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If you think that the best laptops for writers can be any laptop on the market, you’re sadly mistaken. Writers, much like photographers, video editors and designers, have specific needs when it comes to laptops, even if it seems to outsiders that all they need is a word processing software and a functional keyboard.

As a writer, you have specific

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Image copyrightInstagramImage caption One of the posts featured singer Lily Allen

Four vaping companies, including British American Tobacco (BAT), have had Instagram posts promoting e-cigarettes banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The posts showed models and celebrities such as Lily Allen holding

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A Russian watchdog no longer plans to block Twitch over a dispute concerning pirated Premier League football games, according to the country's state media.

Tass reported telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor had dropped its threat after the Amazon-owned service removed the offending content.

The proposed ban had

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Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is proposing a ban on the sale of locked handsets, to make it easier for consumers to switch between mobile phone networks.

It says BT/EE, Tesco Mobile and Vodafone are among providers that sell mobiles that cannot be used with alternative operators without being "unlocked".

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A man who built an exploding glitter bomb last Christmas which went viral online has added stronger smells and a police soundtrack to his latest version.

He

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The idea artificial light from screens is keeping people awake at night is flawed, say scientists who have been studying the best type of lighting to nod off to.

According to the researchers, from Manchester University, this blue light from devices is not the main problem.

They exposed mice to different light settings to

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