Sicilian Mafia could be dismantled via social network analysis

Friendship is everything: Sicilian Mafia could be dismantled by using social network analysis to map syndicate members’ connections, study claims Criminal networks like the Mafia are hard for law enforcement to disrupt Researchers from the UK and Italy studied data on a real-life Mafia syndicate They report a way to pick the members whose arrest would be … Read more

Cuban business owner decries BLM’s ‘mafia tactics’ after letter

Cuban restaurant owner in Louisville reveals how BLM sent him blackmail letter with diversity demands that he was told to meet or risk social media shaming, a public boycott and his storefront ‘f***** with’ Dozens of businesses in Louisville, Kentucky, received letters from BLM protesters on July 24  The protesters wrote a list of demands … Read more

Amazon, Apple and Facebook shares soar amid pandemic

The £170bn tech boom: Bumper figures send shares in Amazon, Apple and Facebook soaring…but Google dives Huge rally saw Apple shares soar to record highs of more than $412 each Bonanza on Wall Street added £5.3billion to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ personal fortune By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 BST, 31 July … Read more

Facebook Inc takes EU to court for invading employees’ privacy

Facebook takes the EU to court – for invasion of privacy! Regulator ‘overstepped the scope when quizzing employees as part of anti-trust probe’ Facebook is suing the European Union for ‘invading the privacy of employees’  The social media giant alleges EU regulators asked broad questions, beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust investigations   Facebook lawyer … Read more

Gordon Ramsay forgets to social distance with restaurant staff

Gordon Ramsay has been pictured forgetting about social distancing as he posed with restaurant staff, while nobody was wearing a face covering. The Michelin-starred chef, 53, was seen smiling as he stood with 10 other people after having a seafood dinner at Esplanada Furnas in Ericeira, Portugal, on Monday. Eatery owner Nuno Lourenco has also claimed that Gordon, … Read more

Facebook ‘ignored racial bias research,’ whistleblowers say

Facebook ‘ignored racial bias research’: Former employees claim the tech giant is ‘failing’ and ‘hurting people at scale’  Whistleblowers claim they told superiors their new system is racially biased    Research found black people’s accounts were 50% more likely to be disabled  They were allegedly told to keep the findings quiet and to stop any further … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg covered in sunscreen as he surfs in Hawaii

Mark Zuckerberg has been pictured riding his $12,000 electric surfboard in Hawaii with lashings of sunscreen plastered on his face and wearing a blue hoodie to protect against the rays.    The Facebook chief, 36, appeared to take extreme precautions against any sun damage during the beach outing Saturday.  His trip comes three weeks after … Read more