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Chevron plans on cutting up to 7,000 jobs

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Chevron Corp cut its 2016 capital budget by 25 percent and plans on slashing up to 7,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce,...
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Google to offer checking accounts, says report

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Google is partnering with Citigroup and a small Stanford university credit union to offer checking accounts within its Google Pay app, according to a...
Ring shaped black hole may break down relativity theory

5D black hole would break down general relativity we would need a new theory

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A 5D black hole would break down general relativity and we would need a new theory to explain everything about the Universe, assuming of...
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New self-contained wheel unit could reduce vehicle costs

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A new, sophisticated, self-contained wheel unit could reduce vehicle costs, say researchers at the University of Waterloo. The new unit combines a wheel and...

BT boss Gavin Patterson stepping down later this year

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BT chief executive Gavin Patterson will be stepping down later this year after five years as head of the telecom giant following backlash from...
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Facebook is beefing up encryption of its Messenger app, report claims

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Facebook is reportedly set on improving the privacy of its Messenger app by beefing up encryption at the expense of some of the app’s...
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Chevron quarterly profit fell by 43 percent

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Oil giant Chevron Corp posted a 43 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday, but it was still higher than what analysts expected. The plunge...
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Russia Ukraine natural gas deal breakthrough, brokered by EU

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There was a giant sigh of relief across Europe on the news that a Russian-Ukrainian natural gas deal was agreed on Friday regarding winter...
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Amazon Echo can now read your Kindle books aloud

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The Amazon Echo wireless speaker and voice command device can now read Kindle books aloud. Amazon announced that the Echo’s voice assistant ‘Alexa’ is now...
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Twitter doubles character limit per tweet to 280 for small group of users

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Twitter has doubled the character limit from the standard 140 characters per tweet to 280 characters for a small group of users. According to a...