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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Airbnb is cutting 25% of staff — 1,900 jobs — after its business has been slammed by the coronavirus crisis. Airbnb plans to offer affected workers at least 14 weeks of severance pay and, in the US, a year's worth of healthcare coverage.An Amazon warehouse employee in New York has died of COVID-19. Workers at the Staten Island location organized multiple strikes in April to protest pandemic working conditions. California is suing Uber and Lyft, accusing the ride-hailing companies of misclassifying their drivers. A consortium of city attorneys from the state's largest cities accused the firms of misclassifying their workers as contractors in order to avoid paying some benefits.The UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app is about




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its oversight board that will decide what controversial content is allowed on Facebook and Instagram. The "supreme court"-style body will make rulings over what controversial content will be allowed on the social network.Tesla is reportedly preparing to restart operations at its California factory in possible violation of local shelter-in-place orders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to coronavirus lockdowns, calling them "fascist" during a call with investors.An Amazon VP hit back at former colleague Tim Bray, who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns. Brad Porter, a vice president and engineer at Amazon,




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TOWIE's Bobby Norris' grandmother loses her partner to coronavirus

Bobby Norris has revealed his grandmother has lost her partner to coronavirus.




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Pregnant Danielle Armstrong reassures fans she has NOT gone into labour after social media silence

Danielle Armstrong shared a video to her Instagram Story on Friday reassuring fans she hasn't gone into labour, following a few days off social media.




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Pregnant Billi Mucklow announces she's having a baby GIRL

Billi Mucklow has revealed she's expecting a baby girl with her husband Andy Carroll.




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Olly Murs calls Mark Wright an 'annoying f****r' as he challenges him to shave his 'blond barnet'

The singer, 35, took to Instagram in mock outrage on Saturday after Mark Wright challenged him to lose his precious blond barnet.




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Ferne McCann looks phenomenal in orange bikini as she enjoys a dip in the hot tub with Sunday 

She has had her hands full looking after her daughter in lockdown. So Ferne McCann kept things casual on Monday as she enjoyed a dip in the hot tub with two-year-old Sunday.




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'GC gardening services!' Gemma Collins mows the lawn in a glamorous kimono and sunglasses

The TOWIE star, 39, cut a glamorous figure in a Versace-inspired kimono, oversized black sunglasses and a red baseball cap.




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Jess Wright shares bikini clad throwback snap as she pines for another exotic getaway amid COVID-19

The former TOWIE star, 34, showcased her sensational physique in a plunging white swimwear set while strolling down a sun-soaked beach during a former holiday




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Billi Mucklow and Andy Carroll seen for first time since announcing they're expecting third child

The former TOWIE star displayed her growing bump in tight sportswear as she and Newcastle player Andy walked their dogs in the sunshine on Friday.




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Jess Wright reveals she's planning her wedding 'in my head for now' amid lockdown

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the former TOWIE star, 34, has been forced to plan her upcoming wedding 'in my head for now' during the nation's lockdown.




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TOWIE's Bobby Norris snaps selfies while handing out 'QuaranQueen' tees to NHS staff

The clothing giant has launched a huge charity effort to help those on the frontline as well as patients, and bosses enlisted the ITVBe stars this week




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TOWIE's Bobby Norris reveals he took a social media break after facing homophobic abuse

Speaking on FUBAR Radio on Thursday, the TOWIE star, 33, has revealed he decided to take a brief break from social media after facing homophobic abuse online.




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Pregnant Lauren Pope reveals she is now in her third trimester

The former TOWIE star, 37, looked radiant as ever in the snap as she posed in a light grey sports bra and white tracksuit bottoms.




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Kate Ferdinand is delighted as husband Rio gifts her an ENORMOUS bouquet of flowers

The former TOWIE star, 28, was in for a treat on Monday after she was gifted an enormous bouquet of flowers from husband Rio Ferdinand, 41, after she'd had a 'rubbish few days'.




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Emmerdale will now air just three episodes a week

It was previously announced that Emmerdale would air five episodes a week, from Monday to Friday, but it has now been cut to three in line with Coronation Street.




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Coronation Street stars Joe Duttine and Sally Carman announce they're ENGAGED

The soap couple announced the exciting news on Twitter, with a snap of Sally's sparkling engagement ring, while Joe joked that coronavirus can 'f**k off.'




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Corrie star Daniel Brocklebank says it's 'comforting' knowing his co-stars are in lockdown with him

The actor, 40, told Lorraine Kelly he's set up a digital bar to keep in touch with his co-stars as he lives alone during the pandemic.




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Hollyoaks stars wear blue in honour of late cameraman Felix Schroer on the day of his funeral

Cast members including Sarah Jayne Dunn and Stephanie Waring honoured their colleague by wearing blue in snaps they shared to Instagram, after his death in March of suspected coronavirus.




