If Brexit and Covid wasn’t enough, the extra cost of using a mobile in the EU is making a comebackIf you are planning a winter holiday elsewhere in Europe this year, get ready to pay more to use your mobile phone while away – as roaming charges are abo…
Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office
A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hopeExplainer: what are UK workers’ rights when asked to return?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNot so lo…
I’m being asked to go back to the office, what are my rights in the UK?
The things you can and can’t ask for if your boss says your days of homeworking are overFirms grapple with homeworking puzzleYou can ask to work remotely on a permanent basis but your boss does not have to agree. Matt Gingell, an employment lawyer, say…
Office politics: firms still grappling with home working puzzle
Whether seen as an obstacle to overcome or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, home working is proving hard to avoidWhat are workers’ rights if they are asked to go back?As the pandemic struck wealthy economies in early 2020, workers (in white-collar job…
Apple refuses a refund after my sister ran up £1,100 bill on ‘bundles’
She has a learning disability and doesn’t know what in-app purchases areI recently found out that my sister, who has a learning disability, unwittingly spent more than £1,100 on 83 Apple purchases over four weeks. She enjoys playing word games and colo…
Homes for sale with a loft conversion – in pictures
From a groundbreaking house with claims to fame, to a converted coach house on the site of an old mill Continue reading…
みずほ銀と同信託銀の窓口で大規模システム障害。窓口取引ができず
みずほ銀行約460店舗とみずほ信託銀約60店の国内全店舗で20日、システムの障害が発生している。午前8時30分以降、店舗窓口での入出金や振り込みができない状態になっている。ネットバンキングの「みずほダイレクト」は利用可能だとしている。復旧のめどは立っていないという。同社は現在、顧客を店舗以外の取引チャンネルに誘導中だとしている（みずほ銀行、公式Twitter、Bloomberg、ITmedia、日経新聞）。
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公式によると一部を除いて復旧したとのこと。システムにおけるハード障害により店頭でのお…
Your Credit Score Should Be Based On Your Web History, IMF Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: In a new blog post for the International Monetary Fund, four researchers presented their findings from a working paper that examines the current relationship between finance and tech as well as its pote…
ビットコインを法定通貨に採用するエルサルヴァドル。その戦略は奇策か福音か
中米のエルサルヴァドルの議会が2021年6月、ビットコインを法定通貨として採用する法案を可決した。大統領である39歳のナジブ・ブケレのアイデアは世界中のビットコイン支持者たちに熱狂を巻き起こしたが、これは果たして「政治的なショー」であり奇策にすぎないのか。それとも、ほかの国々の先駆けとなり、銀行口座をもたない多くのエルサルヴァドル国民にとっての福音になるのか。
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Tell us: have you changed careers during the pandemic?
We would like to hear from people who have changed careers during the Covid-19 pandemicWe would like to hear from people who have changed careers during – or even because of – the Covid-19 pandemic. Why did you make this decision? What has the transiti…