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London’s black cab drivers file multimillion pound lawsuit against Uber | Science & Tech News
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Uber faces a multimillion-pound lawsuit from London’s black cab drivers in a revival of the longstanding dispute over the operation of the ride-hailing app in the UK capital. The action, which will be filed in the High Court on Thursday, alleges that Uber improperly obtained a licence from Transport for London in 2012 and therefore…
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Black hole that’s 33 times bigger than the sun found ‘lurking undetected’ close to Earth | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered the Milky Way’s “most massive” stellar black hole yet. The newly discovered black hole is 33 times bigger than the sun and 2,000 light years away from us. A stellar black hole is formed when a star collapses – and so far, the ones found in our galaxy have been about 10…
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Mysterious new object found in Milky Way that could be black hole-star pairing | Science & Tech News
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A new and mysterious object has been discovered in the Milky Way and could be a combination of a black hole and a special type of star. Found 40,000 light years away in our galaxy, the potentially new type of space entity appears to have unique qualities. It falls within what researchers call the ‘black…
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Scientists discover oldest black hole ever that grew far more quickly than expected | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they have discovered the oldest black hole ever – and it dates back to the early universe more than 13 billion years ago. The supermassive black hole – about six million times the mass of the sun – is so huge that it should have taken a billion years to grow to its…
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Amazon Black Friday strike: Workers in Coventry to walk out as part of international action against retailer | Business News
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Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of the year. More than 1,000 staff at the firm’s warehouse in Coventry are expected to take part in the walkout, the GMB union said, amid a long-running dispute over pay…
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HSBC online and mobile banking services return after Black Friday outage | Business News
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HSBC’s online and mobile banking services have been restored after customers faced major disruption on Black Friday. The bank said the issues began just after 8am on the busy shopping day due to an issue with its “internal systems”. Services were back and up and running on Saturday morning, having started to return late on…
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Scientists discover oldest ever black hole and say it could explain universe’s mysteries | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers say they have discovered the oldest black hole yet. It was formed 470 million years after the Big Bang and was detected in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. There is “strong evidence” it was born “massive” – and is believed to weigh between 10% and 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy.…
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The ‘black gold’ that could help fight climate change for centuries to come | Climate News
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A high-grade version of BBQ charcoal is being tested as a way of removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere for centuries to come. The charred wood, called biochar, has been spread over farmland in one of the first large-scale trials of its kind, in the hope carbon captured by trees from the air during their…
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Supermassive black hole shown firing out mysterious jet in first ever image of phenomenon captured by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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A black hole has been pictured expelling a powerful jet for the first time. The image shows a glowing circle at the centre of a galaxy known as Messier 87 (M87), around 55 million light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, which is 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometres).…
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Supermassive black hole pictures: Scientists release new sharper images after using technology to fill gaps | World News
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Scientists have released new, clearer images of a supermassive black hole which was first discovered in 2019. The new image retains the distinctive shape that the first image was compared to – one astrophysicist refers to the original as a “fuzzy orange doughnut” – but is far sharper. Four years ago, the global Event…