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December 06, 2016

The Circle looks like a movie for our times

Rarely has a trailer for a movie adaptation of a book been more timely… Watch the EXCLUSIVE first trailer for the adaptation of Dave Eggers' #TheCircle starring @EmmaWatson and @TomHanks: https://t.co/92cJBvDhKK pic.twitter.com/wv3jeIVYR0 — USA TODAY…

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May 12, 2015

Why one tech company is quitting the UK, post-election

Why one tech company is heading out of the UK, post-election: Before the election, David Cameron stated that “should he be re-elected, a Tory government would plan to block encrypted messaging applications … unless the government gets backdoor access to users’…

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Adam is a digital journalism analyst, trainer and consultant. He started his career publishing newspapers for the children on his street in the 1980s, edited student magazines in the 1990s, and then spent a decade as a business journalist. In 2006, he moved full-time into digital journalism development. Since 2012, he's been trading as an independent consultant, and has worked with everything from national and international newspapers, to small local charities.

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