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Historic Black Arrow Rocket Returned to the UK

An iconic reminder of Britain’s space-faring ambitions has been returned to the UK following a 10,000 mile journey home. The Black Arrow satellite carrier rocket went on display in Penicuik, Midlothian, having been brought back to the UK by Scottish space firm Skyrora.

The rocket gained “cult status” among the space community and its return is a good opportunity for the UK Government as it looks to capitalise on the growing global space sector.

Developed and tested on the Isle of Wight, the Black Arrow programme completed four rockets between 1969 and 1971, with the third flight marking the first and only successful UK-led orbital launch.

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PwC Scotland to Recruit 120 New Staff for Tech Capability Drive

Over the next six months, PwC plans to add more than 100 staff to its Scottish operations as part of a massive expansion.

The professional services firm is launching the new recruitment drive to fuel in-house tech development; ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to data analytics and virtual reality (VR).

The majority of new positions will be with Operate, PwC’s operational delivery and change management business.

New roles include data architects, enterprise architects, businesses analysts and project managers, the company confirmed.

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Which? Names Scotland’s Worst Areas for Broadband

Research conducted by Which? consumer group has found that some of the UK’s worst areas for broadband connectivity are located in Scotland. The worst areas for broadband in the UK are Orkney, Shetland, Argyll and Bute.

Orkney was ranked the lowest with its residents only able to receive speeds of just 3 Mbps.

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Mark Zuckerberg Killed a Goat Using a Laser 

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey revealed that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg once killed and fed him a goat.

Zuckerberg slaughtered the animal with what was described as a laser gun.

While it remains unclear as to when this event occurred, many have speculated it must have been 2011, the year that the billionaire challenged himself to only eat animals he killed himself.

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Spotify Confirms Non Existent Artists Hijacked Thousands of Playlists 

Music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that a number of its accounts were hijacked to play bogus music from fake bands, in order to generate revenue in royalties.

Spotify confirms several mysterious, non-existent artists racked up thousands of listens on hijacked playlists.

In a statement to Business Insider, a Spotify spokeswoman said: “We take the artificial manipulation of streaming activity on our service extremely seriously.

“Spotify has multiple detection measures in place monitoring consumption on the service to detect, investigate and deal with such activity. These artists were removed because we detected abnormal streaming activity in relation to their content.”

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Documents Reveal Facebook Encouraged Kids to Spend Parents’ Money Without Permission 

Facebook has been accused of duping children and their parents out of thousands of dollars after 135 documents were unsealed in a class action lawsuit.

The documents revealed that the social media platform knowingly let minors accidentally rack up massive charges in online games, and then refused to refund the parents’ cards.

In the document the practice is referred to as ‘friendly fraud’ and Facebook’s employees were discouraged from blocking the activity.

In other documents, the company refers to their to its often unwitting high-rolling child spenders as highly profitable “whales”.

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