Photo: AFC Energy Mostly because its inaugural season is yet to be run, I don’t particularly follow Extreme E. But the machines are cool and the series’ conceit is fresh. An announcement that the series will bring fuel cell-based battery charging infrastructure everywhere the series travels has me intrigued. AFC …
Read More »Stock Futures Edge Down Ahead of Powell’s Comments
U.S. stock futures edged lower Tuesday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony in Congress on the health of the economy. Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked down 0.1%. The benchmark stocks gauge on Monday fell for a fifth consecutive day, its longest losing streak since last …
Read More »Some pharmacy customer data impacted in vendor hack
BOSTON (AP) — Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service. The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said in a statement Friday that it believes less than 1% …
Read More »Nvidia cryptocurrency mining processor for Ethereum announced
Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during the company’s event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Thursday announced it will release a new series of semiconductors specifically for mining ether, the …
Read More »ITV appoints senior data leaders | News
UK – ITV has created four new leadership positions in its data division as part of a wider transformation of its group data and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. As part of the changes, Lara Izlan (pictured) has been promoted to director of data strategy and will be responsible for developing …
Read More »Spotify will let employees work from anywhere after the pandemic
A Spotify Ltd. logo sits on display as employees work at desktop computers inside the music streaming company’s offices in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, June 17, 2016. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spotify is the latest tech company to shift to a flexible work model following the Covid-19 …
Read More »Unusable M49 junction set to finally be connected
A finished but unusable £50million M49 junction has received a cash boost. Work on the Severn Beach junction itself was complete in 2019 – but it still cannot be used because it is yet to be connected to the local road network. Following months of limbo and arguments over where …
Read More »Recording studio wins starring role in two Dawn French ventures
You don’t become Dawn French’s go-to recording studio by accident but a Plymouth business can boast of being just that after the TV star chose it twice in a year. Since 1998 Fresh Air studios has been recording the voices of the famous and the familiar at its Stonehouse base …
Read More »Woman Creates App Pitch Sport To Stop Sport-Mad Husband Moaning About Football
A woman ditched her six figure salary in order to create an app which stopped her sport-mad husband moaning about football. Susannah Schofield, 45, had enough of her husband Paul, 41, dissecting every footie match he watched, so decided to make an app where he could moan away until his …
Read More »Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on coronavirus 17 November
Good afternoon and welcome to today’s Downing Street coronavirus briefing. I’m joined today by Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Office and Dr Susan Hopkins, the Chief Medical Advisor to NHS Test and Trace. Before we talk about testing and vaccines, I’d like to update you on the latest …
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