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Are they for real? South Korean girl band offers glimpse into

SEOUL, March 14 (Reuters) – Less than two months ago, the first music video by South Korean girl quartet MAVE: went viral, racking up nearly 20 million views on YouTube and setting the stage for potential global success. At first glance, MAVE: looks like any other idolised K-pop band – except it… Read Full Article […]

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inEU Regulators Target Apple Over App Store Rules

BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday narrowed their case against Apple (AAPL.O), saying its App Store rules that prevent developers from informing users of other purchasing options violate the bloc’s rules against unfair trading conditions. The European Commission,… Read Full Article Here Source link

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UK

CCTV shows horrific moment driver ploughs into crowd outside pub

CCTV footage shows the horrific moment a driver deliberately crashed into a group of people gathered outside a pub on a Saturday night last year. Gavin Chesterman, 31, from Pontypool, Wales, was jailed for 40 months for the incident which took place on January 29 last year, WalesOnline reports. Disturbing footage from a nearby video […]

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Celebrities

Homes Under The Hammer’s Martin Roberts’ wife reacts to pub

The 59-year-old has big plans to renovate the derelict pub located in Blaencwm in Wales. The BBC favourite said he planned to reopen the pub for the community but didn’t initially tell his wife Kirsty Roberts. The small-screen star revealed she was left “surprised” but his supportive wife of 13 years was also intrigued by […]

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UK

Pub orders children to remain seated after ‘number of injuries’

A pub has told parents their youngsters must remain seated at the table following three incidents where children were injured. The venue said they had to introduce the new policy following a health and safety evaluation. The Victoria Park pub in Bristol has said it still welcomes and “values” young guests “immensely” and has declined […]

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Technology

Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree, refocuses

Jan 20 (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is cutting about 12,000 jobs as it faces “a different economic reality”, it said in a staff memo, doubling down on artificial intelligence (AI) and axing staff who support experimental projects. The job cuts affect 6% of its workforce, and follows thousands of layoffs at tech […]

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Entertainment

Nasdaq eyes higher open on Netflix boost

Netflix co-founder Hastings steps down as CEO Google parent Alphabet to lay off 12,000 workers SLB up after beating Q4 profit estimates Futures mixed: Nasdaq up 0.68%, Dow down 0.03%, S&P up 0.23% Jan 20 (Reuters) – Nasdaq futures rose on Friday, after Netflix kicked off the earnings season for the growth sector on a […]

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Apple appeals investigation by UK competition watchdog

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) has filed an appeal against an investigation by Britain’s competition watchdog into the dominance of its mobile browsers in the cloud gaming market. Last November, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Britain’s competition regulator, launched a full investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers on concerns […]

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Technology

Didi Global’s ride-hailing app back on Apple app stores in China

BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Chinese technology company Didi Global’s domestic ride-hailing app has returned to China’s domestic Apple app store (AAPL.O), according to checks by Reuters on Friday. It also returned to some Android app stores on Tuesday. read more Didi has been awaiting approval to resume new user registrations and downloads of its […]

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Apple rolls out Macbooks with new M2 chips in rare January launch

Jan 17 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday unveiled MacBooks powered by its new and faster M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in a surprise launch weeks ahead of its usual schedule. The roll-out of the devices using Apple’s latest versions of the M2 chip, which it debuted last year, is an outgrowth of […]