Google security lead Miles Taylor takes leave ahead of Presidential election. Miles Taylor, President Trump’s former homeland security chief of staff and current Google staffer who became a controversial figure within the company for his work on Trump’s child separation policies, is taking a leave from Google until after the presidential election. Taylor appeared in
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Pizza Express has revealed plans to close almost a fifth of its UK restaurants under a financial restructuring that places 1,100 jobs at risk. The casual dining chain said it hoped to redeploy some of the staff impacted by the company voluntary arrangement (CVA), first revealed by Sky News, which will also aim to reduce
Three men on trial for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 have been acquitted in a surprise judgement. Hassan Merhi, Assad Sabra and Hussein Oneissi were all being tried, in their absence, along with a fourth man, Salam Ayyash, who was found guilty for his part in the assassination plot.
Doctor Who fans, get to the Tardis – for transportation to an ambitious immersive theatre experience set to launch next year. Featuring Daleks, Cybermen and Time Lords, Doctor Who: Time Fracture goes back to 1940 during the Blitz, with a mysterious weapon destroying a small corner of London’s Mayfair and opening a rift in space
Leicester’s nail bars and salons can reopen from Wednesday, but health officials have warned that “infection rates remain too high” for the local lockdown to be fully lifted. Outdoor swimming pools will also be allowed to start accepting customers – as can spas, tanning booths, and massage and tattoo parlours. However, people in the area
Donald Trump has retaliated after former first lady Michelle Obama said he was the “wrong president” for the US. In a series of posts on Twitter, he wrote: “Somebody please explain to @MichelleObama that Donald J. Trump would not be here, in the beautiful White House, if it weren’t for the job done by your
Public Health England (PHE) is being scrapped as part of plans for a new organisation responsible for dealing with pandemics, the health secretary has announced. Matt Hancock confirmed the decision reported over the weekend to set up a body called the National Institute for Health Protection, which will also work against the threats of biological
NIU has just released its Q2 2020 financial report, indicating that the company has continued its strong recovery after suffering early setbacks from COVID-19 pandemic. NIU has been on a tear this year, quickly shirking off the initial drop in sales in Asia following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Beijing-based electric scooter company
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has resisted calls to resign but told Sky News he is “incredibly sorry for the distress” the A-level and GCSE results row caused to students. He said up until results day last week he had “every confidence and reassurance” the controversial algorithm used to grade pupils whose exams were cancelled due
Marks & Spencer plans to cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months as part of a shake-up in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The move was announced as the retailer revealed a steep drop in sales and said it was acting to reflect a “material shift” in trading prompted by the pandemic. M&S
Sharon Stone has said her sister and brother-in-law are “fighting for their lives” with coronavirus, blaming “non-mask wearers”. In a series of posts on her Instagram account, the Emmy-winning actress said her sister Kelly is “not doing well”. Sharing pictures of her sister’s hospital room, she wrote: “My sister Kelly, who already has lupus, now
Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. Bloomberg Oracle, an enterprise software giant, is in talks to acquire social media company TikTok’s U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand assets, according to a person familiar with the matter. Oracle is working
August 17th, 2020 by Johnna Crider While Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, believes that white supremacist-tied publications meet a rigorous standard for fact checking, Facebook’s ad policy seems to believe that clean energy is the bad guy. Sound’s a bit nutty, but it’s true. As I was scrolling through my LinkedIn feed, I noticed a post
August 17th, 2020 by Saurabh Originally published on Future Trends. Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country. Cleantech Investments Module Manufacturer Plans US$700 Million Investment In New
The US is to increase restrictions on Huawei to try to cut off all access to American technology for the Chinese company. Huawei’s access to US components and technology, including Google’s music and other smartphone services, was cut off last year. Those penalties were tightened in May when the White House barred vendors worldwide from
August 17th, 2020 by George Harvey The good old days. Lakeview No. 1 gusher. About half of the estimated 9.4 million barrels of oil it produced were lost into the environment. Photo by an unknown author, 1910. Public Domain. After CleanTechnica posted the article, “The End Of Oil & Gas: A Different View,” a reader