Teachnology News: 2015

Billionaire women on the rise, especially in Asia: UBS

SINGAPORE: The number of women billionaires in the world is rising fast, with a growing number of them fromAsia and self-made, Swiss bank UBS Group AG said in a study released on Tuesday.

There are nearly seven times more women billionaires than 20 years ago and their average wealth has nearly doubled to $4.3 billion - topping the average $4 billion net worth of male billionaires, the bank said.

UBS, which offers wealth-management services, tallied 1,347 billionaires from around the world in the study but declined to name any of them.

Men still accounted for the overwhelming majority of billionaires, but women made up 11 percent last year, up from 9 percent two decades earlier.

Asia has seen the strongest growth rates for female billionaires over the last decade, to 25 from three.Just over half of the female Asian billionaires made their own money, UBS said, with many of the women hailing from China and Hong Kong and much of the wealth coming from real-estate investments.

UBS said only 7 percent of European women billionaires and 19 percent of the Americans were self-made.

How to craft a successful friend-date

By Lauren Loftus

What do I wear? Where should we go? What if I get a piece of cilantro stuck in my teeth? When can I call again?

Typical first-date jitters. Except the date’s platonic.

You see, this is a girl date. You’ve probably been on several this year alone, especially if you’re new to Washington. It seems like everyone back home knows someone out here who you just have to meet. The boyfriend’s third cousin who works in PR, too? Definitely! The old college friend’s younger sister? Sign me up! The daughter of your aunt’s old business partner? Sure, why not?

Or perhaps you’re just in the market for some new friends. Maybe some have moved out of state or had kids or vanished after getting that strange new boyfriend. The solution? Girl dates. (Sorry guys, we’ll have to tackle man dates another time.)

Friend dates are a lot like regular dates, even if we don’t have to worry about whether or not to end the evening with a kiss. (Bad breath can be a deal-breaker for anyone.) In fact, there might be even more pressure when we go out with a lady we’d like to be friends with. Women are, after all, the harshest judges of each other.

Apple to launch Apple Pay in China, take on Alibaba, Tencent

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Exclusive - U.S. Justice Dept probes data breach at Uber: sources

SAN FRANCISCO | BY JOSEPH MENN AND DAN LEVINE

REUTERS/SERGIO PEREZ/FILES

The U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation of a May 2014 data breach at ride service Uber [UBER.UL], including an examination of whether any employees at competitor Lyft were involved in the episode, sources familiar with the situation said.

Earlier this year, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers' names and their licence numbers had been improperly downloaded. An investigation by Uber determined that an Internet address potentially associated with the breach can be traced to Lyft's technology chief, Chris Lambert, Reuters reported in October.

Department of Justice spokesman Abraham Simmons said on Wednesday he could not confirm or deny a criminal probe. No one has been accused of any wrongdoing, and it is unclear whether anyone will ultimately be charged in connection with the breach.

Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. He consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. Born on October 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates was married on January 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children.

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ពាក្យចុងក្រោយរបស់ Steve Jobs

"ពាក្យចុងក្រោយរបស់ Steve Jobs"
ខ្ញុំបានឈានមកដល់ចំណុចកំពូលនៃភាពជោគជ័យក្នុងពិភពជំនួញ។ នៅក្នុងក្រសែភ្នែកអ្នកដទៃ ជីវិតរបស់ខ្ញុំជាគំរូមួយនៃភាពជោគជ័យ។ ប៉ុន្តែទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ ក្រៅពីជីវិតការងារ ខ្ញុំមានសេចក្តីសុខតិចតួចប៉ុណ្ណោះនៅក្នុងជីវិត។ ហើយនៅទីបញ្ចប់ ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិគឺគ្រាន់តែជាការពិតមួយនៃជីវិតដែលខ្ញុំបានកំណត់ទុករហូតមក។ ក្នុងខណៈពេលនេះ ខ្ញុំកំពុងទម្រេតខ្លួននៅលើគ្រែអ្នកជម្ងឺ ហើយរំលឹកពីជីវិតរបស់ខ្ញុំទាំងមូលឡើងវិញ។ ខ្ញុំភ្ញាក់រឮកថា រាល់ភាពទទួលស្គាល់ពីអ្នកដ៏ទៃ និង ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិទាំងអស់ ដែលខ្ញុំតែងមានមោទនភាពខ្លាំងបំផុតកន្លងមក បានសាបរលាបបន្តិចម្តងៗ ហើយ ប្រែជាខ្សោះអស់ន័យ នៅចំពោះមុខសេចក្តីមរណៈដែលកំពុងតែកើតមានឡើងខាងមុខនេះ។ នៅក្នុងស្បៃអន្ធការដ៏ខ្មៅងងឹត ភ្នែកទាំងគូរបស់ខ្ញុំសម្លឹងមើលទៅកាន់ភ្លើងពណ៌បៃតងពីជ្រុងម្ខាងនៃម៉ាសុីនទ្រាំទ្រជីវិត ហើយឮស្នូររហ៊ឹមៗ នៃរលកសំឡេងមេកានិច។

ខ្ញុំមានអារម្មណ៍ថា ដង្ហើមនៃយមរាជកាន់តែខិតមកជិតដល់ហើយ ... ឥឡូវនេះទើបខ្ញុំដឹងថា នៅពេលដែលយើងរកបានទ្រព្យសម្បត្ដិសមល្មមនឹងបន្តជីវិតរស់នៅហើយនោះ យើងគួរតែបន្តស្វះស្វែងរករបស់ផ្សេងទៀតដែលមិនទាក់ទងទៅនឹងភោគសម្បត្ដិទាំងនោះ ... គួរតែជាអ្វីមួយដែលសំខាន់ជាងហ្នឹង...

