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This popular digital bathroom scale gives you a full-body insight and is currently reduced to less than £24 on Amazon By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 12:50 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 12:50 GMT, 27 November 2020 If there was ever a time to pay more attention to our lifestyle choices it’s now, and … Read more
France has hit Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook with tax bills totalling hundreds of millions of dollars in a fresh crackdown on tech giants by European regulators. The new levy will see the firms taxed 3 per cent on earnings from online sales, digital advertising and the sale of private data. France first introduced the … Read more
Reading digital text on a small screen like a smartwatch slows you down by a fifth even if you have normal vision, study finds US researchers explored how display and font sizes can impact reading speed They found you need at least 13 characters per line for 80 per cent of max speed This falls … Read more
Bosses of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said audiences are suffering from ‘digital fatigue’ – and said events will not return to normal until 2022. The world famous arts event was cancelled for the first time this summer, but the Fringe Society said venues may not be able to reopen next year if two metre social … Read more
In the same week the British Treasury announced new proposals to help maintain access to physical cash, around 50,000 people in China were handed 200 digital yuan, around £23, each. Much in the way the UK government handed out ‘helicopter money’ to those eating out to help out in August, China’s version last week had … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will host TIME100 Talk on the State of Our Shared Digital Experience after Duchess compared social media users to drug addicts Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will host edition of TIME100 Talks on Tuesday Talk will bring together experts advocates, online creators and journalists Conversation will discuss pursuit of a … Read more
Amazon will NOT be impacted by £500m digital services tax – but smaller retailers will be, HMRC admits Two per cent on tax on internet giants will not impact Amazon, HMRC admits Treasury said Digital Services Tax would make companies pay ‘fair contribution’ Business leaders say the tax is penalising smaller companies who use Amazon … Read more
Making a simple will can ensure your loved ones inherit what you want them to after you die. But what if your family life is not so straightforward? And what about the wealth that you’ve saved up online? As we store more of our lives on the web, including money via banking apps or personal … Read more
Apple is revealing its next-generation iPhone Tuesday that is rumored to include 5G connectivity and boast squared-off edges – but new leaks provide more details of what many are calling the iPhone 12. The smartphone is set to have a 30x zoom camera that is capable of focusing in on objects and people three times … Read more
Video game ‘loot boxes’ could be regulated under gambling laws, ministers said last night. Digital minister Caroline Dinenage issued an appeal for evidence amid claims the boxes may encourage or lead to problem gambling among children. Loot boxes, which can be purchased in many computer games, award players random virtual prizes which can be used … Read more