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Austria sent millions of unvaccinated back into lockdown. With hospitals creaking under the pressure of rising cases, leaders ordered an emergency 10 day lockdown for those yet to get their shots. Berlin also followed, banning the unvaccinated from bars, gyms and museums.

Uber hikes prices up 10% in London to draw back drivers. Soaring demand and increasing competition forced the company to raise prices for the first time since 2017. Uber still fails to meet minimum pay in the U.K., according to labor unions.

Online learning for the elderly is becoming a hot new trend. GetSetup offers online learning to the mature and digitally curious. This hot startup has already attracted 4 millions users worldwide.

Starbucks is testing cashierless groceries. In a tie-up with Amazon, a pilot cafe in New York will offer food from Amazon without the need to check out. Simply sign in, take what you want and walk. Labor crisis solved?

There's a chocolate croissant 'war'. Residents of the French city of Toulouse passionately believe the pain au chocolate is in fact named the 'chocolatine'. They're kicking up a big fuss.

The good

Electric cars won’t crash our power grids. Petrolheads argue our grids won’t cope if we all switch to electric. There’s no need to panic, according to our expert writer.

The bad

Cryptocurrencies tumbled.  Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped from the world’s cryptocurrency markets, taking out much of the gains seen during the pandemic.

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Watch

Army vet turned drug dealer. Watch how a 25 year military veteran built an illegal narcotics empire worth over $140 million in Bitcoin today by selling psychedelic mushrooms on the dark web. Sounds like a fun-gi. Forbes, available worldwide.

Listen

Is TikTok behind teenage Tics? Listen to neurologist Caroline Olvera explain why popular social media app TikTok may be responsible for a surge in cases of involuntary tics among teenage girls. Gimlet Media, free to listen worldwide.

Read

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen wrote a book. Featuring exclusive content and unseen archive material, the former President and musical legend explore everything from music to politics and the elusive American dream. Viking, from $25.

Taste

The 'steaks' are high for plant-based food. Impossible Foods, one of the world's best known plant-based burger brands is poised to go public, despite a series of vegan stockmarket flops in 2020 and 2021.

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