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Coronation Street filmed whole episodes and rewrote scenes 'at a moment's notice' before lockdown

Coronation Street filmed whole episodes and rewrote scenes 'at a moment's notice' hours before set lockdown to ensure soap could stay on air as long as possible.




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Coronation Street icons to reunite for spin-off episodes honouring the soap's favourite characters 

With filming halted amid the coronavirus lockdown, Coronation Street are planning a series of spin-off episodes honouring the ITV soap's favourite icons.




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New heads for old tales: Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues are coming back with A-list stars

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Net curtains. They're respectable enough when they hang straight, especially when made from lace, not nylon.




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Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver reveals she was KNOCKED OUT by co-star in on-screen fight blunder

The Coronation Street actress, 56, who plays Eileen Grimshaw revealed she was once knocked out after being punched by a colleague during an onscreen fight.




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International Monetary Fund expects Australian economy to lag behind Greece in 2019

The International Monetary Fund is so downbeat about Australia it has downgraded its growth forecasts for 2019 - expecting it to do even worse than Greece which has debt problems.




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Crete tablets suggest Minoans were NOT 'wiped out' by natural disaster

The translation in 1952 of unusual script - dubbed Linear B - on Minoan-era tablets has overturned the end-by-tsunami theory in favour of a shift to the imported culture of mainland Greece.




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Villagers in northern Greece force migrants on buses to turn back

Despite a police presence, nine buses carrying vulnerable migrants to hotels near Thessaloniki were forced to turn back on Wednesday as dozens of villagers blocked the road.




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Christie Brinkley's former husband Peter Cook, 60, announces his engagement to student, 21

Christie Brinkley's ex-husband Peter Cook, 60, has announced his engagement to 21-year-old college student Alba Jancou. The architect popped the question on a Greek Island.




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A woman learns that her fiance has asked for another woman's phone number in Undercover Girlfriends 

Chantal, 19, hears that her fiancé Joe has been misbehaving during a lads' holiday in Greece by giving his number to Steph in tonight's episode of Undercover Girlfriends on Channel 5.




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Helen Skelton displays her phenomenal physique in tiny blue bikini

Looking incredible in the blue two-piece, she larked around on the boat with the lifejacket-clad tots before launching herself into the sea




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Jean-Christophe Novelli celebrates his daughter Christina's 'perfect' wedding to Tara Sirrell

Jean-Christophe Novelli, 57, told Hello! his 32-year-old daughter Christina's wedding to Tara Sirrell in Santorini was 'so romantic, like watching a movie'.




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The BBC told me: 'nobody wants to be lectured by a woman'

History was 'a generally rubbish place,' says Bettany Hughes. She definitely would not want to live there. 'Not before the anaesthetic era,' I suggest. 'Not even before fridges,' she counters




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Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Daniil Medvedev in ATP Finals group match

Stefanos Tsitsipas made it sixth time lucky with a surprise win over fellow ATP Finals debutant Daniil Medvedev in their opening round-robin match.




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Man who calls police to Surrey burglary is now facing extradition over Greek 'crime' 11 YEARS AGO

David Familton rang 999 after intruders ransacked his Surrey flat but was left stunned when cops later arrested him instead for beating up a holidaymaker in Crete in 2009 when he worked in a nightclub.




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Alexander Zverev hopeful of improvement after defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: Alex Zverev looked close to having the yips on his serve when he was heavily beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas before Germany edged out Greece in Brisbane.




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Stefanos Tsitsipas injures his own DAD during furious racket smash at ATP Cup

Multiple vicious swings of the racket missed his dad Apostolos, sat on the bench as he is Team Greece captain, before a final swipe caught him on the top of his right arm, drawing a large bruise.




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Fotis Dulos left a note protesting his INNOCENCE over his wife Jennifer's murder

Fotis Dulos left a note protesting his innocence over his wife Jennifer's murder before attempting suicide in his home in Farmington, Connecticut Tuesday. He died Thursday.




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Mother-of-three says her rescue dog saved her by sniffing her until she was diagnosed with cancer

Joanne Lowen, 60, from Kent. said her rescue dog Menios, a Hellenic Hound, detected her cancer by repeatedly sniffing her arms, despite her most recent mammogram coming back clear.




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LARISA BROWN: Thousands of refugees pouring towards Greece is a crisis that cannot be ignored

LARISA BROWN: The gateway to Greece and the EU for migrants encouraged to leave by Turkey's regime is a short walk across no man's land. But they cannot advance any further.




