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Image copyright Norsk Hydro Image caption Aluminium maker Norsk Hydro refused to pay ransomware hackers – many others pay up When malicious hackers disable your business and demand a ransom, should you pay up? Many firms do out of desperation, turning to intermediaries to help broker the deal. But law enforcement says this just makes […]

Image copyright Getty Images China has suspended some pork imports from Canada, adding to tensions between the two countries. The move comes after Chinese authorities found a banned feed additive in a batch of pork products exported from Canada to China. An investigation found that up to 188 health certificates attached to pork exports to

Hundreds of employees of Wayfair, the online furniture retailer, plan to walk out of their offices in Boston on Wednesday because they say the company has refused their demand to cut ties with government contractors operating migrant detention centers. The employees formed a group called Wayfair Walkout on Tuesday, revealing in a tweet that they sent

Image copyright Christians Against Poverty Struggling to pay the bills, and with no success in finding a job, Olly says spending was often a choice between food and electricity. “We were on a key meter and constantly running out. We were in the dark,” said the 42-year-old, from Hampshire. “It was really hard on the

Image copyright Getty Images Up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030, according to analysis firm Oxford Economics. People displaced from those jobs are likely to find that comparable roles in the services sector have also been squeezed by automation, the firm said. However, increasing automation will

Image copyright Charo Rivero Image caption Charo Rivero and Javi Amor When husband and wife, Javi Amor and Charo Rivero, used to return to Spain from their adopted home in London, they were the ones buying the drinks. But since Brexit, “everyone pays for their own drinks”, said Ms Rivero, who works as a midwife

Image copyright Getty Images When the great 19th Century American writer Henry David Thoreau made a comprehensive list of supplies for an excursion, he specified obvious items like a tent and matches, and added string, old newspapers, a tape measure and a magnifying glass. He also included paper and stamps, to make notes and write

Image copyright Boston Globe via Getty Images San Francisco has become the first US city to ban e-cigarette sales until their health effects are clearer. Officials on Tuesday voted to ban stores selling the vaporisers and made it illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. The California city is home to

Imagine rolling into work on a Monday morning only to find your usual parking spot occupied by a commercial airliner. Such is the life of employees at Boeing manufacturing facilities in the Seattle area, where undelivered 737 Max jets sit awaiting a software fix ― and the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval ― before they can retake

Image copyright Getty Images Some people go to extraordinary lengths to stop colleagues stealing their food and milk from the office fridge. Doncaster Council recently tweeted a picture – now since deleted – of a padlocked milk bottle found during a fridge clear-out. We asked readers if they had had similar experiences and many said