Amazon, Alphabet, Alibaba, Facebook, Tencent – five of the world’s 10 most valuable companies, all less than 25 years old – and all got rich, in their own ways, on data. No wonder it’s become common to call data the “new oil”. As recently as 2011, five of the top 10 were oil companies. Now, […]
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A machine that rapidly chills packaged drinks is on show at the CES tech expo. The start-up involved hopes to launch Juno later this year to cool cans and bottles of drink at point of use, meaning they do not need to be stored in refrigerators in advance. The BBC’s Chris Fox tested the prototype
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Ron Harper Jr. had 22 points to as Rutgers beat No. 20 Penn State 72-61 By MATT SUGAM Associated Press January 8, 2020, 2:25 AM 2 min read PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ron Harper Jr. had 22 points to as Rutgers beat No. 20 Penn State 72-61 on Tuesday night. Rutgers took a lead at 34-33
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WASHINGTON — Under increasing pressure to defend the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq, senior Trump administration officials offered new justifications but little detail on Tuesday, citing threats to the American Embassy in Baghdad and intelligence suggesting other imminent attacks that helped prompt the strike. Democrats stepped up their criticism of intelligence that
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U By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer January 8, 2020, 1:55 AM 4 min read NEW YORK — U.S. stocks mostly fell on Tuesday, but the big rush for safety that coursed through global markets after the United States killed a top Iranian general on Friday slowed. Gold’s momentum eased a day after touching its
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Research led by the U.S. government found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer January 7, 2020, 6:25 PM 4 min read U.S. government-led research found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest analysis to look at the question. The findings were
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Image copyright Island Records Image caption The quintet are formed of Murray Matravers, Oliver Cassidy, Sam Hewitt, Lewis Berry and Jordan Birtles Hard to describe, but easy to love, Leicester’s Easy Life have been named runners-up in the BBC’s Sound of 2020. The genre-hopping quintet formed “on a whim” in a pub two years ago,
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Image copyright Getty Images Oil prices have jumped after at least two airbases hosting US troops in Iraq were attacked. Crude oil jumped by as much as 4.5% to $65.65 in Asian morning trade on concerns that this could disrupt oil supplies from the Middle East. So-called safe haven assets, like gold and the Japanese
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At least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles, according to the US Department of Defence. Footage reportedly of the missiles was broadcast on Iranian state TV. It said the attack was a retaliation after the country’s top commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a
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A week after a malicious virus infected its network, the London-based foreign currency exchange company Travelex has yet to restore digital sales January 8, 2020, 12:52 AM 2 min read BOSTON — A week after a malicious virus infected its network, the London-based foreign currency exchange company Travelex had yet to restore digital sales and
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