Category: Editors’ Picks

Ryanair pilots vote for strike action
7. 8. 2019 No Responses

Ryanair pilots vote for strike action

UK-based Ryanair pilots have voted to strike in a row over pay and conditions. In July, the budget airline reported a sharp fall in quarterly profits to 21%, due to higher costs for fuel and staff, and reduced ticket prices. The...
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US Treasury declares China ‘currency manipulator’
6. 8. 2019 No Responses

US Treasury declares China ‘currency manipulator’

US Treasury declares China ‘currency manipulator’ after Wall Street suffers worst trading session of 2019. Washington has escalated the trade war with Beijing by accusing China of being a currency manipulator, after a Wall Street stock wipeout by 767 point...
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Elixxir: Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation
5. 8. 2019 No Responses

Elixxir: Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation

Dr. David Chaum – inventor of eCash and founder of DigiCash in 90’s and now CEO of project Elixxir, blogged about Privacy Preserving Technology vs. Legislation. After last spying Apple’s faux pas and spending decades focused on the intersect...
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Apple Suspends Program That Records Users Having Sex And Buying Drugs
2. 8. 2019 No Responses

Apple Suspends Program That Records Users Having Sex And Buying Drugs

Users will soon be presented with the option to “opt in” to what looks to us like a blackmailer’s dream come true. Suspicions about personal assistants being used to inadvertently surveil their users first surfaced. Last spring, Amazon acknow...
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Verizon Q2 profit beats estimates, CEO thinks half of the US will have access to 5G next year
1. 8. 2019 No Responses

Verizon Q2 profit beats estimates, CEO thinks half of the US will have access to 5G next year

Verizon Communications (VZ) posted better-than-expected second-quarter results on Thursday, with profit boosted by strong wireless subscriber growth as the company ramps up its implementation of next generation, high-speed connectivity. Here are the numbers: E...
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GE Posts Quarterly Loss
31. 7. 2019 No Responses

GE Posts Quarterly Loss

General Electric Co. reported a second-quarter loss and flat sales, but said it was making progress in restructuring its long-struggling and hopeless Power division and raised its full-year financial projections. GE also said its CFO Jamie Miller, will be leav...
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Humanity Needs 5 Planets Earth
30. 7. 2019 No Responses

Humanity Needs 5 Planets Earth

The World Is Not Enough. Earth Overshoot Day is the day which marks the time at which humanity has used up its allotment of natural planetary resources for the year, occurred in the month of July. It had occurred in August...
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Mylan to merge with Pfizer’s Upjohn
29. 7. 2019 No Responses

Mylan to merge with Pfizer’s Upjohn

Pfizer will combine its off-patent drug business with Mylan. Pfizer shareholders would own 57% of the new company and Mylan’s shareholders would get 43%. The combined company, which will sell Mylan’s EpiPen and Pfizer’s Viagra, will be domiciled in the.....
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The UN’s Free Speech Problem
28. 7. 2019 No Responses

The UN’s Free Speech Problem

Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech.  The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, in its preamble, the ideal that “human beings shall enjoy freedom...
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The EU’s Biggest ‘Takers’ and ‘Givers’
26. 7. 2019 No Responses

The EU’s Biggest ‘Takers’ and ‘Givers’

The question of which countries are paying more in EU contributions than they are getting out is a contentious issue for some and was also one major factor in the Brexit vote in the UK. In the 2017 budget, there...
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Boeing Q2 Revenue Plunges, Missing By $5 Billion
24. 7. 2019 No Responses

Boeing Q2 Revenue Plunges, Missing By $5 Billion

With the storm clouds over the grounded 737 MAX gathering patiently for the past 5 months, it was only a matter of time before the torrential downpour arrived, which it did just before 730am, when Boeing reported shocking numbers, with...
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Harley-Davidson second-quarter profit falls 20%
23. 7. 2019 No Responses

Harley-Davidson second-quarter profit falls 20%

H-D’s motorcycle revenue missed estimates $1.43 billion, versus $1.44 billion expected by analysts. The company reports $195.6 million in net income during the second quarter, versus $242.3 million a year earlier, a nearly 20% drop. H-D’s second-quarte...
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Boeing 737 Max Grounding Charges to Reach $8 Billion
22. 7. 2019 No Responses

Boeing 737 Max Grounding Charges to Reach $8 Billion

The financial fallout from the troubled 737 Max jetliner continues to swell for Boeing, which on Thursday announced $7.3 billion in costs that will hit its bottom line. The price tag could still climb. The Max has been grounded for...
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Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray – No Manual Transmission
21. 7. 2019 No Responses

Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray – No Manual Transmission

Chevrolet has launched the mid-engine 2020 Corvette C8 Stingray. There were a lot of leaks prior to the launch, but that did not deter the aura of the whole event. The C8 Stingray debuted in California at a standalone event,...
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USS Boxer probably shot down their own UAS by mistake
19. 7. 2019 No Responses

USS Boxer probably shot down their own UAS by mistake

US May Have Downed Its Own UAS By Mistake Iran: “We’ve Not Lost Any Drones” Iran has issued a surprise astounding contradiction of the US account related to Thursday’s drone downing. President Trump had announced that the amphibious ass...
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