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Stranger Things star Gatan Matrazzo single-handedly raised awareness about rare bone disease

A new study has found that Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo raising awareness of his rare genetic bone disorder increased Google searches of the condition by more than 90%.




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Kogan frenzy sale on home office equipment, hand sanitiser, fitness equipment and HUGE plasma TVs

Online retailer Kogan has launched a massive 'frenzy' sale on home essentials as Australians increasingly stay indoors during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Reese Witherspoon is giving away 250 dresses to teachers

They can enter via Google Form, from April 5, where eligible teachers will be able to win a gown from her line - which she launched back in 2015 - with the winners unveiled on April 7.




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Google unveils virtual braille keyboard that makes phones accessible without additional hardware

Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard.




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Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops

Google's development of a processor for Pixel phones and Chromebooks could materialize a chip as soon as early next year and could help the tech giant support on-board artificial intelligence.




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Twitter's Jack Dorsey gives nearly $400m less to charity than the $1 billion he claimed

Dorsey tweeted that he would donate a billion dollars in the form of shares in Square to help coronavirus efforts but Securities Exchange Filings show he has donated less than that.




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Coronavirus app is 'less invasive than google maps'

The app, due to be rolled out next week, will record the Bluetooth connections a phone makes with others to identify someone's contacts if they catch the virus.




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Government scientist hints NHSX is useless unless users get Covid test results within 24 hours

Underscoring the need for speed, the Oxford scientist said a fast turnaround could 'make the difference between an epidemic starting to resurge towards the second wave or not'.




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Cartoon Camilla returns! Duchess of Cornwall is back with children's story competition

The Duchess of Cornwall, 72, returned as her cartoon caricature in a clip promoting BBC Radio Two's annual story-writing competition. This year's final will take place at Buckingham Palace.




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Jessica Marais wears a sleeveless pink puffer jacket and black tights as she runs errands in Sydney

Actress Jessica Marais is set to have a career comeback on the Amazon reboot of Packed to the Rafters this year. 




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WhatsApp vulnerability discovered which allows hackers to access PRIVATE files

Cybersecurity expert Gal Weizman unearthed a weakness in WhatsApp for desktop computers that exposes the private files of users. WhatsApp fixed the vulnerability globally in December.




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Hero mother-of-three saves a man's life giving him CPR - and is ROBBED in the process

A kind-hearted woman who stopped to save an old man's life was cruelly robbed of her iPad as she resuscitated him by the side of a Perth road.




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Hackers can use a Safari security vulnerability to gain access to a person's iPhone camera 

A security exploit in Apple's Safari web browser could let hackers access a person's iPhone camera or Macbook webcam, by impersonating a familiar website that already has access.




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Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas joins Sarah Ferguson's storytime reading The Night Parade

Winchester-born actress and model Cressida Bonas, 31, read The Night Parade by Lily Roscoe from her home, and the video was shared to Sarah Ferguson's YouTube channel.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession

I would put money on the Chancellor's Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks ago when he stepped into Sajid Javid's shoes.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Students' landlords need a lesson in fairness

What firmly sticks in my craw with regards to students is the appalling treatment many of them are receiving from landlords, says Jeff Prestridge.




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Jessica Mauboy's second hand denim jacket reaches $39,600 on eBay

Some of Jessica Mauboy's biggest fans aren't short of money it seems.




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Meghan Markle's £96 denim dress is selling for THREE times the price online

Royal fans are rushing to get their hands on a dress worn by Meghan Markle, 38, to watch the US Open Tennis Championships on Saturday. The J.Crew dress is now selling for over £270 online.




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Jibing is the latest dating trend to hit makes it easy to ask someone out without awkwardness

Forget 'ghosting' and 'breadcrumbing' - 'jibing' is the latest dating term making waves across Australia.




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Mother-of-two, 34, is horrified to discover that anyone can access her smartphone

Lisa Neilson, 34, from Castleford, in West Yorkshire, bought the gel cover to protect her new Samsung S10.




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Millionaire who lived on takeaways while running his watch business ballooned to 25st

Danny Toffel, 49, from London, revealed that he would eat two steaks for dinner, or two ready meals for two people. He opted for a gastric sleeve to shed the rest of the weight - and is now a healthy 14 stone.




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Father who runs family business making festive jumpers reveals they start making them in February

Mohammed Rafiq, 58, from Manchester, who is now locally known as 'The King of Christmas,' started the company in 2012, when he saw the trend in Christmas jumpers emerge.




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Antiques dealer reveals how he went from minimum wage to running his own £350,000 eBay business

Phil Mires from Chertsey in Surrey was determined to get out of his 'dead-end',£5.25 an hour, zero-hours contract job as a golf operative at age 20 when he started his antiques store on eBay.




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Canvey Island Essex mother given black eye by magic staff she bought son for Christmas

Clarissa Clary, 44, of Canvey Island, Essex, bought the retractable 'magic staff' on eBay for her son 16-year-old Caine, who has special educational needs.




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Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioning controversial off-the-shoulder dress on eBay

Labour MP for Batley and Spen, West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, 58, sparked outrage this week after her black off-the-shoulder dress slipped down her arm at the despatch box.




