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Post Office on the brink of collapse

13 March at 17:23 PM, via TechCentral

Liquidation looms for the Post Office as its rescue practitioners warn government they intend to wind it up.

Facial Recognition Error Jails Innocent Grandmother For Months

13 March at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

Mr. Dollar Ton shares a report from the Guardian: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes. Lipps, a mother of three and...

Italian Prosecutors Seek Trial For Amazon, Four Execs Over Alleged $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion

13 March at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Milan prosecutors have requested trial for Amazon’s European unit and four of its managers over alleged tax evasion worth around $1.38 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The move is unprecedented for a case of this kind in Italy, as Amazon agreed in December to pay 527 million euros, including interest, to...

Out of the blue? How the colour of light could be used to treat mental illness

13 March at 13:14 PM, via The Guardian

A psychiatric unit in Norway has been testing its built-in lighting on conditions such as psychosis and depression

At first glance, the psychiatric ward in Trondheim looks much like any other unit caring for patients in acute mental distress. But as evening falls, filters descend over the windows, and the lights shift to a soft amber glow. By removing blue wavelengths that interfere with the...

Rand slumps for second week

13 March at 10:37 AM, via TechCentral

The rand has continued to weaken as the war on Iran sends oil above $100/barrel and rattles emerging markets.

Nasa ‘on track’ for Artemis II moon mission launch as soon as 1 April

13 March at 10:03 AM, via The Guardian

US space agency says it is working towards new date after February launch delayed by technical difficulties

Nasa said on Thursday that the long-delayed launch of Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to the moon in more than 50 years, could come as soon as 1 April.

“We are on track for a launch as early as April 1, and we are working toward that date,” Lori Glaze, a senior Nasa...

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