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A funny — but true — joke at TechCrunch is that the security desk might as well be called the Department of Bad News, since, well, have you seen what we’ve covered of late? There is a never-ending supply of devastating breaches, pervasive surveillance and dodgy startups flogging the downright dangerous. Sometimes though — albeit rarely — there are glimmers of hope that we want to share. Not least because doing the right thing, even (and especially) in the face of adversity, helps make the cyber-realm that little bit safer. Bangladesh thanked a security researcher for citizen data leak discovery…

Several of the City’s most prominent figures have been awarded peerages in the New Year honours list. Founder of a private taxi and hire company Addison Lee, John Griffin was appointed as Knight bachelor for his services to business and to charity. Stephen Hester, the chair of Easyjet and chair of Nordea was also appointed as Knight bachelor for his services to business and to the economy. Amanda Blanc, group chief executive officer, Aviva, was awarded Dames commander of the order of the British Empire for her services to business, to gender equality and to Net-Zero. Tristina Harrison, chief executive…

"Those responsible clearly don’t care about the damage to the local environment" Source link

The Cayman Islands crushed its tourism goal for 2023! After a return to cruise tourism in March of 2022, the western Caribbean cruise destination set a goal to reach 70% of 2019’s pre-pandemic visitor numbers in 2023, which equates to about 1.2 million cruise passengers.  With over 1 million cruisers sailing to the popular destination in 11 months during 2023, it’s safe to say that not only did the Cayman Islands meet its goal, but it has successfully rebounded from the COVID-19 closures. Cayman Island Cruise Tourism Grew Significantly in 2023 2022 exceeded cruise visitor expectations in the Cayman Islands.…

He was described as a ‘wonderful man’ and was also known for appearing in The Avengers and Up Pompeii! Source link

Barrier repairs are being carried out throughout January Source link

A research team at Osaka Metropolitan University has fabricated a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor using diamond, which of all natural materials has the highest thermal conductivity on earth, as a substrate, and they succeeded in increasing heat dissipation by more than two times compared with conventional transistors. The transistor is expected to be useful not only in the fields of 5G communication base stations, weather radar, and satellite communications, but also in microwave heating and plasma processing. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University are proving that diamonds are so much more than just a ‘girl’s best friend.’ Their groundbreaking research focuses…

Wind speeds of up to 40mph are expected to hit Sussex tomorrow, New Year’s Eve, as revellers get ready to celebrate the start of 2024. Showers are also forecast during the morning in Brighton, Chichester, Worthing and Crawley, with heavy rain expected in Eastbourne. Closer to midnight, the rain is forecast to clear across the county with cloudy or partly cloudy skies, but strong winds will persist, which could cause some disruption to firework displays. The first day of the new year will start off dry with clouds, before turning rainy later in the evening. Temperatures are expected to reach…

Location : The M6 southbound between junctions J11 and J9 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 16:15 and 16:30 on 30 December 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 15 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Not every startup collapse is an FTX or Theranos. They don’t all burn so brightly and explode so spectacularly. More often than not, there won’t be some high-profile court case and prison time. Amanda Seyfried isn’t going to play you in the made for Hulu movie. The story of most startup failures is far less exciting. The timing isn’t right, funding dries up, runways run out. Of late, a lot of macroeconomic factors have come into play, as well. These past few years have been especially brutal for startup land. According to a recent PitchBook survey, “approximately 3,200 private venture-backed…