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The novelist and former Guardian journalist Susie Steiner, known for the Manon Bradshaw detective series, has died aged 51.A tweet posted from her account on Sunday said: “Susie died yesterday after being diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago. She lived with her illness with courage and good humour. She was much loved and will be much missed.”Steiner grew up in north London and studied English at university. She went on to train as a journalist and worked in newspapers for 20 years.She joined the Guardian in 2001…

Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, claimed this week that on occasion, in order to calm the president’s fury, an aide would be brought in to play him his favourite music – including Memory from the musical Cats.In light of the revelation, we asked our readers which songs they used to calm themselves in moments of high stress.Daniel Jack Paproth. Photograph: Craig SillitoeThe first is Brian Eno’s Discreet Music, from a 1975 album of the same name. It’s half an hour long – I’ve often used it at night…

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TikTok says it has completed migrating its US users' data to Oracle's servers in the US  —  TikTok has completed migrating its U.S. users' information to servers at Oracle Corp (ORCL.N), in a move that could address U.S. regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular video app, the company confirmed to Reuters. TikTok says it has completed migrating its US users' data to Oracle's servers in the US  —  TikTok has completed migrating its U.S. users' information to servers at Oracle Corp (ORCL.N), in a move that…

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Microsoft officially retires Internet Explorer after 27 years, disabling the desktop app and directing users to Edge — Company says decision to disable desktop app comes as web developers less likely to make sites compatible with browser, which first graced computers in 1995 Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Microsoft officially retires Internet Explorer after 27 years, disabling the desktop app and directing users to Edge — Company says decision to disable…

‘I danced, sang, cried’Sophia Nadur and her partner, Hua He. Photograph: Sophia Nadur/Guardian CommunityThe Abba Voyage concert is stunning. I danced, sang, cried and stood in jaw-dropping awe at the theatre. It is truly an immersion of human emotion with hi-tech that I have never seen before. Bravo to the band members, co-producers Svana Gisla and Ludvig Andersson, as well as the entire team of singers, technicians and other folks. Like millions all over the globe, I enjoyed dancing and singing to their tunes while…

Michael McGowan / The Guardian: A federal judge in Australia orders Google to pay an ex-politician $715K for doing “nothing to prevent” YouTuber Friendlyjordies' “abusive” videos about him — Tech giant and comedian Jordan Shanks may face contempt of court charges over videos published during trial Michael McGowan / The Guardian: A federal judge in Australia orders Google to pay an ex-politician $715K for doing “nothing to prevent” YouTuber Friendlyjordies'…

Mamma mia, here we go again, except this time it will be different. Abba will be back on stage next Friday to promote their reunion album, Voyage, with a stadium show that circumvents all the old jokes about rock dinosaurs by using cutting-edge holographic technology to capture them singing the songs, while retro-styling them to look as they did in their 1970s heyday. So they won’t actually be there at all.The production team behind this show breathlessly exclaimed that five weeks of filming was enough to capture the…