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ON MAY 8th, as the peso continued to tumble, Mauricio Macri, Argentina’s president, addressed his nation on television. His government had opened negotiations with the IMF for a credit line in order to “avoid a crisis like those we have faced before in our history”. That steadied the peso. But it also brought back painful […]
Jenny Connor (played by Sally-Ann Matthews) has been planning to leave Coronation Street for sometime, but the reason behind her departure has at large remained a secret. Now viewers of the long-running ITV soap will find out why Jenny is desperately trying to escape to Spain. Newly released images reveal the events that lead up to […]
Cambridge Analytica was not an isolated incident: Facebook has suspended another data analytics firm for collecting user data for marketers in the name of academic research, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces the wrath of Congress. CubeYou gathered user information through quizzes, which were billed as being “for non-profit academic research,” and then shared this information […]
Coronation Street viewers last saw Nicola (played by Nicola Thorpe) being told by Pat (Connor McIntyre) that he didn’t want anything more to do with her. Despite doting on his daughter and being incredibly excited for the birth of his first grandchild, he was forced to cut all ties with her after discovering her backstabbing […]
UPDATE: Australia has suffered a crippling collapse in Porth Elizabeth, as Usman Khawaja’s overseas record was exposed by a rampant South Africa. David Warner responded to his week from hell like a man on a mission, but after putting on 98 for the first wicket, the Australians fell in a heap to lose 6-72. On […]
As sleep gadgets become more and more bizarre, the 25-pound Gravity Blanket offers an intuitive approach: Lie down, pull up the covers, and close your eyes. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a74aaa9484c02072cca8ee9/master/pass/blanket-rolled.jpg
Thomson Reuters Goldman Sachs on Wednesday released results from its fourth quarter, beating analyst expectations with adjusted earnings of $ 5.68 a share. Wall Street analysts had been expecting adjusted earnings of $ 4.90 a share. Like the other big banks, Goldman Sachs took a hit from the recently enacted tax law. The bank took […]
The Meltdown vulnerability is bound to have far-reaching effects on the computing industry, but it’s having a very tangible effect right now: it’s causing chaos for multiplayer gaming. Epic Games has blamed Meltdown patches for login problems and downtime in Fortnite, pointing to the increased processor use at the third-party cloud services the battle royale […]
Enlarge / Solar panels visible over the roof of a community kitchen in Humacao, PR. (credit: Sonnen) German battery company Sonnen and its Puerto Rican solar-installing partner, Pura Energía, announced that they’ve installed six solar-plus-storage systems around Puerto Rico, and have plans for nine more. The initial six systems were donated, according to a press […]
Alvin Baez/Reuters Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico’s aging power grid ruined, which was run by the bankrupt power authority, PREPA. PREPA’s economic woes led to the power company becoming very opposed to renewable energy, instead opting to keep the broken system. Elon Musk offered power grids to Puerto Rico in order to power its hospitals, but […]
