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Engineer who stole Google secrets wants Uber to pay legal fees

Anthony Levandowski, 39, a pioneer in the field of driverless vehicles, claims that Uber reneged on an agreement to pay for his legal expenses after it convinced him to leave Google in 2016.




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Apple offering FREE replacement for battery cases after flaw that prevents them from charging

Apple will replace cases with built-in chargers for its XS, XS Max, and XR models after issues prevented them from charging the case and sometimes the devices they were attached to.




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Virgin Galactic stock skyrockets more than 400% in two months

Shares of the company backed by billionaire Richard Branson have taken off in popularity among individual investors in recent sessions, nearly displacing Tesla, another retail investor favorite.




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Lady Hale brooch-inspired T-shirts fly off the shelves with one eBay seller flogging seven THOUSAND

Twitter users across the UK have praised Lady Hale after a T-shirt inspired by her Spider brooch managed to sell nearly 7,000 lines, raising money for homeless charity Shelter.




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Family-of-six ditch a third of their belongings to live on a BUS they bought for $13,000 from eBay

Whitney Chardoulias, 29, from Muscatine, Iowa, was inspired to abandon her house-bound life and move her family into a home-on-wheels after browsing through travel Instagram feeds.




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Selfish eBay sellers are flogging baby milk for more than FOUR times its retail price

eBay sellers are hugely inflating prices of baby milk after it has been stripped off supermarket shelves by panicked mums across the nation amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Virgin Atlantic's bumper credit card sign up bonus ends today, should you sign up now?

Virgin Money is currently running a bumper sign-up offer on its Virgin Atlantic Rewards+ credit card - enough points to get a free return flight to New York. but it ends at 4pm - should you sign up now?




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How eWallet payments are surging and could displace cash

Data shows that 5% of all point of sale transactions in 2017 in Britain were made using a mobile wallet. How does that compare to other nations around the world?




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Which credit cards are best for beginners looking to boost their score?

While bumping your credit card spending when saving for a house might not seem like the brightest idea, you could be doing your chances of getting a mortgage more harm than good by avoiding plastic.




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Virgin Atlantic Reward credit card offering bumper bonus points

Frequent fliers after air miles towards their next holiday could take advantage of a new sign up bonus which could get them to three continents, provided they're happy to pay a fee.




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Virgin Money u-turns on decision to suspend credit cards

Virgin Money apologised and reversed its decision, saying that everyone who had their card suspended will be able to use them to make purchases again from Saturday 9 May.




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Virgin Money credit card customers hit by charges thanks to minimum payment default

Some longstanding Virgin Money credit cardholders have been left with charges on their accounts after discovering they had only been making minimum direct debit payments.




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Virgin Money customers hit with credit card interest charges will be refunded

Virgin Money is refunding loyal customers hit by interest charges after they unwittingly only made minimum payments on their new Virgin Atlantic credit cards.




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Virgin Money agreed to refund some credit cardholders but wouldn't give me back my £200

A long-standing Virgin credit cardholder has accused Virgin Money of 'purposely misleading people for financial gain' after it refused to refund interest charges he incurred on his account.




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Top interest-free credit card deals begin to disappear as providers cut deals

Barclaycard, Sainsbury's Bank and Tesco Bank have cut interest-free deals over the last month, some of which are the best around, as lenders evaluate their offers amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Virgin Money customers' credit cards suspended during lockdown

Customers of Virgin Money rounded on the bank after it suspended their credit cards, despite many of them not struggling with their repayments and clearing their balance in full.




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The best ways to use your Qantas and Virgin Frequent Flyer points when you're not flying

An Australian mum is buying new luxury appliances, free gift cards and boxes of wine with Frequent Flyer points after her travel plans were cancelled due to the pandemic.




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Hunt begins for murder suspect youth in Greater Noida

Missing boy is prime suspect in murder of 42-year-old mother and 10-year-old sister. Bodies were discovered with stab wounds and their heads bludgeoned by a cricket bat




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Satish Acharya on... BJP 'changing the nation's father'

Satish Achraya on... BJP changing the nation's father




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Counting begins for 294 Assembly seats of West Bengal

Several exit polls have predicted that Mamata Banerjee will return to power in the state




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Jorginho says Chelsea fans abuse in first season under Maurizio Sarri made him consider QUITTING

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has revealed that he considered leaving the Blues after his first season at the club. He said the criticism he received from fans made him want to join Maurizio Sarri at Juventus




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Chelsea 'open talks with Juventus over £35m Jorginho transfer'

Juve boss Maurizio Sarri is keen to link-up with the 28-year-old midfielder for a third time. Jorginho played under the Italian at Napoli before following him to Stamford Bridge in 2018.




