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Amazon had sales income of €44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax

Fresh questions have been raised over Amazon’s tax planning after its latest corporate filings in Luxembourg revealed that the company collected record sales income of €44bn (£38bn) in Europe last year but did not have to pay any corporation...

Amazon to bring pay-by-palm technology to Whole Foods

Paying for something in the shops with just a wave of your hand is a step closer to everyday reality with the news that retail giant Amazon is trialing its palm-scanning payment technology in Whole Foods.The contactless payment method,...

A room with a view: the Twitter account that spent a year staring into people’s homes

With its stately lamp and verdant window view, Hillary Clinton’s “Zoom room” is nicer than most. So when Room Rater – a Twitter account which scores the video conference backgrounds of high-profile figures – gave it nine out of...

How US Capitol attack surveillance methods could be used against protesters

Sign up for the Guardian's First Thing newsletterOver the past months, federal law enforcement has used a wide variety of surveillance technologies to track down rioters who participated in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol building –...

Far-right supporters move to open source to evade censorship

On 8 December last year, a Frenchman called Laurent Bachelier gave away a total of 28.5 bitcoins – worth $556,000 – to 22 people. On the same day, he killed himself.In suicide notes written in French and English, he...

14-hour days and no bathroom breaks: Amazon's overworked delivery drivers

Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletterJames Meyers worked as a driver for several Amazon delivery service providers in Austin, Texas, for about one year until he quit in October 2020 citing the immense workloads and poor working...
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Justin Bieber Thanks Jesus for Having ‘Patience’ With Him: ‘I Can Be Extremely Selfish’

What’s more swag than showing gratitude and enjoying nature? On Tuesday (July...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks judge to free him on $50m bond pending sentencing

The music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a $50m bond while he awaits sentencing in October after...

Before You Get Back to a Paul McCartney Show, Find The Beatles’ Best T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs, Books & More Merch

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