Tuesday, September 9
Royal Mail may face Ofcom high-quality for lacking efficiency targets with too many gradual deliveries
Business

Royal Mail may face Ofcom high-quality for lacking efficiency targets with too many gradual deliveries

Royal Mail is once more being investigated by the communications regulator over its missed supply targets. Ofcom introduced the inquiry after Royal Mail mentioned on Monday it didn't meet its 2022 to 2023 high quality of service targets. The targets require Royal Mail to ship 93% of first-class mail inside one working day of assortment; ship 98.5% of second-class mail in three working days of assortment; and full 99.9% of supply routes on every day {that a} supply is required.But the previous state-owned monopoly mentioned solely 73.7% of first-class mail arrived inside one working day; 90.7% of second-class publish arrived inside three working days; and simply 89.35% of supply routes had been accomplished for every day a supply was required.As a part of the investigation, Of...
Supreme Court to evaluate South Carolina’s redistricting case
Politics

Supreme Court to evaluate South Carolina’s redistricting case

The Supreme Court introduced Monday it'll hear a redistricting case out of South Carolina in its subsequent time period, which begins in October. Republican state lawmakers had requested the excessive court docket to evaluate a ruling from a three-judge district court docket panel that ordered South Caroli...
WhatsApp will permit customers to lock and conceal conversations, Meta publicizes
Technology

WhatsApp will permit customers to lock and conceal conversations, Meta publicizes

WhatsApp customers will quickly be capable of lock and conceal conversations, due to a brand new function.Chat Lock will take away a chat thread from the app's common onscreen inbox and place it into a brand new folder that may solely be opened by a password or biometric, akin to facial recognition or a fingerprint. Calling it "one more layer of security", Meta - WhatsApp's guardian firm - added Chat Lock will shield "your most intimate conversations" and conceal notifications from them.It's the newest in a listing of rising options on the globally-used, encrypted messaging service which places it at odds with the UK authorities's on-line security invoice.Read extra: Why the Online Safety Bill is proving so controversial Please...
Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 5/15/23
Baseball

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 5/15/23

All main league baseball knowledge together with pitch sort, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play knowledge supplied by Sports Info Solutions. Major League and Minor League Baseball knowledge supplied by Major League Baseball. Mitchel Lichtman All UZR (final zone score) calculations are supplied courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. TangoTiger.com All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report knowledge licenced from TangoTiger.com Retrosheet.org Play-by-play knowledge previous to 2002 was obtaine...
Alcaraz: Marozsan Made Me Uncomfortable
Tennis

Alcaraz: Marozsan Made Me Uncomfortable

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now  | Monday, May 15, 2023Riding a 12-match red-clay win streak into the Foro Italico, Carlos Alcaraz ran right into a 6'4" roadblock today.Unheralded 135th-ranked qualifier Fabian Marozsan flew through the final six straight points shocking the second-ranked Spaniard 6-3, 7-6(4) in a seismic Rome upset.More: Qualifier Marozsan Upsets Alcaraz in Rome ShockerThe Budapest-born baseliner joined Cameron Norrie and Jannik Sinner as just the third man to defeat Alcaraz in 2023. Marozsan will meet another reigning Masters 1000 champion, 15th-seeded Borna Coric, for a quarterfinal spot.Afterward, Alcaraz, who will regain the world No. 1 rank next Monday, credited Marozsan for disrupting his game and closing with confidence."I used to be good bodily. I simply di...
Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans well being bans
US

Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans well being bans

LINCOLN, Neb. — Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what might be an all-or-nothing guess by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most contentious proposals – one to limit abortion and one other that may ban gender-affirming look after minors. The unconventional transfer follows conse...
Microsoft-Activision Blizzard £55bn merger permitted by EU – regardless of UK rejection
World

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard £55bn merger permitted by EU – regardless of UK rejection

The $68.7bn (£55bn) mega merger between Microsoft and recreation developer Activison Blizzard has been permitted by the European Union, simply weeks after it was blocked by the UK. European regulators mentioned they settle for commitments made by Microsoft that its supply to take over the developer behind Call Of Duty, wouldn't reduce competitors. In April, the UK's regulator mentioned it was involved about stifling competitors within the gaming sector, with Microsoft saying it will attraction the choice."Video games attract billions of users all over the world. In such a fast-growing and dynamic industry, it is crucial to protect competition and innovation," mentioned EU competitors commissioner Margrethe Vestager."Our choice represents an vital step on this course, by bring...