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Coronavirus UK: Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis reveals he has contracted COVID-19

The 52-year-old, who spends his time between Nottingham and Greece - where he also owns Olympiacos - attended Forest's defeat by Millwall just four days ago, even posing for photos with fans




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TOM UTLEY: Not since my teens have I felt the urge to conform. But even I feel it now

TOM UTLEY: All my grown-up life, I've prided myself on being something of a non-conformist - a maverick unafraid to question and challenge the conventional wisdom and conduct of the herd.




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Did you just lie to your future employer? Fret not, there are many like you!




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The IIT-K guy who sold himself on Flipkart is not the first to do so

Most people on the internet are amused after reading the account of the IIT-K guy who tried to sell himself to Flipkart, on Flipkart. Aakash Neeraj Mittal, currently an IIT K alumnus, was aspiring for the role of Project Manager at Flipkart and he thought the best way to do so might be selling his skill sets on Flipkart. He has listed himself for a price of Rs 27,60,200 but alas there is no EMI available. While to many, this might look new and innovative way to highlight your resume but in reality he is not the first one. The credit for this goes to Philippe Dubost who made a fake Amazon page to act as his resume. Dubost resume was termed by Mashable as the Best Online Resume ever! And till date, we think that he deserves that title. There were subtle traces of humour in his listing




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6 tired cliches in your resume you need to get rid of NOW!

You may think your resume is already tip-top, but put yourself in the shoes of a recruiter. Hiring managers receive dozens - sometimes hundreds - of resumes for any given opening. They don't have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial "fit/no fit" decision. To them, most look exactly like all the other nondescript resumes in their pile. If you’re using the same tired phrases as everyone else, you’re not as exciting—or as hirable—as you thought you were. You may be perfect for the job, but just one typo, if it's formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, could get them to say a NO. So, here prepare to not face such a situation at all: 1. Avoid meaningless adjectives A resume can fail to make the impact with




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Not resumes, your digital footprints on LinkedIn, Twitter will land you a job at startups

If you are taking a well-updated resume to a job interview at any startup, chances are there it will land up in a dustbin. Resumes are a passé now as recruiters are more interested in how your profile on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook looks like. Your digital footprints have become important as startups are looking for candidates with more engagement. READ ALSO: LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner uses a Venn diagram to illustrate the ideal employee For Delhi-based startup HelpChat, they encourage LinkedIn profiles more. Vijay Sharma, CEO at Belong.co, stated that around 30-40% startups ditched the resume culture. "A lot of data is being left behind online by the user. They are not aware what they are leaving, but this data actually means a lot. These data points say a lot about candidates. Thus




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You can now order Pizza as Domino's resumes contactless delivery in Delhi during the lock down

Domino’s has resumed its contactless delivery services in New Delhi according to an alert sent to customers.The services were initially launched on March 17 but suspended thereafter when the country went under a 21-day lock down.The company claims that its restaurants, delivery bikes, delivery bike boxes, and pizza delivery hot bags are sanitised every four hoursThe pizza delivery mammoth Domino’s has resumed contactless delivery in the national capital today, March 29. In an alert to customers in New Delhi, the Jubliant FoodWorks’ enterprise said they can check availability in their area to order “safe and hygienic” pizzas. 74871265Domino’s had originally launched this offer on March 17 but had to curtail their services when Prime Minister Narendra Modi implemented a 21-day lock down across




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Lava resumes operations at Noida factory with 600 employees

Domestic mobile brand Lava on Saturday said it has resumed production at its manufacturing facility in Noida with over 20% production capacity.Nearly 600 employees of its 3,000-strong workforce are now back at the factoryNearly 600 employees of its 3,000-strong workforce are now back at the factory.The company has arranged special buses for the transportation of its employees.All major smartphone players like Samsung, Vivo, OPPO and Realme resumed limited operations in the Noida-Greater Noida manufacturing belt from May 8.Domestic mobile brand Lava on Saturday said it has resumed production at its manufacturing facility in Noida with over 20% production capacity.Nearly 600 employees of its 3,000-strong workforce are now back at the factory after the company received an approval from the state




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Kanye West's renovated Wyoming ranch will feature a 'urine garden'

According to a WSJ magazine profile on the star, plans show ecological and waste-recycling systems including a vegetable garden, orchards, a pond and a 'bio pool'.




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Kim Kardashian's brand SKIMS announces $1 million donation to families affected by COVID-19

The United States has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world, with over 97,000 people infected, with the global confirmed total at 585,040 and counting.




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Casino hostess wins sexual discrimination case against chief executive of the Ritz Club

Ms Taylor-Hamieh sued the casino - owned by the billionaire Barclay brothers - after she was turned down for another job and then made redundant when she told managers she was pregnant.




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Kim Kardashian smolders in her nude SKIMS shapewear as brand announces $1 million donation

Kim Kardashian smoldered in nude shapewear from her line SKIMS this Saturday. The 39-year-old posted a sizzling Instagram snap in which she modeled some of her brand's clothing.