers after Walmart, Target and Kroger Amazon has offered to pay the cost of college tuition fees for 750,000 of its frontline workers, the latest move by a major US company to offer perks to attract and retain staff amid a labour shortage. The …
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Taking the greatest bits of their source material, these games allow players to enter the worlds they love via epic lightsaber battles and balletic flights of fancy While TV shows and movies adapted from games remain, generally, rubbish, there is no such curse the other way round. This seminal James Bond tie-in is the best …
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Prepare for near-past nostalgia, as Anna Wintour and co hail Y2K, via Juicy tracksuits and Sarah Jessica Parker. Plus: a scripted sci-fi adventure with Kesha In Vogue: the 2000sExpect a smart, stylish production full of near-past nostalgia, as the perma-bobbed queen of Vogue herself, Anna Wintour, fronts a podcast on fashion’s enduring obsession with Y2K. …
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Vast range of new regulations on society prompt fears of a return to tight control of pre-reform days On the second floor of a nondescript concrete building in north-east Beijing, the Youyou internet cafe is less than half full. Quiet and dark, the cafe’s customers are all adults, sitting in brown sofas in front of …
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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of taking pictures of the moon When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and take an Instagram-worthy picture, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of. Two reasons: it is very …
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PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC; Deck Nine/Square EnixInteractive possibilities make this dorky tale about a small-town psychic musician strangely absorbing The idea of moving somewhere picturesque for a fresh start is fast becoming as common a trope in video games as it is in TV, film and books. In this slice-of-life melodrama from Colorado …
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End to almost five years of free roaming across Europe will come into effect from 23 May 2022 Three is to reintroduce charges for using their phones when travelling abroad, ending almost five years of free mobile phone roaming across Europe for their customers. Three is the latest of Britain’s biggest mobile companies to bring …
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Wayfarer style specs feature pair of cameras for photos and videos, as well as a microphone and speaker Facebook lives in your pocket, on the web, and, if you’ve bought the company’s Portal video-calling device, even in your kitchen. Now, it wants to find a home on your face. The company has created its first …
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The social media platform is testing a raft of measures to protect users’ privacy and prevent abuse Twitter is trialling a feature that allows users to shrug off unwanted followers without officially blocking them. It provides a less stark alternative to hitting the “block” button – a move that is often publicised across timelines when …
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Doug Field is fourth senior member of the iPhone maker’s car team to leave since February Apple has lost the executive in charge of its below-the-radar car project to Ford, dealing a further blow to the iPhone maker’s automotive ambitions. Doug Field, Apple’s vice-president of special projects, had also worked on Tesla’s Model 3 vehicle …
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