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Question Time audience slams Labour MP Tracy Brabin's off the shoulder dress

The guest (pictured) said what Tracy Brabin wore at the despatch box in the House of Commons 'looked like a disco outfit and not like a politician'.




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Man who launched family-run adult toy business discussing sex is 'never awkward'

Chris Rice, from Portsmouth,launched a family-run sex toy business with annual turnover of £1 million and told FEMAIL that working with his relatives is 'never awkward'.




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Mother bags £25,000 worth of freebies dressing her children in designer labels on Instagram

Aleksandra Hoyles, 32, from Yorkshire is so popular on Instagram that clothes sellers are using pictures of her and her daughter on eBay without her permission to sell their look-alikes,




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The business-savvy people turning the COVID-19 pandemic into a money-making opportunity 

Tens of thousands of Australians have found themselves out of work overnight as COVID-19 continues to destabilise the economy, but some entrepreneurs are discovering new niches.




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Woman transforms her bathroom for less than £400 after her professional refit was cancelled

Blogger Hayley Rubery, 29, from Essex, was scheduled to have a complete refit of her bathroom, but did the job herself using leftover paint, vinyl flooring from eBay and old wood.




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Contraceptive pills are being sold on eBay as women struggle to access family planning services

Sellers across Europe are advertising various brands of the birth control pill, emergency contraception, and even an IUD, also known as the coil, which is typically inserted by a specially trained doctor.




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M&S Bank new deal offers £7,500 loan at rate of just 2.8% - but your credit history must be spotless

The rate means someone borrowing £7,500 over 36 months will repay £217.32 a month and end up paying a total of £7,823.52.




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Use your American Express card anywhere and still earn rewards using Curve

American Express customers could just have been handed the answer to their perennial problem, a trick to get their cards accepted anywhere. We reveal how.




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American Express pulls its cards from Curve 36 hours after it let customers use it on the app

Curve unveiled on Monday a move that would allow Amex customers to use their card in places that do not usually accept it , by adding their cards to its smartphone app.




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Britain’s contactless capital revealed: London doesn't top the list

It is Bristol where the highest proportion of card payments are swiped, with 73 per cent of 11.5million card transactions in the West Country city using contactless.




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Amazon and American Express slash credit card reward bonuses for joiners and spenders

Amazon and American Express have slashed the sign-up bonuses and spending incentives on some of their cards.




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American Express customers face higher Platinum Card fees from June

From June 11, Amex's card will be made from metal rather than plastic, and cost £575 a year compared to £450 now.




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Family business owner gives staff a bonus after winning a £247,000 Lloyds PPI payout

Mike Weaver, 61, took out several payment protection insurance policies when he set up his radio hiring business in 1991. He recalls being told that he had to buy PPI to get the loans he needed.




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Bank like a local with Transferwise's new borderless debit card

It’s aimed at those travelling, living and working abroad to give them more flexibility when spending and sending money and to lower their overall costs.




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Would you microchip yourself to speed up paying with contactless? 11% of Londoners would

While it sounds like something out of Blade Runner, a survey found some would take drastic steps to reduce the time it took to pay for their coffee.




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Contactless limit raised to £45 to help cut down on cash usage

Payment providers across the UK have upped their contactless payment limits from £30 to £45 in an effort to help customers cut down on cash usage. 




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Glow actress Alison Brie reveals her battle with depression which runs in her family

'When I've been in a really serious depression, I'll drag myself to a yoga class - even if I don't want to be around people - tears streaming down my face,' said the star.




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Ricky Gervais says After Life's success means fans talk to him about grief

The writer and comedian, 58, is promoting the second series of his Netflix show After Life, which shows his character going through the grieving process.




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Downton's Penelope Wilton on sparring with the Dowager Countess

Penelope Wilton is set to star as Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix comedy-drama After Life. The British actress reveals her character's name is homage to her past role in Ever Decreasing Circles.




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Aussie basketball star reveals truth about Michael Jordan after success of Netflix 'The Last Dance'

The hit show gives a behind-the-scenes look at Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls in 1997-98.




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Netflix back online across the UK and Europe after 'something went wrong' error message

Netflix users in the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other European countries were shown the message 'something went wrong' when they tried to sign in. The service is back online.




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Kylie Jenner poses seductively for a 'Trolls & chill' session while quarantining with Travis Scott

Kylie Jenner posed flirtatiously in a new photo that showed her midriff. She suggested a 'trolls&chill' session, which is Stormi's favorite movie, though it may have been a euphemism.




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Controversial new documentary series will claim Princess Diana tried to kill herself four times

Princes William and Harry 'will be very upset and angry' about a new documentary planned for Netflix which claims that Princess Diana tried to kill herself four times, a TV source told The Sun.




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Duchess of Rutland moves her clothing store online

The Duchess of Rutland announced yesterday that her namesake store, the Duchess' Gallery, is now available to shop online as she battles to keep Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire, afloat.




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Prime Minister Modi says Congress is 'polarising voters'

The Prime Minister has been performing a 'campaign blitzkrieg' as Gujurat polls loom.