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5 Lessons From Microsoft’s Antitrust Woes, by People Who Lived It

The nation’s antitrust enforcers and Congress are stepping up their scrutiny of the tech giants. Disruptive investigations, federal lawsuits and new rules could loom for Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. The companies and their executives don’t need to look far for guidance about how this could all play out. One of their top competitors, Microsoft, […]

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Seattle’s addition looms as part of draft weekend story

Sports / En Sound Media

While the selections of Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kaako and the P.K. Subban trade all got their deserved attention during the NHL draft, one of the biggest crowds of the weekend surrounded a 59-year-old team executive and a Hollywood filmmaker. More than six months after the NHL announced its 32nd franchise, what’s happening in Seattle

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Climate change: Cashing in on CO2

Business / En Sound Media

Scientists from round the world are meeting in Germany to improve ways of making money from carbon dioxide. They want to transform some of the CO2 that’s overheating the planet into products to benefit humanity. They don’t claim the technology will solve climate change, but they say it will help. Carbon dioxide is already being

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Ransomware cyber attacks are targeting large companies and demanding huge payments.

Technology / En Sound Media

A Norwegian aluminium producer is recovering after hackers took 22,000 computers offline at 170 different sites around the world. Norsk Hydro refused to cave in to the cyber criminal’s demands for money and have spent £45m trying to restore their business to full strength. The attack comes as evidence grows that hackers are getting paid

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Woodruff strikes out career-high 12, Brewers beat Reds 7-5

Sports / En Sound Media

Travis Shaw made the all the difference for Brandon Woodruff. Woodruff struck out a career-high 12, Shaw homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 on Sunday. “That ball was crushed,” Woodruff said of Shaw’s big hit in the third off Anthony DeSclafani. “After that, we started getting to him a little bit,

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Gambling addiction clinic first to target vulnerable young

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA The NHS is to open its first clinic for young gambling addicts. The National Problem Gambling Clinic will aim to offer support to people aged 13 to 25. It is part of an expansion of support for those with an addiction announced in an NHS long-term plan which will see 14 clinics

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Jessie J on The Voice Kids and surviving fame

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright ITV Studios Image caption Jessie J is a coach on the current series of The Voice Kids For most people, sitting in a big red chair on TV means you’re about to be tipped backwards by Graham Norton. For Jessie J, however, it’s the chance to potentially make a significant difference to the

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Wind power: £100m fund aims to boost UK companies

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA A £100m fund has been established to help UK firms capitalise on the boom in offshore wind. With the UK so well suited to exploiting wind power, turbines have been erected in more than 30 locations from Brighton to the Moray Firth. But trade unions say the boom has not generated enough

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In Streaming Age, Classical Music Gets Lost in the Metadata

Technology / En Sound Media

A report released last week by Midia Research, which studies online media, portrayed a classical market in transition, with a relatively small economic impact but wide potential. According to the report, which Idagio commissioned, classical recordings generated $384 million around the world last year. That’s a small piece of the $19.1 billion of sales revenue

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Baez HR, Cubs win 5-3; Alonso sets Mets mark for rookie HRs

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Javier Baez hit a milestone homer to win a game after Pete Alonso went deep once again to set a team record. Baez cracked the 100th homer of his career, a three-run drive in the eighth inning as the Chicago Cubs overcame another home run by Alonso to beat the New York Mets 5-3 on

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