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• Facebook and Google are laying another giant undersea internet cable, this time stretching 7,500 miles between 6 Asian countries

  16-08-2021 11:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook and Google are laying another undersea cable together.
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  Facebook and Google announced a new 7,500-mile undersea internet cable.
  The "Apricot" cable system should link six countries in East Asia.
  It's due to come online in 2024.
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  Google has announced a new project to lay thousands of miles of undersea internet cable connecting six countries in East Asia. The project, called "Apricot," plans to lay 12,000 km (7,45
  
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• A CEO who moved his company to a 4-day week says he struggled to stop working all 5 days

  16-08-2021 10:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It takes planning to cut down from a full 5-day week.
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  The CEO of UK legal firm Arken introduced a 4-day workweek in June.
  Although the firm experienced uplifts in productivity and wellbeing, there were challenges too.
  These included getting out of the 5-day mindset, cutting extra chatter, and ruthless planning.
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  More bosses around the world are toying with the concept of introducing a four-day week.Dave Newick is one CEO who has
  
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• At least 5 people have been killed in Kabul airport, where people are trying to force their way onto planes out of Afghanistan, report says

  16-08-2021 09:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  People running at Kabul Airport Terminal on August 16, 2021.
  Jawad Sukhanyar via Reuters
  At least five people were killed at Kabul airport as people tried to flee Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
  Videos showed the chaotic scene as people tried to leave as the Taliban took over the capital.
  US troops fired into the air earlier in the day, an official said. It's not clear if gunshots caused the deaths.
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  At least five people have been killed at Kabul airpo
  
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• The Department of Defense could be housing 30,000 Afghan refugees in locations like Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and Fort Bliss in Texas: report

  16-08-2021 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An internally displaced Afghan girl sits inside a box as she waits for the distribution of winter assistance in Kabul December 23, 2012. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) began a winter assistance programme for returnees from Pakistan and Iran, internally displaced persons and others who are at risk in the cold weather.
  REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  The Department of Defense could be planning to house Afghan refugees in Texas and Wisconsin.
  A Fox News correspondent cited an unnam
  
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• Striking photos and video show Taliban fighters holding guns and reciting from the Quran inside Afghanistan's presidential palace

  16-08-2021 06:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.
  AP Photo/Zabi Karimi
  The Taliban stormed Kabul on Sunday, setting itself up to retake Afghanistan after 20 years.
  After the Afghan president fled the country, Taliban fighters took over the presidential palace.
  Heavily armed fighters were seen inside the palace reciting from the Quran, Islam's holy book.See more stories on Insider's
  
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• China's state media mocked the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was 'more smooth than the presidential transition in the US'

  16-08-2021 05:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Taliban fighters stand outside the Interior Ministry in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul on August 15, after the militant force encircled and took over the city.
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  China's state media said the "power transition" in Afghanistan was smoother than the US presidential transfer of powers.
  The opinion was tweeted by Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, part of China's state media.
  Hu referenced posts on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, that compared the Capitol riot to the Talib
  
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• The Afghan Embassy in India sent out a tweet calling Afghan President Ashraf Ghani a 'traitor' who 'screwed and f---ed everything up'

  16-08-2021 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul.
  Reuters
  In a now-deleted tweet, the Afghan Embassy in India called President Ashraf Ghani a "traitor.""He screwed and f---ed everything up," read the tweet.Ghani fled his presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday in the midst of a Taliban takeover of Kabul.
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  The Afghan Embassy in India tweeted harsh criticism of the country's President Ashraf Ghani, who fled his palace in Kabu
  
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• Photos, videos show Haitians scrambling to find survivors of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake as Tropical Depression Grace approaches

  16-08-2021 04:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Locals search for victims in a home destroyed by an earthquake in Camp-Perrin, Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. The death toll from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared on Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.
  AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn
  As of Sunday, the death toll in Haiti following the earthquake sits at 1,297.
  Government agencies in the country are working to clear main access roads and collapsed
  
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• A month after Biden said there was no chance 'you see people being lifted off the roof' of a US embassy in Afghanistan, helicopters rushed to evacuate diplomats

  16-08-2021 03:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advance on the Afghan capital.
  AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
  Last month, Biden said there would not be rooftop evacuations from the US embassy in Afghanistan.
  On Sunday, US helicopters rushed to evacuate diplomats and staff from the embassy in Kabul.
  Biden also said it was unlikely the Taliban wo
  
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• 1,297 are dead and 5,700 injured after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake - more powerful than the catastrophic quake of 2010 - hit Haiti

  16-08-2021 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A family eats breakfast in front of homes destroyed by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.
  (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
  A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti.Haitian authorities said at least 1,297 people have been killed in the quake, with 5,700 injured.
  Haiti is still recovering from a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country in 2010.
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  At least 1,297 people have been killed and 5,700 inju
  
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• Videos show chaotic scenes at the Kabul airport as the Taliban retakes power in Afghanistan and thousands flee

  16-08-2021 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chaos and gridlock in Kabul, Afghanistan, as residents try to flee on August 15, 2021.
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  The Taliban stormed Kabul early Sunday and are set to retake Afghanistan 20 years after being ousted.
  Thousands of civilians attempted to flee the city, causing gridlock and chaos at the Kabul airport.
  The US deployed helicopters to evacuate diplomats and staff from its embassy.
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  Videos captured chaotic scenes at Hamid K
  
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• T-Mobile is investigating an alleged data breach affecting 100 million users - and the hacker is offering private data in exchange for bitcoin

  16-08-2021 00:58 via feedproxy.google.com
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  T-Mobile said it is looking into an alleged data breach based on a claim made in a forum post, according to Vice's Motherboard.
  The seller, according to the forum post, is asking for bitcoins in exchange.The potential data breach is said to have compromised 100 million users.
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  T-Mobile on Sunday said it is looking into an alleged massive data breach compromising over 100 million users bas
  
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