It’s a sign of how bad things have got for Sir Keir Starmer that the Labour leader felt the need to float his idea for British recovery bonds in his speech on the economy. Opposition leaders tend to keep specific policy proposals under wraps in the early stages of a …
Read More »Goldman Sachs’ Marcus makes a splash in the robo-advisory pool
Goldman Sachs’ digital-only consumer bank added an investment tool to bolster its fintech offering. This positions it as a cheaper alternative to incumbents and a direct threat to fintechs’ own rebundling. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Fintech industry. Learn more about becoming a client. …
Read More »Pfizer vaccine weaker against variant in South Africa, study suggests
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine produces a weakened immune response against the variant found in South Africa, a study suggests. The vaccine produced two-thirds less neutralizing antibodies against a lab-made virus designed to mimic the variant. The study’s author said that the vaccine will probably still be protective in real-life, per Reuters. …
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Can’t wait to hop on the pandemic gardening train by planting some tomatoes this spring? Want to know how to grow your favorite tomato varieties even better? The Southern California News Group is putting out a newsletter all about those delicious fruits that are just waiting to be sliced into …
Read More »Nvidia’s RTX 3060 will be less attractive to cryptocurrency miners
Nvidia is taking a long-awaited step in its efforts to prevent its GeForce video cards from being commandeered for cryptocurrency mining: The company announced Thursday that it is releasing a line of products designed specifically for mining (and nothing else), while using software to limit the efficiency of mining operations …
Read More »Airbus reports loss of €1bn after Covid, and could shed 15,000 jobs | Airbus
Airbus plummeted to a loss of more than €1bn last year and will continue to withhold shareholder payouts after deliveries of its aircraft fell by a third. The European aerospace giant warned aircraft would remain under pressure in the year ahead amid a “volatile environment” created by the coronavirus pandemic. …
Read More »CrowdStrike acquires log data analysis startup Humio for $400 million
CrowdStrike, a cloud-native cybersecurity company focused on endpoint protection and threat intelligence for enterprises, has announced plans to acquire U.K.-based log analysis and observability startup Humio in a mostly cash deal worth approximately $400 million. Humio emerged as a notable player in the cloud log-management and observability sphere after being …
Read More »Why Cumbrians are being urged to take up free sign language lessons
A NEW initiative to encourage more members of the public to take up sign language as an extra language and skill, is coming to Cumbria. The Signs4Life scheme focused on helping people to communicate and engage with children and adults who may have hearing impairments. Hana Riaz, Signs4Life partnerships officer, …
Read More »Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday
The latest: The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the first one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for the novel coronavirus are expected to arrive next week for distribution in some 20 countries on the continent. The doses are the first of some seven million coming from the Serum Institute …
Read More »Royal Mail reduces emissions with efficiency boosting tech | Logistics
As part of its latest efforts towards sustainable operations, has begun to roll out telemetry technology into an additional 11,000 small vans to encourage fuel efficient driving styles. It’s latest expansion will be harnessing ’s Telemetry system. With ambitions to complete the initiative later this year, Royal Mail details that …
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