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• New Russian jet takes to air in bid to rival Airbus and Boeing

  28-05-2017 20:20
  
  Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its troubled civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing.
  
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• Ford's changes at the top aimed at faster decision-making

  28-05-2017 20:16
  
  Earlier this week, Ford Motor Co. replaced company veteran Mark Fields as CEO with Jim Hackett, a relative newcomer to the auto industry. Ford said it needed the change to speed up decision-making and reorient toward the future.
  
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• More Heathrow chaos as BA scrambles to recover from IT crash (Update)

  28-05-2017 17:32
  
  Thousands of travellers faced further chaos on Sunday as British Airways cancelled more than a hundred flights from London's Heathrow Airport following an IT system failure.
  
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• US official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban (Update)

  28-05-2017 17:31
  
  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States.
  
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• Fin24.com | Online gamblers lose big time over illegal winnings

  28-05-2017 16:00
  
  Online gamblers have had over R1m confiscated by the state after a court ordered several gamblers to forfeit their illegal winnings to the state.
  
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• Unattractive People Are Seen As Better Scientists

  28-05-2017 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Good looking, sociable people don't make good scientists, according to popular stereotypes.This is one of the findings of an interesting new study of how scientists are perceived, from British researchers Ana I. Gheorghiu and colleagues.
  Gheorghiu et al. took 616 pictures of scientists, which they downloaded from the faculty pages at various universities. They gave the portraits to two sets of raters. The first group were asked to rate the attractiveness of the portraits and to say whet
  
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• Angry BA passengers still face long lines, cancellations

  28-05-2017 14:33
  
  Thousands of British Airways passengers are still facing long lines, confusion and canceled flights as the airline works to restore its computer systems after a global IT failure crippled its services
  
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• Newcomer Macron makes France's mark, with Trump and globally

  28-05-2017 14:30
  
  Within days of taking the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron faced a string of diplomatic tests _ pushing the Paris climate deal on a skeptical Donald Trump, rallying European allies to do more to fight Syria's extremists, and now hosting Vladimir Putin
  
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• Fin24.com | Mother of Uber founder killed in boating accident

  28-05-2017 13:29
  
  The mother of Uber founder Travis Kalanick was killed in a boating accident and his father was seriously hurt, authorities and a company official said Saturday.
  
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• Google linking online and offline worlds in new ad challenge

  28-05-2017 11:40
  
  Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites while fueling privacy worries.
  
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• Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel

  28-05-2017 11:37
  
  A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs.
  
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• In Canada, parks thrive but conservationists cry foul

  28-05-2017 11:36
  
  On a highway in Banff National Park in western Canada, tourists hastily park their cars to catch a glimpse of a bear at the edge of the forest.
  
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• BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure

  28-05-2017 11:36
  
  British Airways said Sunday it was still working to restore its computer systems but hoped to resume flights from London airports, a day after a global IT failure crippled its services.
  
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• Blue Whale On Northern California Beach Likely Struck By Ship - HuffPost

  28-05-2017 09:15
  
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  Blue Whale On Northern California Beach Likely Struck By Ship
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  A blue whale that washed ashore in northern California was struck by a ship, experts believe. The female whale, 79 feet long, washed ashore Friday at Agate Beach in Bolilnas, about 13 miles north of San Francisco. Scientists from the Marine Mammal ...
  79-foot-long blue whale washes up dead on Northern California beachThe Mercury News
  Blue Whale that Washed Ashore in Bolinas was Hit By ShipFOX40
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• Mother of Uber CEO Kalanick Killed in Boat Accident

  28-05-2017 05:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bonnie Kalanick, 71, the mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, was killed in a boat accident Friday in Fresno County, California, the company said.
  
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• Do you wait for smartphone promotions before upgrading? - PhoneDog

  28-05-2017 02:45
  
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  Do you wait for smartphone promotions before upgrading?
  PhoneDog
  One of the more frustrating things about being an early adopter is the fact that, more often than not, you have to pay full price to get the privilege to use that new phone, or tablet, or whatever it might be as soon as it becomes available. At least ...
  Samsung accidentally spills the beans on two new phonesCNET
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  Samsung Galaxy Note 8 release date, price, specs, featuresValueWal
  
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• Mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick killed in boat accident - WHIO

  28-05-2017 02:42
  
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  Mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick killed in boat accident
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  In this May 6, 2017 photo provided by Travis Kalanick, Uber Chief Executive Officer, Kalanick, center, poses with his mother, Bonnie, right, and father, Donald Kalanick, left, at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. Bonnie Kalanick, 71, died after the ...
  Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's mother killed in boating mishapCNET
  Bonnie Kalanick, the mother of Uber's CEO, has died in a boating accidentRecode
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• Google's AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No. 1

  28-05-2017 00:34
  
  The Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after roundly defeating the world's top player this week, its developer said Saturday.
  
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• BA outage creates London travel chaos; power issue blamed

  28-05-2017 00:31
  
  British Airways canceled all flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Saturday as a global IT failure upended the travel plans of tens of thousands of people on a busy U.K. holiday weekend.
  
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• Carcass of 79-foot blue whale washes ashore in California

  28-05-2017 00:30
  
  The body of a 79-foot (24-meter) blue whale has washed ashore in California's Marin County and experts are trying to determine why it died.
  
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