These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week

Venture Beat | 2017-06-10

This week, Tech.eu tracked 9 technology M&A transactions, 4 IPOs and 67 tech funding deals totalling about €232 million (abut $260 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) Berlin-based food delivery startup Delivery...

Airbnb rentals are now legal in Japan

Engadget | 2017-06-09

After some legal tussling between home owners, building owners, Japanese government and, well, Airbnb the country has decided to legalise sharing economy home rentals. The law was passed earlier today, allowing home-owners to let properties to guests... ......

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Thieves’ favorite wheels? Still Honda, Toyota

The Miami Herald | 2017-06-11

The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual “Hot Wheels” list of the 10 most stolen vehicles in America during 2015. The Des Plaines, Ill., nonprofit dedicated to deterring auto...

Tech stocks plummet, but Dow sets record

Wall Street turned in an uneven finish Friday as investors unloaded their technology company shares in favor of energy and financial stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which has outpaced gains by other stock indexes this year, fell the most. Even with the sell-off in...

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Fruits better than biscuits

DNA India | 2017-06-12

My first choice would always be natural food and a home-cooked meal How healthy or unhealthy are biscuits as a part of regular diet? Is eating a Marie or any of those digestive biscuits a good option as one of those smaller meals every two hours? —Ms N Are digestive biscuits absolutely...

UA research on snakes could help treat diabetes

Tuscaloosa News | 2017-06-12

Could the answer to treating digestive ailments like diabetes and Crohn's disease be slithering around in a laboratory at the University of Alabama? Stephen Secor, a professor of biological sciences at UA, hopes so. “This all kind of started as, ‘Hey let’s do something...

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Immense need of pet education at school level, stresses Jacqueline Fernandez

The Siasat Daily | 2017-06-12

New Delhi [India]: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who has joined hands with The Body Shop, as its face, for the first ever campaign of its kind for a global ban on cosmetics animal testing, feels there is need of pet education and animal welfare to be...

Legislature boosts financial aid for college students

Longview News Journal | 2017-06-11

Attempts to freeze tuition may have stalled out at the Texas Legislature this year, but lawmakers did take one quiet step toward addressing college affordability: They gave the state's biggest financial aid program a boost. The austere state budget currently awaiting Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's...

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Stan Wawrinka comes back to beat Andy Murray, reach French Open final

Denver Post | 2017-06-09

PARISBattering the ball as if each shot would determine the match’s outcome, 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka came back to beat No. 1-ranked Andy Murray 6-7 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-1 on Friday and become the oldest French Open finalist in 44 years. The No. 3-seeded Wawrinka, a...



Hamilton wins as Mercedes reel off one-two finish

The Jakarta Post | 2017-06-12

Lewis Hamilton revived his bid for a fourth driver's world title when he cruised to victory in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. It was the three-time champion's sixth victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve -- where he claimed his maiden...

French Open 2017: Nadal pays tribute to Uncle Toni, Wawrinka calls Rafa 'best ever'

DNA India | 2017-06-11

Rafa Nadal paid tribute to his uncle and coach Toni after winning a record-extending 10th French Open title on Sunday. "Thanks to my uncle, he's been with me since I was three years old, we've been working a lot and without him I would not have these 10 trophies with me," Nadal...

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