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The Oxford University professor digging for life on Mars from 140 million miles away in Oxford

Professor Scott McLennan's desk at Oxford University may be 140 million miles from Mars but it doesn't stop him using his computer to direct Nasa's spacecraft on the Red Planet.




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NASA engineer demonstrates how quickly germs spread with special glow powder

In his new YouTube video, Mark Rober, 40, sprinkled Glo Germ powder on a third-grade teacher and one of her students to show how germs can spread.




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Astronauts are growing the beginnings of new organs on the ISS

Adult human stem cells have been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) this week to explore how low gravity affects the growth of human tissue.




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NASA engineers design a mass-producible ventilator tailored to coronavirus patients

The 'Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally' (VITAL) device passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York on April 21.




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NASA chooses SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to design human landing systems for Artemis mission

NASA 's Artemis mission has turned into a space race between billionaires, as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX have been chosen to develop human landing systems for mission.




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Chinese manufacturers begin making 'anti-virus' cars designed to minimize coronavirus transmission

Some Chinese auto manufacturers have begun offering new design features they promise will help limit the transmission of bacteria and viruses in their vehicles, including Sars-CoV-2.




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Insects are gorging themselves on 'junk' as rising CO2 levels make plants less nutritious 

Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades.




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Virgin Galactic teams up with NASA to develop 'high-Mach' aviation that could transport civilians

Virgin Galactic, says the Space Act Agreement is designed to 'advance the United States' efforts to produce technically feasible, high Mach vehicles for potential civil application.'




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Blue Origin is 'going to the MOON': Jeff Bezos unveils giant concept lunar lander

On stage, Bezos took the wraps off a massive model of what will be the firm's first lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon. The event kicked off at 4 p.m. in Washington D.C, and was not live streamed.




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Gene identified in South African honey bees causes virgin births and lets them produce only females

Gene that causes virgin births in Cape honey bees is identified for the first time. The gene also lets female workers only reproduce daughters because males are not needed in the colony.




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Ovo Energy to pay out £8.9m after overcharging customers

Ofgem says Ovo has agreed to pay the voluntary redress after some customers were undercharged while some were overcharged due to problems with its IT systems.




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Customers complain that Thames Water is charging those with smart meters more than those without

Frustrated Thames Water customers have complained that the smart meters fitted by the firm do not work properly and are actually costing households more money.




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Virgin Mobile gives pay monthly customers unlimited minutes and data boost for free

The network said it will be offering unlimited minutes to landlines and other mobile numbers, plus a 10GB data boost, at no extra cost, for a month to those paying monthly as of Monday 23 March.




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Amazon Prime Day 2019: Best deals on Cameras from Canon DSLRs to vlogging cameras

Check out Amazon's best Prime Day deals on cameras including Canon DSLRs, vlogging cameras and Sony Digital Compacts. But hurry! These will most likely sell out within a flash!




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Amazon Prime Day 2019: The best deals on skincare and anti-aging products

Amazon Prime Day aka the annual shopping event that's exclusive to Prime members is here. And we've headed straight to the beauty deals and have done all the hard work for you...




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Coronavirus US: Amazon warehouses begin to run out of items

Amazon says many household items are out of stock due to increased demand as the coronavirus spreads across the US. The company is warning of slower shipping times.




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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, politics of messaging, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about various aspects of the pandemic




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Kerala Assembly polls: Counting of votes begins

The two-month long campaign saw the ruling Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF engaging in a fierce battle




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Homes on the water: Smart developments are now springing up on these prime waterfront hotspots

According to Strutt & Parker's latest Waterside Survey 43 per cent of participants believed that people living near water are happier than those who don't.




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A sense of repurpose: How to turn worn-out belongings into chic furniture for your home

Most of us will, at some point, have found a new purpose for a household item, revamped a piece of furniture to extend its life, or at least appreciated the idea from afar.




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Derelict house for sale that's sat alongside homes belonging to celebrities such as Sid Vicious

The property in London's affluent Pindock Mews in West London's Maida Value has fallen into a state of disrepair and needs a complete renovation.




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Prime Minister meets Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia on the margins of G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan[ph]Photo Courtesy : Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Prime Minister meets Sebastian Piñera, President of Chile on the margins of G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka, Japan





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Prime Minister meets Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore on the margins of G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka





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Prime Minister meets Hage Geingob, President of Namibia on the margins of 74th session of UNGA in New York[ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Prime Minister meets Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of Maldives on the margins of 74th session of UNGA in New York[ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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INDIA-CARICOM Leaders' Meeting takes place in New York on the margins of 74th session of UNGA Summit [ph]Photo Courtesy - Naveen Jora[/ph]





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It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 

Ms B.M. writes: I had a Barclaycard, and I believe there was PPI automatically included, so I asked a claims company to look into this for me.