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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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Ryanair makes profit of almost €1.32bn and eyes new horizons

The Irish Times | 2017-05-30

Ryanair reported profits of almost €1.32 billion for 2017 and announced plans to return €600 million to shareholders on Tuesday. The Irish airline said revenues in the 12 months ended March 31st – its financial year – rose 2 per cent to €6.65 billion. It grew profits after tax by 6 per cent to...

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. ......

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Business News

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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Education News

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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WorldNews.com | 2017-05-30

Belgian University Asks Female Students To Wear Low-Cut Tops To Graduation

A Belgian university is red-faced after a message was sent out asking female students attending next month’s graduation ceremony to wear low-cut outfits, BBC...

The Siasat Daily | 2017-05-30

Philippines urges Islamist militants to surrender

Philippine authorities on Tuesday urged Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender for the sake of trapped civilians, as attack...

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...

Deccan Chronicle | 2017-05-30

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...

Dawn | 2017-05-30

An unreliable America may mean a stronger Europe

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel told a crowd on Sunday in southern Germany that Europe can no longer rely on foreign partners. According to The Washington Post:...

Open Minds Worldwide

The Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-30

Banning in-person jail visits is foolish and needlessly cruel

As a movement has taken hold to get California’s jails and prisons to operate more efficiently while...

The Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-30

How to fix L.A.'s failed parking policies

For more than five decades, local leaders throughout Los Angeles County have been trying to...