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Microsoft to miss ‘one billion’ Windows 10 target
Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018. In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone. The software giant has struggled to find customers for Windows phones in a market dominated...
FTSE 100 set to lose £120BILLION when markets open amid Brexit panic
FTSE 100 set to lose £120BILLION when markets open amid Brexit panic Traders are set to panic sell and dump stocks hacking around £120billion from Britain's top stock market, as it tumbles from yesterday's close of 6,338 to reach as low as 5,870. It comes after the pound fell by 10 per cent overnight...
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Mass immigration is costing Britain £17BILLION each year
MASS immigration is costing British taxpayers £17billion a year, a bombshell report warned last night. But it said the UK could save £1.2billion by quitting the EU. A detailed study of the costs of migration to Britain set against its benefits showed an overwhelmingly negative impact on the Treasury. The...
Zika virus: 2.2 billion people in ‘at risk’ areas
More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show. The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year. Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the...
£1 billion bill as Edinburgh schools remain closed
THE local authority at the centre of Scotland's unsafe schools scandal still owes more than £1bn under the controversial construction contracts. City of Edinburgh Council has refused to pay the latest private finance initiative (PFI) charges for the 17 schools shut down last Friday because of safety fears. As more...
Police spend £1 billion a year probing child sex abuse… and it’s due to TREBLE by 2020
POLICE spent a staggering £1billion probing cases of child sex abuse last year – and experts believe the figure will treble by 2020. Simon Bailey, the top officer in charge of child protection, last night revealed there were 70,000 investigations in 2015. He added: "The average cost of each investigation is...