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Spotify SPOT 7.45% Technology SA will slow its hiring by 25%, Chief Executive Daniel Ek told employees in an email Wednesday, according to a person familiar with its contents. The announcement, which echoes comments made by the streaming giant’s finance chief at Spotify’s investor day last week, is the latest signal that companies are bracing for a possible recession amid rising interest rates and soaring…

A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election.An Associated Press series last year, drawing on leaked documents shared by a Facebook whistleblower, showed how the platform repeatedly failed to act on sensitive content including hate speech in many places around the world.The new and unrelated two-year study by…

Microsoft has acquired cyber threat analysis and research company Miburo to boost threat intelligence research into new foreign cyber threats.Microsoft did not disclose the size of the acquisition deal.New York-based Miburo specialises in the detection of and response to foreign information operations."With the acquisition of Miburo, we will continue our mission to take action, and to partner with others in the public and private sectors to find long-term solutions that will stop foreign adversaries from threatening…

Tesla is likely to retain its global number one battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales spot for at least another 18 months as legacy automakers struggle to sell a meaningful share of BEVs in 2022 and 2023 according to a new report on the global EV sector by research firm Bloomberg Intelligence (BI). The report, Battery Electric Vehicles Report – Automakers Race to the Top found the profit incentive to catch up with Tesla was…

Charging technology provider EV Safe Charge has unveiled ZiGGY – a mobile robot that can charge an EV wherever it’s parked. Through its ability to recharge itself via different energy sources and its summoning feature, ZiGGY can alleviate the need to install specific parking stalls for EV charging, as any spot can now become a spot to recharge. EV Safe Charge currently provides end-to-end charging solutions, particularly as it pertains to mobile charging. The company created a mobile rental charging solution for…

An international team of scientists and cartographers has released the most detailed map ever of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It covers 48 million km² (19 million miles²) and includes the deepest spot yet found in the region.Despite intense efforts, beginning with the voyage of HMS Challenger in 1873, the seafloor of the world's oceans still remains largely a mystery. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), only 10 percent of the bottom of the ocean has been…

Idris Elba’s upcoming survival thriller Beast has been generating plenty of reactions online, because fans know the movie looks terrible, but they also kind of want to see the actor punch a lion in the face. In an amazing stroke of coincidence, another safari-set actioner has been trekking across the great plains of the Netflix charts, with Endangered Species positively thriving. As per FlixPatrol, the thoroughly terrible Kenyan adventure has managed to secure a spot on the platform’s global rankings, and can…

Spotify SPOT 6.03% Technology SA defended the company’s strategy Wednesday and outlined plans to expand into new businesses to address investors fears that the audio-market opportunity is limited. At its first investor day since the streaming giant went public four years ago, Spotify highlighted the loyalty of its hundreds of millions of listeners, its industry-leading music recommendations and its podcast unit’s success. The company also pointed to its expansion…

In drawings or renderings of dinosaurs, we generally don't see the beasts sporting human-like belly buttons. The reptiles did have an equivalent to a navel, however, and scientists have recently discovered the first known fossilized example of one.In people and other mammals, the belly button is a scar that remains at the point where the umbilical cord was connected to the fetus' body.Even though dinosaur embryos weren't attached to an umbilical cord per se, they were directly attached to their egg's yolk sac via a…

Spotify SPOT 6.01% Technology SA sought to clarify its strategy for investors Wednesday after its stock price has fallen more than 50% so far this year. Spotify is delivering the presentation as investors and analysts voice concerns that the company isn’t going to turn a profit soon. After upending the record business, the music streamer has grown into an audio giant with new verticals in podcasting and audiobooks, executives said, that differ in their prospects and…