If you thought it was weird when Amazon bought Whole Foods, then you’re probably going to be scratching your head over its latest acquisition. The e-commerce behemoth is now entering the field of health care, which is one of the last places we thought we’d find Bezos’ footprint. Last week, …
Read More »New GOP bill seeks to let ISPs sell your web history to advertisers (updated)
Quick: Name five people you’d love to show all the internet traffic that has ever gone through your router. Every page you and anyone else using your unsecured Wi-Fi ever visited, every ad ever served to you from any of those pages, how long you lingered on the pages you …
Read More »New GOP bill seeks to let ISPs sell your web history to advertisers
Quick: Name five people you’d love to show all the internet traffic that has ever gone through your router. Every page you and anyone else using your unsecured Wi-Fi ever visited, every ad ever served to you from any of those pages, how long you lingered on the pages you …
Read More »‘UK’s oldest footballer’ seeks new team at 81
Image copyright BNPS Image caption Dickie Borthwick started playing football in 1947 when he was 12 An 81-year-old footballer – believed to be the UK’s oldest – is looking for a new club to sign him up. Dickie Borthwick, from Weymouth, Dorset, started playing football in 1947 when he was …
Read More »Firm seeks emoji translator
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Original emojis. The successful candidate will be paid per emoji for translation jobs A company in London has advertised for an emoji translator in what is thought to be the first such job worldwide. The role will involve explaining cross-cultural misunderstandings in the use of …
Read More »Workplace by Facebook seeks work life balance
Workplace by Facebook officially launched six weeks ago and director Julien Codorniou came onstage at Disrupt London today to talk about how the platform is responding to and building features to reduce interruption at work. Workplace is both a desktop and mobile app much like Facebook, but for your colleagues to socialize …
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