Archive du mois : mai 2018

Pep Guardiola’s decision to sign a two-year contract extension at Manchester City, tying him to the club until 2020-21, was interpreted by many as a statement of dynasty-building intent from the previously itinerant Catalan coach. After four years in charge of Barcelona’s first team and in contrast to an efficient three-year stay at Bayern Munich,…

Earlier in the evening Musk retweeted an LA Metro tweet that said it’s coordinating with The Boring Company on its test and said the two will be « partners » going forward. Much of what Musk discussed about how his concept in-city Loop would work has been answered in concept videos and the company’s FAQ, but he…

A Muslim woman who was ordered to pay a quarter of a million dollars after she unsuccessfully sued police over a raid on her home has had her appeal against the decision dismissed. Moutia Elzahed argued she had suffered a miscarriage of justice in the case when she was barred from giving evidence while wearing…

Updated May 18, 2018 15:22:47 Photo: James Hird and his family were not disturbed by the intruders. (AAP: Joe Castro, file photo) James Hird’s car has been stolen after intruders broke into his Toorak home, in Melbourne’s south-east, overnight. Police say the robbery took place between midnight and 1:30am while the former Essendon coach and…

Sweden ends contract with science publisher Elsevier, moving for open access for scientific articles Elsevier, the publisher of top magazines Cell, The Lancet and many others, enjoys billions of dollars in yearly revenue at a high profit margin (37%). Sweden, like many other European countries, is aiming for full scientific « open access » (free article reading)…

Timing, they say about selection, is everything. You score hundreds of runs with the selectors not watching, and on the day they turn up, someone else scores and gets picked. Clearly Rishabh Pant got the timing of the innings of his life wrong. Two days after India dropped him from the T20I side – he…

« I like bitcoin, » he said, but pointed out that it’s, « priced too low. » The coin, valued as high as $19,500 late last year, was trading around $8,100 on Thursday evening. « It’s going to continue to go up, slowly and in a stable way, » he said. « But there are more exciting cryptocurrencies out there. »