Strict guidelines govern how sick or injured animals are disposed of, leaving farmers with no cheap or easy optionsHundred of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workersSick or injured animals on farms which are not able to be transported …
Global deal on 15% minimum tax rate for multinationals edges closer
Almost 140 countries understood to be in final OECD talks on measures to stop firms moving profits to tax havensAlmost 140 countries are edging closer to a global deal on the taxation of multinationals, with agreement on a minimum 15% rate of corporati…
IMF cuts global economic forecast as pandemic ‘hobbles’ growth
Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva says most serious obstacle to full recovery remains Covid vaccine divide between rich and poor statesThe head of the International Monetary Fund has warned the world economy remains “hobbled” by the Covid-19 pandemic as …
UK car sales plunge but electric vehicles soar to record amid fuel crisis
Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decadesThe number of electric cars sold in the UK last month neared the figures for the whole of 2019, with panic-buying at the petrol pumps expected to accelerate cons…
Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers
Farmers warned that up to 120,000 animals face being slaughtered as they lack space to house them‘Fallen stock’: what happens now to the UK’s unwanted pigs?The slaughter of healthy pigs has begun on British farms, with farmers forced to kill animals to…
Revealed: how Tory co-chair’s offshore film company indirectly benefited from £121k tax credits
Secret British Virgin Islands firm behind West Indies cricket team documentary raises questions for Ben Elliot and partyPandora papers news and reaction – live updatesSee all of our Pandora papers coverageBen Elliot, the Conservative party’s embattled …
Shipping firms vow to cut emissions if governments support low-carbon tech
Industry calls for levy to fund new technologies – but environmentalists say proposal blocks climate progressThe global shipping industry has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by mid-century – but only if governments impose a mandatory…
【独自】ソフトバンクGがフロリダ州マイアミにオフィスを新設へ。「南米への玄関口」の戦略的重要性
ソフトバンクGが米フロリダ州マイアミに拠点を開設するため、オフィスのリース契約交渉を進めていることが判明しました。同社はなぜマイアミを選んだのでしょうか？
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性行為目的、写真詐欺にセクハラも…マッチングアプリ利用者の4割がトラブルに
コロナ禍を経て、恋人探しの手段として1位になった恋愛マッチングサービス・アプリ。ユーザーの約4割は付き合ったり結婚したりと良いマッチングが成立している一方で、4割超が「性行為が目的だった」「顔写真と実物が違った」など、さまざまな被害にあっています。
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アマゾンの家庭用ロボット「Astro」に見るAIの進歩と、その先にある世界
アマゾンが発表した家庭用ロボット「Astro」。見た目は愛らしいが現時点では用途が見えないこのロボットについて、確実なことがある。これはアマゾンのAI分野における大きな進歩を象徴すると同時に、人間のようにふるまうロボットが「Alexa」を中核とするAIシステムの“歯車”として機能する世界への布石なのだ──。『WIRED』US版エディター・アット・ラージ（編集主幹）のスティーヴン・レヴィによる考察。
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