Microsoft’s DNA storage tech may fit in an enterprise

IT World | 2017-05-30

Microsoft has apparently firmed up its plans for a DNA-based storage device that it expects to be commercially available within about three years. The software giant originally unveiled its research into DNA as an archival storage medium last year; it described the technology being able to store the...

Indonesian mobile cinema keeps old film format alive in digital age

Reuters | 2017-05-30

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian entrepreneur Kamaluddin loves the gritty look of old 35-millimeter film so much that he spends most of his nights screening vintage movies at weddings and parties around Jakarta, the capital. ......

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Britain's Heathrow says BA to run full flight schedule on Tuesday

Reuters | 2017-05-30

May 29 (Reuters) - British Airways expects to run a full flight schedule at London's Heathrow on Tuesday after a worldwide computer system failure at the airline stranded 75,000 passengers over a holiday weekend, the airport said on Monday. ......

Venezuela opposition accuses Goldman Sachs of financing dictatorship

Reuters | 2017-05-29

CARACAS, May 29 (Reuters) - The president of Venezuela's opposition-run Congress on Monday accused Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs of "aiding and abetting the country's dictatorial regime" following a report that it had bought $2.8 billion in bonds from the cash-strapped country. ......

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How can schools recruit, and keep, more teachers?

BBC News | 2017-05-30

In the last few weeks you'll have heard that it's funding, or the kind of school, or...

A Paris school is using AI to monitor distracted students

Engadget | 2017-05-26

For those of us who zone out during university lectures, the temptation multiplies when you taking classes from home. Next fall, a business school in France will try to stop online students from getting distracted with an AI app called Nestor. To jud... ......

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Kerber first No. 1 woman ousted in French opener

Arkansas Online | 2017-05-29

PARIS -- A French Open already missing Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova is now without No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber, lending even more of a feeling that the women's championship is anyone's to win. Kerber has not been playing at all like one of the best at what she does, and Sunday she became...



Ernesto Valverde ready to be the resurrection at Barcelona

The Guardian | 2017-05-30

The man nicknamed the ‘Ant’ is a keen photographer and Stone Roses fan but he knows how to get the best out of a football squad on and off the pitch...

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Philippines urges Islamist militants to surrender

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BBC News | 2017-05-30

India states oppose cow slaughter ban

Several Indian states have opposed the federal government's decision to ban the sale of...

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WannaCry ransom note suggests links to China: Analysis

Chinese-speaking hackers may have been behind the massive WannaCry cyber-attack that affected thousands of organisation earlier this month, a new analysis...

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Tiger Woods Blames Medications For His Arrest On DUI Charge

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tiger Woods attributed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in...

BBC News | 2017-05-30

Has the time now come for internet voting?

Since Estonia's i-voting began, there have been no serious security issues, Mr Koitmae says. The technology and processes used are updated regularly based on...

WorldNews.com | 2017-05-29

Greece Warns Its Recovery Could Be Threatened If Debt Deal Is Blocked At EU Talks

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Al Jazeera | 2017-05-30

Poland's Bialowieza: Losing the forest and the trees

In the post-truth era, Polish government is trying to convince us that it needs to chop down a...

Alternet | 2017-05-30

Bernie Sanders: A Big Message I Have for Corporate America

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Alternet | 2017-05-30

Why Whole Foods Represents the Failures of 'Conscious Capitalism'

There’s no way to ‘fix’ corporations’ compulsion to produce ever more, ever more cheaply. It’s...

Alternet | 2017-05-30

Robert Reich: Making America Meaner - We Have a Deviant in the White House

GOP is becoming increasingly brazen in showing its dark side. Last Wednesday, on the eve of his...