Areciob Observatory in Puerto Rico collapses after a cable broke that supported a 900-ton platform

1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more

TikTok launches platform to help small businesses through coronavirus pandemic recovery

Should you advertise your small business on TikTok? Social media favourite launches platform to help firms in the coronavirus recovery EXCLUSIVE: Video-sharing social network TikTok is launching a new platform for small and medium-sized businesses across Europe  Follows the launch of TikTok for Business which launched across Europe in June Chinese app will also spend … Read more

Facebook staff want to keep news censorship measures – even if it makes the platform more boring 

Facebook staff want to keep in place news censorship measures that were brought in to stop the spread of ‘misinformation’ following the US election – even if it makes the social network less engaging, the New York Times reports. In the immediate aftermath of the contested US election, Facebook implemented a change to its news … Read more

Energy giant E.On plans to cut 700 jobs as it plans to migrate customers to new platform

Energy giant E.On plans to cut 700 jobs as it looks to migrate customers to new platform By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:14 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:14 GMT, 19 November 2020 Hundreds of job cuts are planned by E.On Hundreds of job cuts are planned by E.On. The … Read more

Beyoncé joins forces with fitness platform Peloton to launch themed workout classes

Beyoncé has forces with fitness platform Peloton to create a series of themed workouts for students during Homecoming season. The 39-year-old music icon’s classes will celebrate Homecoming season – an celebration for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) which takes place in the Autumn and pays tribute to history and traditions.  The Crazy In … Read more

Amazon launches ‘climate-friendly’ platform to reduce amount of packaging

Online shopping giant Amazon has launched an ‘eco-friendly’ platform on its website in a bid to reduce the amount of packaging sent to customers as well as minimising its carbon footprint. The world’s biggest online retailer unveiled the Climate Pledge Friendly in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, claiming the new programme will make … Read more

Ex-fund manager eyes £1m launch of investment platform

Former fund manager raises £1m for investment platform she hopes will rival the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 5 October 2020 A former fund manager has raised £1m for an investment platform which she hopes will rival the likes … Read more

Twitter is DOWN! Thousands of users across the world are unable to access the social media platform

Twitter is DOWN! Thousands of users across the world are unable to access the website or app version of the social media platform Twitter is down across the world, leaving thousands unable to use the site The outage appeared around 9:30am ET and has hit more than 40,000 people The US, the UK and Japan … Read more

Facebook whistleblower claims platform ignored political manipulation outside of the US and Europe

A former Facebook employee’s leaked internal memo has revealed her claims that the company ignored or deprioritized election interference campaigns outside of the U.S. and Europe, leaving junior employees to make decisions potentially affecting the fate of nations. Sophie Zhang, a recently fired data scientist on Facebook’s Site Integrity team, penned the 6,600-word internal memo after … Read more

Victoria Station CCTV reveals platform worker Belly Mujinga was ‘NOT spat on’

Victoria Station CCTV reveals platform worker Belly Mujinga, 47, was ‘NOT spat on’ by passenger before she died of Covid, inquest hears Govia Thameslink Railway worker Belly Mujinga, 47, died from Covid in April  Mother-of-one died after she was allegedly ‘spat on’ by man at Victoria station  But a review of CCTV and interviews with … Read more