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Two London councils enact emergency plans after being hit by cyber-attack

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster city council investigate whether data has been compromised At least two London councils have been hit by a cyber-attack and have invoked emergency plans as they investigate whether any data has been compromised. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City council, which share some IT infrastructure, said a number of systems had been affected across both authorities, including phone lines. The councils, which provide services for 360,000 residents, shut down several computerised systems as a precaution to limit further possible damage. Continue reading… Source link

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‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant

In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here When Sylvie Delezenne, a marketing expert from Lille, was job-hunting in 2015, she was delighted to be contacted on LinkedIn by a human resources manager at the French culture ministry, inviting her to Paris for an interview. “It was my dream to work at the culture ministry,” she said. Continue reading… Source link

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Hong Kong’s beloved Ding How noodle brand to cease operations after 57 years

Hong Kong instant noodle brand Ding How, which has long been served in local cha chaan tengs, will cease operations next month after 57 years. Kam Yuen Food Company announced the news online on Wednesday, immediately drawing comments from scores of internet users who lamented the loss of another piece of Hong Kong’s collective memory. “We have decided to cease the operation in December this year after thorough consideration,” the company said on its social media. “We want to extend our gratitude… Source link

Space
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NASA in Silicon Valley Live – Meet NASA in Silicon Valley

NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Feb. 12, 2018, we talk about the exciting research happening at NASA’s Ames Research Center with Center Director Eugene Tu and participants of the 2018 #StateOfNASA NASA Social event at Ames. Video with captions: Source link

Technology
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Opinion: Europe’s VCs must embrace risk — or resign the AI era to US control

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of global venture capital is raised in the EU, according to the European Commission. The US, by contrast, attracts more than half, while China takes 40%. Yet Europe isn’t capital-poor: households save €1.4tn a year, nearly twice as much as in America. Still, very little of that money finds its way into startups, despite a plethora of incentives like the UK’s EIS tax relief for business angels.   Even when funding is available, Europe’s venture capital firms are slow and cautious.…

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UK’s Reeves unveils tax plan amid embarrassing budget leak

Britain’s Treasury chief Rachel Reeves stood up Wednesday to deliver a crucial tax-raising budget statement to lawmakers following an unprecedented leak from the government’s independent forecaster that basically laid out her measures. The biggest change in terms of money raised, according to the leak from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), is freezing the levels at which earners pay Britain’s different tax levels, meaning as wages rise, more people fall into higher tax brackets. Other… Source link

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Season 4, Episode 17: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Life?

If astrobiologists find life beyond Earth in the solar system, it will most likely be in the form of tiny organisms called microbes – nothing that would talk to us. But the galaxy is a big place; the universe even bigger. Somewhere out there, life may have evolved to become as smart, or even much smarter, than us. And the next step in that ladder may be “post-biological,” argues Susan Schneider, the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. Advanced life may be entirely based on microchips and silicon, using the tools of…