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Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn Facebook into a ‘metaverse company’ – what does that mean?
Mark Zuckerberg wants to reinvent Facebook. He has been telling analysts and journalists that he wants the company to lead the way to a completely different internet. He said: In the coming years, I expect people will transition from seeing us primarily as a social media company to seeing usContinue Reading
Influencer marketing is big business: here are five mistakes the stars (and the brands who sponsor them) should avoid
Shutterstock/GaudiLab Using social media celebrities to advertise products – influencer marketing – is a lucrative and rapidly growing industry, projected to be worth up to US$15 billion (£10.7 billion) by 2022. Influencers profit from their online fame by collaborating with brands, endorsing products to their followers in return for aContinue Reading
Four reasons why EU is staring down the barrel of a second lost decade
Rolling the dix. Imelda, CC BY-SA The eurozone’s latest economic growth figures are a little better than expected. This group of 19 EU nations grew 2.2% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter, partly thanks to decent performances from Spain and Italy. But while the USContinue Reading
Blood flow restriction training: how Olympians use it to boost performance
To be the best of the best, Olympians and Paralympians sometimes resort to using peculiar methods to achieve even the most minute gains in their fitness and performance. For example, things like ice baths and cupping are popular with elite athletes. More recently, many Olympians have been spotted wearing blackContinue Reading
High-street strategy: recovery will take more than street parties and more bins
For politicians and pundits, the death of the British high street has long been a refrain. The pandemic has accelerated the existing trend towards online shopping. In its recently published “levelling-up” plan for post-pandemic recovery, the UK government sets the context for its new high-street strategy for England. The bigContinue Reading
‘Thunder’ Luke has double prospects, both should go ‘Close!
Mystic Wells would have represented a suitable, good-prIced alternative to yet another Godolphin-owned super-bred, Manaafith, in a five-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over a mile of ‘standard to slow’ Lingfield polytrack tonight but George Boughey’s charge has been scratched and so it leaves odds-on Manaafith with an easy task. It’s extremelyContinue Reading
Double Trouble In Crewkerne
Two badger incidents were reported within half an hour of each other in Crewkerne. One had fallen from a wall on to the roof of a garage and the other was out in the sun having tried to dig under a house but stopped by the foundations. Volunteer Graeme ThompsonContinue Reading
Truro Student’s Holocaust Journey
As a history student at Truro College, I have studied the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. When the opportunity for a placement on the Lessons For Auschwitz course arose, I applied as soon as I could. As this course was online this year due to the COVID pandemic, eachContinue Reading
Mytilda is fancied to waltz home, again!
Zebelle, decisive debut winner for Amy Murphy’s yard at Ripon seven weeks ago under Martin Harley, reappears in a seven-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over five furlongs of similar ‘good’ Thirsk ground today for ‘new’, extremely formidable trainer/jockey combination, George Boughey and Jack Mitchell! Obviously this Profitable filly has been soldContinue Reading
Young people are missing the office – here’s how they can thrive in a post-pandemic workplace
When asked about the government’s position on remote working in the long-term, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak recently said that young people in particular would benefit from physically being in the office. “It was really beneficial to me,” he said in the interview with LinkedIn News, “when I was starting outContinue Reading