Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho are the “microworkers” behind your digital life? “I used to have an office but sadly I had to close it down,” says former dentist Michelle Muñoz of her life amid crisis-hit Venezuela. With a collapsed economy and hyperinflation, “people don’t have enough money to afford a […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The number of tourists visiting the UK from China has risen by almost a fifth this summer, the latest figures show. Travel data firm ForwardKeys said that summer flight bookings from long-haul markets were also 6% higher than in the same period last year. It credited the weakness of the pound
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Image copyright PA Image caption Heathrow is in pay negotiations with Unite union representing airport support staff Heathrow Airport is to cancel 172 flights on Monday and Tuesday after a union vote rejected a pay offer. Around 4,000 Unite members including engineers, firefighters and security staff voted on the airport’s revised deal, with 88% opting
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rival search providers will compete with each other over how much to pay Google Android phone and tablet users in the European Union are to be given a chance to install one of Google’s rivals as default search provider. But to be offered as an option, search firms will
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Department of Defense had been expected to announced the winner of the Jedi contract this month The Pentagon has signalled a delay to a decision on whether to award a lucrative cloud-computing contract to Amazon or Microsoft. The two companies are the last ones in the running to
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Image copyright Getty Images The boss of British Airways-owner IAG has said a pay deal being offered to its pilots is “fair”, adding that he is hopeful strikes can be averted this summer. British Airways will re-enter talks with the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) on Friday. Members of Balpa have rejected an offer of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Virtual assistants are supposed to send audio to remote computer servers only if they hear a “wake” word Apple and Google are temporarily stopping workers listening to voice recordings captured by smart speakers and virtual assistants. It follows a Guardian report that third-party contractors used by Apple had heard
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Image copyright AFP European stock markets have fallen after the surprise decision by Donald Trump to impose new tariffs on a further $300bn of Chinese imports. The FTSE 100 and the leading indexes in France and Germany all fell by more than 2% each. The US president’s decision came after the latest round of bilateral
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Image copyright Getty Images Carers are being bullied by the government, a committee of MPs says. The Work and Pensions Select Committee says ministers are harassing people who have made honest mistakes when receiving carer’s allowance. Long-standing problems within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) led to a failure to spot overpayments. The government
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Image copyright Getty Images A no-deal Brexit would result in an instant shock to the UK economy, the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned. Items such as petrol and food would become more expensive if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement, he said. He predicted the value of the
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