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Jaguar Land Rover drivers will earn IOTA for sharing data
According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes , browser-based cryptocurrency mining attacks - also known as crypto-jacking - are down 79 percent from this time previous year. The company has been testing the crypto technology at its newly-opened software engineering base in Shannon, Ireland. The sorts of micropayments required for this service going global aren't typically prac... [Full Article...]
SAS grounds more flights as pilot strike continues
The effects will continue to be felt on Tuesday, by approximately 49,000 passengers, with 546 flights due to be canceled. In an interview with Reuters, Torbjoern Lothe at the Norwegian Confederation of Enterprise, an employers' association that was involved in the talks with the unions last week, stated: "We believe the unions have to face reality and resume talks". [Full Article...]
Trump Ally Calls for More Sanctions on Russia Ahead of Elections
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke attacked the close ties between Republican President Donald Trump and Fox News on Sunday, saying the White House has "free rein, almost" over what is broadcast on the cable television network. [Full Article...]
Second largest uncut diamond in history unearthed
The stone is second in size only to the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, recovered in South Africa in 1905. There has been a spate of large diamond finds in the last few years, which has been put down to new sorting machines that can process diamonds without breaking them. [Full Article...]
Late rally pushes S&P, Nasdaq to new highs
Also Ford Motor Co surged 10.7% and was the biggest percentage gainer on the S&P after the automaker posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings largely due to strong pickup truck sales in its core US market. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33 points, or 0.1%, to 26,495. The report helped push bond prices higher, a sign that investors are taking a more cautious approach. [Full Article...]
Police start probe after death of Jet Airways employee
A 44-year-old employee of Jet Airways allegedly committed suicide on Friday afternoon by jumping off the roof of his building in Nalasopara East. Singh had been working with the Airlines for 23 years and had been on leave without pay for more than a year due to his cancer treatment. [Full Article...]
WPP suffers 'whopping' 8.5% Q1 plunge in North America
Read has responded by merging several of its biggest agencies, appointing new leaders in the U.S. and launching a hunt for new creative talent. "BCW [the merged Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe] has brought in almost $70m in new business in its first year", continued Read. [Full Article...]
Rivian R1S Electric SUV Goes Road-Tripping
While GM and others have sluggishly reacted to the threat of a Tesla pickup truck, Ford has announced it will move forward with an all-electric F-150. As a refresher, both the R1T and the R1S are expected to deliver over 643km of range and will have an available 180kWh battery pack. As well as electric vehicles, the company is working on vehicles that are capable of semi-autonomous operation tha... [Full Article...]