Lockdown or no lockdown, the video-call date is here to stay. Experts reveal how to look your best, keep the conversation flowing and turn that online spark into a face-to-face meeting As if first dates aren’t awkward enough, along comes video dating to add an extra layer of tech frustration and misinterpreted body language to …
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Government wants its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and Zoom Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. Ethiopia has been engulfed for the past year in …
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Constance Bailey, 13, was offered a place at Hammond school but her mother could not afford the £90,000 needed A teenage ballerina with autism from the toughest housing estate in Leeds will be able to take up her place at one of the UK’s most prestigious dance schools after Guardian readers and others chipped in …
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Escape to 1980s Oregon, get stuck in an art deco assassin game or liberate a Caribbean island with the help of a dog in this feast of new titles An indie game set in a beautiful lake town with a small cast of locals. Driving around and delivering mail in 1980s Oregon is not exactly …
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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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