MILAN, July 29 (Reuters) — Italian payments group Nexi on Friday confirmed its 2022 goals, after reporting a 20.5% rise in second-quarter core profit with revenue growing robustly across all its markets. The acquisition of domestic peer SIA and Nordic rival Nets, which it completed last year, have turned Nexi into Europe’s biggest payment service…
Read MoreBy Andre Cabette Fabio and Avi Asher -Schapiro RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — A Brazilian firm selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) it says are linked to physical land in the country’s Amazon rainforest has been asked by Brazilian prosecutors to prove its ownership of the land, which is in territory claimed by…
Read MoreA 24-year-old Australian man has been identified as the alleged mastermind behind intrusive spyware used by domestic violence perpetrators and other criminals. The Melburnian was 15 when he allegedly created the Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan which, once installed, let perpetrators control victims’ computers, steal their personal information, and turn on their webcams and microphones.…
Read MoreRape suspects are being brought before courts at more than treble typical rates in parts of the country, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A ground-breaking scheme to revolutionise police rape and sexual offences investigations has led to significant jumps in the number of rape suspects being charged in some force areas. The programme —…
Read MorePatients going to A&E because they were having a mental crisis had to wait three weeks for a bed at one of England’s busiest hospitals, it has been revealed. They had to stay in a short stay area with no natural light at Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital because of a shortage of mental health beds. A…
Read MoreBy Jane Lanhee Lee July 28 (Reuters) — U.S.chip manufacturer SkyWater Technology Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google Public Sector announced on Thursday they are expanding an open source platform to design chips that can be made in SkyWater´s Minnesota facility. SkyWater said the U.S. Department of Defense is funding $15 million for the development of…
Read Moreid=»article-body» class=»row » section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> Other than volatility, crypto has over the past decade perhaps been best known for lawlessness. Mysterious cryptocurrency founders have vanished after pocketing millions from initial coin offerings, while hackers and scammers have taken refuge in a financial Wild West enabled by the blockchain. The US government is working to change…
Read MoreAustralia is facing a dire labour shortage but few places are struggling as much as with barbers resorting to flying workers up from and the government forking out $2million for an ad to try and attract tradies to move. The Queensland government hoped its flashy multimillion-dollar government advertising campaign would attract more than 1000 tradies…
Read Moreid=»article-body» class=»row » section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> Taylor Swift’s private jet has emitted the , according to data released Friday by UK-based digital marketing agency Yard. The singer’s plane has taken 170 flights so far in 2022 with an average flight time of 80 minutes, leading to a total flight time of more than 380 hours. With…
Read MoreBy Jane Lanhee Lee July 28 (Reuters) — U.S.chip manufacturer SkyWater Technology Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google Public Sector announced on Thursday they are expanding an open source platform to design chips that can be made in SkyWater´s Minnesota facility. SkyWater said the U.S. Department of Defense is funding $15 million for the development of…
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