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Egyptians design ‘faster, cheaper’ hepatitis C test
The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians. The development “reduces the two-step testing process carried out over a number of days to a…
Homeless people turned into Wi-Fi hotspots at SXSW
A global advertising firm used homeless people as roving Wi-Fi hotspots, sparking controversy among technology trendsetters at an interactive festival in the United States. Debate over whether the stunt by Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) was helping or misusing the homeless spread from the streets of Austin onto the Internet by…
Former Google exec slams search giant as an ‘advertising company’
A former Google executive went public on Tuesday with a lament that the Internet star has become obsessed with advertising and seizing the online social networking crown from Facebook. James Whittaker left Microsoft in 2009 for a high-level software engineering job at Google only to recently jump back to the…
Goldman Sachs director quits ‘morally bankrupt’ Wall Street bank
By Juliette Garside – Greg Smith resigns as executive director of Goldman’s European equity derivatives business after devastating attack A Goldman Sachs director in London has resigned after publishing a devastating open letter accusing senior staff of being “morally bankrupt” and bent on extracting maximum fees from clients by offloading…
Scientists use Thoreau’s journal notes to track climate change
By Alison Flood – Researchers use Walden author’s tables of flowering dates in 1840s Massachusetts to show temperature has risen 2.4C Fittingly for a man seen as the first environmentalist, Henry David Thoreau, who described his isolated life in 1840s Massachusetts in the classic of American literature Walden, is now…
Apple subpoenaed by FTC over Google’s search deal on iPhone and iPad
Antitrust investigation expands to include mobile search, where Apple and Google split $1.3bn of revenues in 2011 By Charles Arthur A US antitrust investigation into Google has subpoenaed Apple to find out more information about the deal by which the search giant provides services for the iPhone and iPad, according to Bloomberg, citing sources inside…
Iran conducting cyber-war with BBC: broadcaster
Iran launched a “sophisticated cyber-attack” in an attempt to disrupt the BBC’s Persian service, which is watched by over seven million viewers weekly, the broadcaster’s chief was to claim Wednesday. Director-general Mark Thompson is expected to use Wednesday’s address to the Royal Television Society to accuse Iran of trying to “undermine” the popular service, according…
U.S. opens kinder, gentler immigrant jail
Federal officials unveiled a new model of detention facility for low-risk immigration violators in Texas — designed in every way not to resemble a jail, though it still is one. The civil detention center in rural Karnes City, Texas is a 608-bed facility for male immigration detainees deemed not to pose a threat to themselves or others. Immigration and Customs…
Fed slightly upgrades view of U.S. economy
The Federal Reserve slightly upgraded its view of the US economy, saying the jobs market and consumer and business spending had improved since January. But it kept its ultra-low interest rate and its liquidity-boosting bond repurchase operations in place, citing the depressed housing sector and the lack of inflationary pressures. The outcome of the…
Americans lift their beloved mac-and-cheese to new heights
Joining the queue at the CapMac food truck in downtownWashington one sunny lunch hour, Rebecca Harman sums up what’s so special about macaroni and cheese, one of America’s top national dishes. “It’s hot, it’s rich and its heavy,” said Harman, a government employee, waiting for her high-carbohydrate serving of pasta laden with melted cheese.…
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