Prigozhin's failed coup proves censorship and monitoring can't work
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The silver cloud

While Yevgeny V. Prigozhin's Wagner Group coup against Tsar Vladimir Putin failed to do much, it did prove that government censorship is largely useless. 

Apple fangirl shot dead after tracking her stolen car
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Apparently she thought the car thieves would immediately surrender to her superior technology

Four men were arrested in the shooting death of a 61-year-old Bakersfield woman who died after police said she confronted suspects who she thought had stolen her car.

Employers will lose the "working from home" battle
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Pandemic changes becoming permanent 

Employers are likely to be as successful in their war on working from home as an advance on Moscow by Wagner mercenaries, a new report has said. 

Harvard Boffin studying business honesty lied in her reports
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Excel can be used to make you less honest 

Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, who investigated business honesty, wrote reports which contained fraudulent data three business school professors allege.

Intel separates its manufacturing arm
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Friday, 23 June 2023 11:30

Intel separates its manufacturing arm


Will generate a margin

Intel says its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin, but gave no clear timeline on when it will start scaling up.

Accenture worried about IT spending
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Friday, 23 June 2023 11:25

Accenture worried about IT spending


Revenue forecast down

IT outsourcer Accenture is worried about falling IT spending after showing a quarterly revenue forecast below what the cocaine nose-jobs of Wall Street expected.

Sony makes deal with Qualcomm
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Friday, 23 June 2023 11:16

Sony makes deal with Qualcomm


Seems to be sticking with smartphone making for now

Sony company has struck a multi-year deal with Qualcomm to use Snapdragon platforms to power its handsets.

Microsoft complains that it is losing the console wars
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Now the FTC wants to give the field to Nintendo and Sony

Microsoft has told a court that it has been losing the console wars to Sony and Nintendo and needs to buy Activision Blizzard to keep its head above water.

US government gives Ford $9.2 billion loan
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We need you to catch up to the Chinese fast

The US government is providing Ford a conditional $9.2 billion loan for constructing three battery factories.

People training AI models outsourcing to AI
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What could go wrong

A significant proportion of people paid to train AI models may be themselves outsourcing that work to AI, a new study has found.