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“Amazon changes the rules all the time without explanation,” Mr. Atkinson said. “I realize they’re not a charity, but a small company like ours doesn’t stand a chance.”James Thomson, a former Amazon executive who is the chief strategy officer at the marketing consultancy Buy...
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“Those movies all kept coming out as No. 1,” said Ms. Salke, referring to the films’ performances on Amazon Prime. “Every time we launched one, the next one would eclipse the next one. We were training our audience to know that we would have...
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Argos is preparing to offshore the work of its Milton Keynes-based digital team to Mumbai, India, having determined its contractors to be working inside IR35, Computer Weekly understands.
The job responsibilities of around 50 contractors and permanent employees who make up the Argos digital team –...
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.The internet has created an abundance of information and entertainment, and it’s great.But we don’t yet have perfect ways to find movies, books, music, information and activities...
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is providing free devices to people with learning disabilities to keep them connected with friends and family.
As part of the government’s new Digital Lifeline scheme, 5,000 tablets will be provided to people with learning disabilities who...
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A German court has convicted a 33-year-old man for making cyber extortion and bomb threats against the NHS at the height of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, following an international investigation led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA).
Emil A – who cannot...
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In China, don’t question the heroes.At least seven people over the past week have been threatened, detained or arrested after casting doubt over the government’s account of the deaths of Chinese soldiers during a clash last year with Indian troops. Three of them are...
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E-commerce has evolved over the past year as lockdown life has made online transactions a necessity rather than a choice, but much of the conversation has revolved around the sheer extent and proliferation of online purchases, rather than the nuanced ways that brands have had to...
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Amsterdam is preparing to negotiate environmental targets with datacentre operators after city representatives passed a regulatory statement that raised the environmental concerns of its left-leaning council chamber without imposing “strict” rules that it had threatened for the data-tech sector.The Netherlands capital’s long-awaited datacentre policy, in preparation...
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Passengers on board a United Airlines flight from Denver to Honolulu had several moments of terror on Feb. 20 when their plane, a Boeing 777-200, experienced a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff, causing a massive bang and sending debris raining down over a quiet...
