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Google has a handy new job search tool for UK users

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by on July 17, 2018 at 11:21 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK


Google isn’t just about websites. The world’s largest search engine now shows everything from cinema times to flight statuses, and in the UK, is about to get even more useful with the introduction of job openings. Here’s how it works: next time you’re looking for a new job, you can just ask Google. Typing simple queries like “teaching jobs” or “jobs near me” will let you browse listings pulled from a variety of sources, including Gumtree, TotalJobs, Reed, and The Guardian Jobs. Google’s new tool shows you salary information, as well as the rating of the employer. If you’re logged…

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Kodak has quietly canceled its stupid (and very expensive) Bitcoin miner

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by on July 17, 2018 at 9:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Insider


The Kodak-branded Bitcoin miner, KashMiner, is officially dead – which is great because it never made sense in the first place. It was supposed to be a machine that you could “hire” – after paying an up-front fee of close to $3,500. It would then “quietly” sit there mining Bitcoin. The whole scheme was apparently so well-crafted that each KashMiner would net you $375 every month in passive income over two years. Unfortunately, things didn’t pan out this way. It appears as though the KashMiner is really just a licensing deal gone wrong – but one that seemed shady from the…

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Virgin Orbit will launch the first-ever flights to space from British soil

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by on July 17, 2018 at 7:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Space


In a new partnership, Virgin Orbit and Cornwall Airport Newquay in South West England will be setting up a spaceport that offers rocket launches and passenger airline services side by side. This partnership could see Virgin Orbit launch its first ever rocket from a plane instead of a terrestrial launchpad in the UK. Curious what a #LauncherOne mission from @SpaceCornwall would look like? Check out this clip: pic.twitter.com/3B1lr1etwP — Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) July 16, 2018 Virgin Orbit, a company within Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, revealed its plans to conduct orbital launches from the spaceport by 2021. While rockets are usually…

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