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The vast amount of personal data for sale online is an increasingly powerful tool for intelligence gathering by US and foreign spying agencies but also represents a privacy risk to ordinary people, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report.To protect civil liberties, US spy agencies need to catalog what data they buy and develop guidance for protecting that data, according to the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday.

It should not really have taken Einstein to work out that doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.Nonetheless even this basic truth seems to be lost on the Conservative government and its relationship to the railways.The lesson to be learned from the collapse of the TransPennine Express contract the latest railway to be effectively nationalised by the government should be all too obvious: relying on the private sector to provide an efficient, cost-effective and reliable railway was a fundamental mistake.

The comparison seems to be everywhere these days.It's like nuclear weapons, a pioneering artificial intelligence researcher has said.Top A.I. executives have likened their product to nuclear energy.And a group of industry leaders warned last week that A.I. technology could pose an existential threat to humanity, on par with nuclear war.

In a country where major industry and political fortunes alike are often tied to a vast, interwoven rail system, India has lavished public resources on new trains, but its purse strings have been much tighter when it comes to ensuring the safety of those already racing along its tracks.Those decisions loomed large on Sunday in the aftermath of a devastating train wreck that killed at least 275 people in eastern India.

Not content to demand books be removed from classroom shelves, or to pass laws that restrict topics students can read about in school libraries or even discuss in classrooms, now the book banning movement is going after publishers, with legislation that would censor what books they can publish or distribute to public schools, with imprisonment and fines as possible punishment upon conviction in some cases.

On the second try, Jeff Bezos and his rocket company have won a contract to take NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon.NASA announced on Friday that it had awarded a contract to Mr. Bezos' company, Blue Origin, to provide a lunar lander for a moon mission that is currently scheduled to launch in 2029.

What hierarchy?The working culture in Norway can be characterised as a flat structure with many laws set in place to protect employees.It may be hard to spot who the boss is on your first days of work as he or she is likely dressed the same way as everyone else and is working in the same space.Employees are encouraged to ask questions, work together with their superiors to problem-solve and be involved in making decisions.

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Royal fans are being urged to plan ahead amid warnings strikes could stir up parking chaos on the day of the coronation.A strike by traffic wardens in Westminster is to go ahead after a new pay offer was rejected.Members of the GMB union employed by the council's contractor, NSL, will walk out on 2, 4 and 6 May, and plan to take other forms of industrial action for a week from 1 May.

A strike by traffic wardens in Westminster including on the day of the coronation is to go ahead after a new pay offer was rejected.Members of the GMB union employed by the council's contractor NSL will walk out on May 2, 4 and 6 and take other forms of industrial action for a week from May 1.The union said an improved pay offer was overwhelmingly rejected by its members.

A strike by traffic wardens in Westminster including on the day of the coronation is to go ahead after a new pay offer was rejected.Members of the GMB union employed by the council's contractor NSL will walk out on May 2, 4 and 6 and take other forms of industrial action for a week from May 1.The union said an improved pay offer was overwhelmingly rejected by its members.