- FinanceThe Telegraph
WeWork could lay off 4,000 workers under strict Softbank rescue plan
WeWork is reportedly planning to lay off as many as 4,000 people as part of its recovery plans after a failed attempt to go public and a takeover by SoftBank this week.
- FinancePA Media: Tech
Met Police release footage of work to detect live-streamed terror attacks
The force has been working with Facebook.
- NewsThe Guardian
Snorkelling grandmothers uncover large population of venomous sea snakes in Noumea
A group of snorkelling grandmothers who swim up to 3km five days a week have uncovered a large population of venomous sea snakes in a bay in Noumea where scientists once believed they were rare.Claire Goiran from the University of New Caledonia and Professor Rick Shine from Australia’s Macquarie University
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Photo of Astronaut in Star Trek Uniform in Space Goes Viral After First All-Female Spacewalk
Astronaut in 'Star Trek' Uniform Goes Viral
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Eager to leave scandal, Nissan shows off smooth-driving tech
An electric car with smooth four-wheel drive and a virtual friend for the coming age of automated driving are among the technology in development from Nissan. The Japanese automaker, eager to leave behind the scandal over its former star executive Carlos Ghosn, recently invited reporters to see several
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Tesla's stock soars after company posts surprising 3Q profit
Tesla posted a surprising profit of $143 million in its latest quarter, raising hopes the electric car pioneer may finally be turning the corner after posting mostly losses during its first decade as a publicly held company. The positive results announced Wednesday came after Tesla lost $1.1 billion
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Zuckerberg defends Facebook's currency plans before Congress
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators. Representatives also grilled Zuckerberg on Facebook&
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Thousands of cyber crime reports ‘stuck in computer backlog over security risks’
The problem was revealed in the findings of an inspection by police watchdog Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.
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The UK farms trying to reverse wildlife decline
Changes to land management can help wildlife numbers rebound in a short space of time.
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Office workers could be left permanently hunched, report warns
A report dubbed The Work Colleague Of The Future calls for changes to working environments.
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Most cyber crime cases are closed with no suspect identified, report says
Between April and June, some 40% of calls made to Action Fraud were hung up before they were answered.
- FinancePA Media: Tech
Office workers could be left permanently hunched, report warns
A report dubbed The Work Colleague Of The Future calls for changes to working environments.
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New diagnostic test could show antibiotic resistance ‘in less than 45 minutes’
It is hoped the test developed for commercial use at Strathclyde University could be used by pharmacists and other points of care.
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Syrian refugee develops technology to identify gender of war victims
Rawad Qaq hopes his sex calculator will enable forensic scientists to use skulls to predict the gender of deceased people.
- NewsPA Media: UK News
Thousands of cyber crime reports ‘stuck in computer backlog over security risks’
The problem was revealed in the findings of an inspection by police watchdog Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.
- FinancePA Media: Tech
New diagnostic test could show antibiotic resistance ‘in less than 45 minutes’
It is hoped the test developed for commercial use at Strathclyde University could be used by pharmacists and other points of care.
- FinancePA Media: Tech
Most cyber crime cases are closed with no suspect identified, report says
Between April and June, some 40% of calls made to Action Fraud were hung up before they were answered.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Thousands of cyber crime reports quarantined by police after computer glitch branded them security risk
Thousands of reports of cyber crime were quarantined on a police database instead of being investigated because software designed to protect the computer system branded them a "security risk.”
- FinanceAssociated Press
Microsoft racks up more cloud customers
Microsoft on Wednesday reported its latest solid quarterly report card to Wall Street, buoyed by another round of business customers signing up for its cloud computing services. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.25 per share. Microsoft
huffpostHuffPost LifeThat Fun New App You Love Might Be Stealing Your Bank Info
It's time to start paying much closer attention to permissions.
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Mark Zuckerberg attempts to ease concerns over Libra currency
Facebook founder faces tough questioning from US Financial Services Committee over fears Libra could be open to abuse by criminals and terrorists.
- FinancePA Media: Tech
Cloud and Office drive Microsoft growth while Xbox and Surface flounder
Revenue from the Xbox decreased 7%, the company reported in its latest quarterly results.
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Mexican agency says gov't must pay fishermen to save vaquita
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday the government must renew payments to fishermen who were ordered to stop using nets in order to save the last few vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal. Fishermen say they have returned to
NewsAFP UKBaby chimp born at French zoo
Beauval Zoo, in France's Loir-et-Cher region, welcomes a new resident born last week: a baby chimpanzee. A "rather rare event" according to carer Samuel Radelet who says it is the first chimpanzee birth in France "since 2016".
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Little movement on Foxconn 'innovation centers' in Wisconsin
Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond the sprawling manufacturing facility it is building in the southeast of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward. Wisconsin promised nearly $4