Why are Chinese fishermen destroying coral reefs in the South China Sea?

By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, South China Sea

What I came across on a reef far out in the middle of the South China Sea has left me shocked and confused.

I'd been told that Chinese fishermen were deliberately destroying reefs near a group of Philippine-controlled atolls in the Spratly Islands but I was not convinced.

"It goes on day and night, month after month," a Filipino mayor told me on the island of Palawan.

"I think it is deliberate. It is like they are punishing us by destroying our reefs."

I didn't take it seriously. I thought it might be anti-Chinese bile from a politician keen to blame everything on his disliked neighbour - a neighbour that claims most of the South China Sea as its own.

But then, as our little aircraft descended towards the tiny Philippine-controlled island of Pagasa, I looked out of my window and saw it. At least a dozen boats were anchored on a nearby reef. Long plumes of sand and gravel were trailing out behind them.

Pale plumes stretch out behind the small boats in the foreground

"Look," I said to my cameraman, Jiro. "That's what the mayor was talking about, that's the reef mining!"

Even so, I was unprepared for what we found when we got out on the water.

A Filipino boatman guided his tiny fishing boat right into the midst of the Chinese poachers.

Jon DonnisonSydney correspondent

When foxes discovered little penguins on a small Australian island, they nearly wiped the colony out. But a farmer came up with a novel way to protect the birds - and the story has been made into a hit film.

As a premise for a film, think Lassie meets Babe meets Pingu. What's not to like?

Middle Island, a beautiful, rugged and windswept outcrop off the coast of southern Victoria is home to a colony of the world's smallest penguins.

Originally known as fairy penguins, before some pen-pusher deemed that politically incorrect, they've now been given the far more dreary sounding title of little penguins.

To be fair, they are just that - little, standing at 30 to 40cm tall.

There used to be hundreds of them on Middle Island - but that was before the foxes got to them.

Find out more

Hear Jon Donnison's report on the PM programme on BBC Radio 4 on Monday 14 December from 17:00, or listen now on iPlayer radio.

"We went from a point where we had around 800 penguins down to where we could only find four," says Peter Abbott from the Penguin Preservation Project.

"In our biggest bird kill, we found 360 birds killed over about two nights. Foxes are thrill killers. They'll kill anything they can find."

That particular incident was in 2005, but the problem had been building up for a few years. Middle Island - which is uninhabited by humans - is separated from the mainland by a stretch of water measuring no more than 20 or 30m.

Fairphone 2: world's first modular phone goes on sale

A smartphone designed to be easy to repair and upgrade goes on sale this week.

The internal components of the Fairphone 2 are split into modules which can be replaced with minimal tools or expertise.

The company behind the phone hopes this will encourage owners to keep their phones for longer, rather than regularly changing to new devices.

Fairphone say they aim to create a more ethical device with an emphasis on reparability and sourcing key minerals used in the phone's construction from conflict-free areas.

BBC Click's Stephen Beckett reports.

More at BBC.com/Click and @BBCClick.

Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany

BY : BERLIN

Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.

The government has been trying to get social platforms to crack down on the rise in anti-foreigner comments in German on the web as the country struggles to cope with an influx of more than 1 million refugees this year.

The new agreement makes it easier for users and anti-racism groups to report hate speech to specialist teams at the three companies, German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said.

"When the limits of free speech are trespassed, when it is about criminal expressions, sedition, incitement to carry out criminal offences that threaten people, such content has to be deleted from the net," Maas said. "And we agree that as a rule this should be possible within 24 hours."

Crowdfunded video game Star Citizen has raised more than $100m (£66m) from fans and backers.

The funding drive for the space exploration, trading and combat game began in 2012 on Kickstarter.

Since then, the game has continued to raise cash from people who have signed up to play and test early versions.

The milestone comes as virtual reality developer Oculus confirms that space-combat game Eve: Valkyrie will be a launch title for its headset.

Crowded space

Since its Kickstarter campaign ended, Star Citizen has continued to raise money through pre-orders and via sales of spaceships that players can fly and fight in the game's virtual universe. In October, it announced that more than one million people had signed up to back and play the game.

Dave Lee

San Francisco Gay Pride Parade marchers protest Facebook not allowing transgender people from choosing their own name, rather than birth name on the social networking site, June 28, 2015 in San Francisco,

North America technology reporter
After passionate and at times angry pleas from various vulnerable communities, Facebook has announced it is to amend its controversial "real name" policy.

On Tuesday the site said it was to test new tools that allowed people to share any special circumstances they felt meant they could not use their real name.

The tool is intended to help people who may have suffered domestic abuse, or in cases where their sexuality could put them in danger.

However, Facebook stood firm on insisting people use "real names" in all but the most unusual situations.

"We require people to use the name their friends and family know them by," the company said.

"When people use the names they are known by, their actions and words carry more weight because they are more accountable for what they say.

"We're firmly committed to this policy, and it is not changing.

"However, after hearing feedback from our community, we recognise that it's also important that this policy works for everyone, especially for communities who are marginalised or face discrimination."

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