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US West Coast fires: Row over climate change’s role as Trump visits
Democratic politicians on the US West Coast have accused President Donald Trump of being in denial about climate change's role in the huge wildfires there, before his visit to California.
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Hong Kong set the bar for charter cities. But it’s not a blueprint that can be transported
What is a charter city?
International charter cities were first conceived by economist Paul Romer in the late 2000s.Hong Kong was itself the original inspiration for many!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Working from home: The rise of the DIY office
People around the world scrambled to work from home when the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold. While many are now being encouraged to return to the office, plenty have no plans to go back yet.It's resulted in the creation of some!-->…
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Government must safeguard ARM’s UK HQ, says Labour
The British government should step in to ensure that Cambridge-based chip-maker ARM keeps its headquarters in the UK, Labour has said.SoftBank, which bought ARM in 2016, is in advanced talks to sell the company to US-based Nvidia.The!-->…
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TikTok sale deadline won’t be extended, says Trump
The Chinese owner of TikTok has until 15 September – and not a day longer – to find an American buyer for the video-sharing app, or face being banned in the US, according to President Donald Trump.“There will be no extension of the TikTok!-->…
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Marvel’s Avengers: Gaming can be ‘more personal’ than movies
Thor spins his hammer Mjolnir, and smashes a robot from outer space to smithereens.
He's defending planet earth, a job he's been doing for nearly 50 years in comics, on TV and - most notably recently - in films.
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‘Scammer cloned my business on Instagram’
In the last weekend of August, when Emma Heathcote-James had been looking forward to a relaxing bank-holiday break, she instead found herself fighting to save her company's reputation.She had just discovered the Instagram page for her!-->…
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Coronavirus: England and Wales’ contact-tracing app gets launch date
A new Covid-19 contact-tracing app will be launched across England and Wales on 24 September, the government has announced.The app will let people scan barcode-like QR codes to register visits to hospitality venues and will implement Apple!-->…
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The man who owned 3,000 cameras
One of the largest camera collections in the world is hidden away in a village hall in a Fife coastal town - but hardly anybody knows it is there.
At least 3,000 cameras, including some dating back well over a century, belonged to the!-->!-->!-->…
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Xbox blinks first by pricing Xbox Series X ahead of Sony’s PS5
Microsoft has revealed what its next flagship games console will cost, opting to do so before its rival Sony.There had been much speculation about whether the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 would be first to be priced.Last time around, !-->…
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