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Jamie Inlow converted her neighbor's sheep barn into an Airbnb for $2,000. Now, she manages more than 100 luxury listings.

New Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
India plans to send a man to the Moon and set up a space station by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as the country ramps up its space programme. The premier's announcement comes as the world's most populous country readies for a key test flight due Saturday for its first crewed space mission. Modi told space agency officials that they should "build on the success of Indian space

Paris (ESA) Oct 18, 2023
ESA's navigation testbed vehicle participated in a campaign organised by Norwegian governmental authorities to assess the impact of jamming and spoofing on satnav systems and test innovative technologies for detection and mitigation. Satellite navigation has become indispensable in our daily lives and is used in a myriad of applications, from guiding aircraft and driverless cars to monitor

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2023
NASA develops a variety of technologies to explore space and beyond for the benefit of humanity. One measure of its success is the impact on the daily lives of millions of people with injuries and disabilities who are assisted with innovative treatments and products developed from NASA-derived technology. After all, it was thanks to NASA's resources that Adam Kissiah, an electronics instru

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023
The Indian government wants an Indian space station by the year 2035 and a crewed Indian mission to land on the moon by 2040. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office announced the goals after a meeting to update the prime minister on the progress of India's Gaganyaan program, which intends to pave the way for independent crewed Indian missions into space. "It was noted that around

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
In the face of increasing rocket attacks and large-scale border incursions from Gaza, resulting in thousands dead, Israel is pressed to reconsider its defense strategies. The costs associated with operating the Iron Dome and other existing missile defense systems are mounting rapidly. This has led the Israeli government to urgently request Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to fast-track the deploy

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023
Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too. For the robot, solving the packing problem involves satisfying many constraints, such as stacking luggage so suitcases don't topple out of the trunk, heavy objects aren't placed on top of lighter ones, and collisions betwee

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
With the rise of brain-interface technology and artificial intelligence that can imitate brain functions, understanding the nature of consciousness and how it interacts with reality is not just an age-old philosophical question but also a salient challenge for humanity. Can AI become conscious, and how would we know? Should we incorporate human or animal cells, such as neurons, into machin

Portsmouth UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
A University of Portsmouth physicist has explored whether a new law of physics could support the much-debated theory that we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world. The simulated universe hypothesis proposes that what humans experience is actually an artificial reality, much like a computer simulation, in which they themselves are constructs. The theory is popular among a

Tokyo (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Japan's Honda and US auto titan General Motors announced on Thursday that they planned to launch a driverless taxi service in Tokyo in 2026, helping tackle labour shortages in an ageing society. Co-developed by San Francisco-based self-driving car operator Cruise, the project will offer "an entirely new kind of mobility experience" in Japan, Honda said in a statement. "This will be a maj

Belgrade (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
China and Serbia signed on Wednesday two roadbuilding deals worth a total of nearly four billion euros ($4.2 billion) as well as a contract on the purchase of five high-speed trains, the Serbian transport ministry said. The contracts were signed in Beijing a day after the two countries signed a free trade agreement at a forum on China's landmark Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as Beijing seek

Helsinki (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Thursday it could cut its workforce by as many as 14,000 people after it reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profits. "In the third quarter we saw an increased impact on our business from the macroeconomic challenges," CEO Pekka Lundmark said in a statement. Nokia's savings programme is expected to reduce the firm's employees to as low as 72,000, r

Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
US government lawyers rested their case on Tuesday in the landmark antitrust trial against Google after five weeks of testimony that saw some of big tech's most senior executives take the stand. At the heart of the case is Google's search engine and whether the company has acted illegally to preserve its overwhelming dominance. Here are five things we have learned so far at the trial:

Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, said Tuesday it has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines for basic features such as posting messages in a trial aimed at reducing spam. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who bought Twitter last year for $44 billion, has long complained about fake accounts, bots and spam on the platform, introducing a number of controversi

Berlin (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
France on Wednesday repeated calls to class hydrogen produced with atomic power as "green", lining up a new clash with Germany over nuclear's role in Europe's energy plans. "The development of the hydrogen market will be delayed if there is no equal treatment between renewable and low-carbon hydrogen," the French ambassador to Germany Francois Delattre said in Berlin. Low-carbon electric

Israeli Army pounds Gaza strip targets Hamas with artillery shells Ground report

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he wants to temper expectations about the EV-maker's Cybertruck because it will take time to scale production at volume while considering cash flow.

ALL AT SEA TOGETHER The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions […]

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1. Nokia to cut up to 14000 jobs as US demand shrinks, growth uncertain  Reuters
2. Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs after 69% profit plunge  CNBC
3. Nokia layoffs: Company will slash up to 14,000 jobs  CNN
4. Nokia plans to cut up to 14000 jobs  Nokiamob
5. Nokia says it's going to cut up to 14,000 jobs  Business Insider
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The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of John Woollacott as the new Director of Health and Social Services, who took up the position on Thursday 12 October 2023.

The acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has allayed fears being expressed by corporate organisations that the resolve of FIRS to increase the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio to 18 per cent from 10.86 will lead to an increase in taxes. Adedeji said such resolve would not necessarily lead to an increase in taxes

The fall in sales of small cars and the rise in SUV sales may not be only due to Indians now ditching small cars and preferring to buy SUVs. Due to several factors, carmakers are focusing more on SUVs, making them affordable even if they have to downsize them in different respects, just as small-car segment crumbles under stress.

The Chase's Mark Labbett told his social media followers that he was "demoralised" by the team who took home a whopping £20k after beating him in the final chase