Image copyright Getty Images One in three board positions at the UK’s biggest companies is now held by a woman, a government-backed review has found. The Hampton-Alexander Review latest report found 349 women currently sit on boards at FTSE 100 firms. The government said the review’s “fantastic work” had seen it hit the target almost […]
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Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hello, Adam Satariano here. I cover technology in Europe for The New York Times. This past week, as part of some research I have been doing about government uses of technology, I went to Berlin to attend
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Marcus Evans had 19 points as VCU beat Davidson 73-62 February 8, 2020, 2:16 AM 1 min read RICHMOND, Va. — Marcus Evans registered 19 points as VCU defeated Davidson 73-62 on Friday night. De’Riante Jenkins had 15 points for VCU (17-6, 7-3 Atlantic 10 Conference). Davidson totaled 20 points in the first half, a
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Friday, three days after his State of the Union address, President Trump traveled to North Carolina to drive home one of the speech’s major themes. “This is a blue collar boom,” Mr. Trump said, repeating what he told Congress was responsible for “the great American comeback.” He added, “Boom!” Mr. Trump’s
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Seven Democratic presidential candidates are sparring in a debate just days before the New Hampshire primary and The Associated Press is examining their claims. The AP Fact Check finds that tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang didn’t quite get his facts right February 8, 2020, 1:57 AM 1 min read WASHINGTON — Seven Democratic presidential candidates sparred
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Image copyright Netflix Image caption Gwyneth Paltrow’s Netflix series has caused a stir Gwyneth Paltrow has faced a wave of criticism over claims made in her controversial Netflix series, The Goop Lab. The six-part show explores the effectiveness of alternative therapies for numerous physical and mental illnesses. Many clips from the series have been derided
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Cynthia Erivo praised Joaquin Phoenix for his acceptance speech at the 2020 British Academy Film Awards earlier this week, in which he criticized the lack of diversity among nominees at the ceremony. The “Harriet” actor said Phoenix was “brave” for making that speech on stage, adding in an interview with Variety published Thursday that his words “meant a
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Image copyright Getty Images Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was imposed by France’s competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned. In 2017, Apple confirmed that it did slow down some iPhones, but
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The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee tells her staff that the federation acted appropriately in abuse-related cases brought up in a wrongful-termination lawsuit By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer February 8, 2020, 1:17 AM 4 min read DENVER — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s CEO told her staff “we acted appropriately,
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My colleague David Brooks, a longtime opinion columnist here, considered that phenomenon recently. The big news events in our lives, David wrote, “have ceased to drive politics the way they used to. We’ve seen gigantic events like impeachment, the Kavanaugh hearings, the Mueller investigation and the ‘Access Hollywood’ tapes. They come and go and barely
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