Twitter introduced a new feature Wednesday that prompts users to read links to articles before sharing them. When users try to post links without opening them, a message appears, saying “Headlines don’t tell the full story, want to read this before Retweeting?” Limited to only Android users for now, the […]
Statistics Canada to start collecting race-based jobs data from July
Economic Indicators12 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 04:05PM ET) OTTAWA (Reuters) – Statistics Canada will start including details about people’s race in its monthly employment data in a bid to reflect more accurately the harm done by the coronavirus outbreak, the agency said on Thursday. The additional information will first […]
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
To quantify just how bad the problem has become across the American West, the researchers used collectors in 11 national parks and protected areas, sampling both rain and air. Each had a “wet” bucket to collect rainwater, and a “dry” bucket to collect air. A sensor would detect rainfall and […]
Britain closes Euribor enquiry, withdraws arrest warrants
Economic Indicators15 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 01:20PM ET) By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has withdrawn European Arrest Warrants against three German traders and one Frenchman after closing an eight-year investigation into allegations that bankers manipulated global Euribor interest rates. The SFO updated its […]
Exclusive: Britain asks private bankers to discuss potential wealth taxes – source
Economic Indicators3 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 11:50AM ET) (C) Reuters. The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry is canvassing private bankers over how the country’s richest citizens might help pay for the soaring cost of […]
USDA confirms big U.S. soybean sales to China as buying flurry continues
Economic Indicators4 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 11:00AM ET) (Reuters) – U.S. exporters reported sales of 720,000 tonnes of soybeans to China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday, as active purchases by the world’s top soy importer continued for a second straight week. The USDA confirmed the […]
OpenAI’s Text Generator Is Going Commercial
“The big mental shift is, it’s much more like talking to a human than formatting things for a machine,” says Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s chief technology officer. “You give it a few questions and answers and suddenly it’s in Q&A mode.” Nick Frosst, a researcher working on language machine learning who […]
Mexico industrial production plummets to historic low
Economic Indicators5 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 09:40AM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Silao MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s industrial output posted a record contraction in April as measures put in place to stem the spread of coronavirus dragged down construction, manufacturing and […]
More expensive meat drives up U.S. producer prices
Economic Indicators5 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 09:40AM ET) (C) Reuters. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in May amid a surge in the cost of meat, but the underlying trend in producer inflation remained subdued. The Labor Department said on Thursday its producer price index […]
UK businesses gradually reopening after COVID closing: survey
Economic Indicators6 hours ago (Jun 11, 2020 08:50AM ET) (C) Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses that temporarily closed during the coronavirus lockdown are gradually re-opening, a survey by the country’s statistics office showed as the government slowly lifts its restrictions. Of businesses which took part in a survey by […]