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Seizing the Opportunity: Data and Analytics During the Pandemic
Download the report here The executive report reveals: The key business roles that are behind the rising importance of data and analytics The roles in which the data leaders
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- Covid-19 has made a basic income system an economic imperativeby Guy Standing on 26th October 2020 at 6:00 am
Post-Covid, we must build a new income distribution system that will provide society, and every individual, with much greater resilience
- As winter bites, employers need to cover working from home costsby Alex Christian on 26th October 2020 at 6:00 am
With offices shut – and the pandemic only deepening – workers are questioning whether they should be footing the collective £2 billion rise in energy bills
- The best recipe boxes and meal kits in 2020, tried and testedby WIRED on 25th October 2020 at 6:00 am
WIRED Recommends the best recipe box companies to create (almost) restaurant-worthy meals from the comfort of your kitchen
- Audemars Piguet’s latest Concept watch relies on optical illusionby Laura McCreddie-Doak on 25th October 2020 at 6:00 am
AP's Royal Oak Concept Frosted Gold Flying Tourbillon employs stepped blue rings on its dial to mimic the effect of looking down a well
- BritBox has a plan to take on Netflix – appeal to boomersby Alex Lee on 25th October 2020 at 6:00 am
UK-centric streaming service BritBox is releasing a slow stream of original content. But will its focus on over-45s and Brits abroad be enough to compete with Netflix?
- Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatmentsby Amy Nordrum on 24th October 2020 at 11:00 am
In the past month, US President Donald Trump and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie were diagnosed with covid-19 and spent time in the hospital, just like tens of thousands of other Americans nearly every day since the pandemic began. But Trump and Christie were special cases. They received experimental covid-19 treatments that are not…
- The Premier League’s pay-per-view test is driving a risky piracy boomby Matt Burgess on 24th October 2020 at 5:00 am
Liverpool, Arsenal and Leicester games are all on pay-per-view this weekend. As well as being illegal, IPTV setups are also a huge privacy and fraud risk
- The clocks change tonight – but it won’t happen for much longerby James Temperton on 24th October 2020 at 5:00 am
The Covid-19 pandemic has put the brakes on plans to abolish seasonal clock changes in Europe in 2021, but it remains a question of when not if
- iPhone 12 and 12 Pro review: which should you go for?by Jeremy White on 24th October 2020 at 5:00 am
A £200 price difference is no small thing, especially when most of the specs for these two phones are the same. So, are they any good, and which is WIRED's pick?
- Pubs on the Welsh border are at the heart of a lockdown tug of warby Jack Needham on 24th October 2020 at 5:00 am
One stretch of road is all that divides these pubs on the border between Wales and England. Now lockdown is splitting them apart
General News
- How to enable automatic spam call blocking on iPhoneby Ivan Mehta on 26th October 2020 at 6:00 am
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Spam calls are a menace in any country. Don’t you hate it someone calls you to offer a car loan when you don’t even own a car? Thankfully, most of today’s phones offer call blocking services — you just need to know how to activate them. In 2019, Apple rolled out an automatic call blocking service through iOS 13. While the functionality is available on the phone, someone has to provide a list of spam… This story continues at The Next Web
- Non-resident Indians will likely send lesser money back home this year—and that’s bad newsby Prathamesh Mulye on 26th October 2020 at 4:59 am
Indians working abroad are expected to send lesser money back home this year due to job losses and pay cuts being witnessed across the world.
- Putin rejects Donald Trump's criticism of Biden family business, saying he sees nothing 'criminal' with Hunter Biden in Ukraineby insider@insider.com (Andrew Osborn) on 26th October 2020 at 2:22 am
Putin was responding to comments made by President Trump during televised debates with Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
- Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis is back on the global agenda after school children are killed by gunmenby Amindeh Blaise Atabong on 26th October 2020 at 1:46 am
Cameroon's so-called separatist Anglophone crisis erupted in 2016 as low-level protests over the real and perceived marginalization of Anglophones by the Francophone-dominated government.
- How Quibi fell apart in 199 daysby ljohnson@businessinsider.com (Lauren Johnson) on 26th October 2020 at 1:31 am
Here are the top media and advertising stories from Business Insider for October 26.
- The Marines Corps is rolling out a 'subversive' new strategy to take on Chinaby insider@insider.com (Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft) on 26th October 2020 at 12:38 am
"If Berger is right, if it's possible to do better with less, than why can't the Army, Navy and Air Force do the same?" one Marine veteran said.
- Pelosi says she would seek another term as House Speaker if Democrats keep majority after electionby ichoi@businessinsider.com (Inyoung Choi) on 25th October 2020 at 9:13 pm
"You keep thinking that Mr. President, you just keep on thinking that," Pelosi said about Trump's claims that Republicans will take back the House.
- Facebook is taking specific measures to slow the 'spread of viral content' in anticipation of possible unrest on Election day, report saysby ichoi@businessinsider.com (Inyoung Choi) on 25th October 2020 at 9:07 pm
Concerns for violence and voter intimidation are on the rise with less than 10 days until the election.
- US Senate votes 51-48 to advance the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before final vote on Mondayby insider@insider.com (John L. Dorman) on 25th October 2020 at 6:23 pm
The federal judge is just one step away from becoming the newest member of the high court, in one of the swiftest nomination processes in memory.
- The ewaste crisis could be avoided if we made batteries cheaper and easier to recycleby The Conversation on 25th October 2020 at 6:00 pm
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate change, many experts are calling for greater use of electricity as a substitute for fossil fuels. Powered by advancements in battery technology, the number of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on U.S. roads is increasing. And utilities are generating a growing share of their power from renewable fuels, supported by large-scale battery storage systems. These trends, coupled with a growing volume of battery-powered phones, watches, laptops, wearable devices and other consumer technologies, leave us wondering: What will happen to all these batteries once they wear out? Despite overwhelming enthusiasm for cheaper, more… This story continues at The Next Web
