Getty Images Three years ago, the DNA-testing firm 23andMe was a massive success, with a share price higher than Apple’s. But, from those heady days of millions of people rushing to send it saliva samples in return for detailed reports about their ancestry, family connections and genetic make-up, it now finds itself fighting for its…
TOKYO — Japanese technology group SoftBank swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by positive results in its Vision Fund investments. Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. reported Tuesday a fiscal second quarter profit of nearly 1.18 trillion yen ($7.7 billion), compared with a 931 billion yen loss in the year-earlier period. Quarterly sales edged…
On December 11, Win Dunwell drove a half-hour to his workplace of 40 years. He knew the tornado that ripped apart Mayfield, Kentucky, had made a direct hit on his research station a mile outside of Princeton. Win pulled up, saw the ruins, and realized his library of somewhere close to 1200 gardening books,…
I spent most of yesterday sorting out a computer upgrade, a messed up router and hanging with my little people (who had a holiday from school), so I didn’t get to posting this garden that was (in my mind) so perfect for the day. So it goes, a day late and a dollar short…I share…
Karla Sofía Gascón plays the title role in Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Pérez. Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma hide caption toggle caption Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma Karla Sofia Gascón is living the time of her life. She plays the title role in…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Entertainment From Burger King’s Whopper scent to Honda’s selfie car, these companies are redefining funny this April Fools’. 01:13 Wed, Apr 1 20152:15 PM EDT Sophie Bearman Source link
CNN — For years, the people in the villages around Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their nightmare. In 2006, their once-clear river water suddenly turned a vivid blue, tainted by waste from the copper mine owned by…
D’Angelo Russell, whom JJ Redick moved to the Lakers’ second unit earlier in the day on Friday, responded with 18 points for a bench that desperately needed offensive punch and helped the Lakers beat Philadelphia 116-106. “I just wanted to win,” Russell said in his first response postgame. “So whatever it took, change of plans,…
PA Media Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said he is “minded” to vote against an upcoming bill to legalise assisted dying. MPs are due to debate proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life. The bill was introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater…
Julie Bolthouse Julie Bolthouse is opposing new data centre planning applications in Northern Virginia Environmental campaigner Julie Bolthouse points out that Northern Virginia has the world’s largest concentration of data centres. This is not something she is thrilled about. “We’re the Wall Street of the data centre industry,” says Ms Bolthouse, who is a director…
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