Новости за 19.03.2018

Oracle Corp.’s quarterly cloud-computing revenue reached $1.57 billion, meeting the company’s tamped down expectations following two periods in which investors knocked its shares lower over disappointing guidance for the key segment.

Facebook’s huge business rides on user trust, and that could be in danger for the social network.

The Fatimids created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate and ran a highly civilized, assiduously cultured and tolerant outfit.

A self-driving car from Uber Technologies struck a woman who died in Tempe, Ariz., in what is believed to be the first known fatality of a pedestrian from a driverless vehicle.

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Americans enjoy a historic high in employment openings.

Boeing dropped its opposition to plans for its largest suppliers to merge, reflecting pressure on the aerospace industry to deliver its record backlog of jetliners.

Another explosion injures two in Austin, Texas, Trump steps up attacks on Mueller investigation, and the secret to making $115 an hour in the gig economy.

Phelim McDermott’s new staging updates Mozart’s opera to the 1950s at a Coney Island-like amusement park.

Plastic straws have begun disappearing from some taverns and restaurants as bartenders, liquor companies and others argue that too many end up in the ocean.

Lithium-ion batteries get a little bit better every year, but capacity is about to get a much-needed major lift, thanks to nanotechnology and a shift in materials.

Brag books, confidence logs are among techniques experts recommend to bolster lacking self-confidence.

The continuing presence of Christian aid workers in North Korea has sharpened debate over whether gifts of food and medicine allow Kim Jong Un’s regime to divert domestic spending to its nuclear arms program. Aid groups say they are building goodwill.

A self-driving car from Uber Technologies struck a woman who died in Tempe, Ariz., in what is believed to be the first known fatality of a pedestrian from a driverless vehicle.

The startup makes 3-D printers that use metal. Ford joins numerous other strategic investors behind the company. Desktop Metal started shipping its first product in December, later than it originally anticipated.

The world’s top shopping mall companies are betting that e-commerce isn’t such an existential threat. The latest sign is a tentative bid for U.K. real-estate investment trust Hammerson from its French peer Klépierre.

U.S. lawmakers are pushing for an aggressive inquiry into allegations that a firm tied to President Trump’s presidential campaign gathered data from millions of Facebook profiles without authorization.

Micro Focus’s $8.8 billion merger with Hewlett Packard’s software business represented a rarity 18 months ago: a British tech company taking over a foreign one, rather than the other way around. It hasn’t worked out as planned.

Volkswagen will spend $340 million to manufacture a new sport-utility vehicle at a Tennessee assembly plant, according to a person familiar with the plan.

EU and British negotiators agreed on the terms of the U.K.’s 21-month transition after it leaves the bloc next March, but left unresolved a thorny issue—the future of Ireland—that could derail the entire Brexit deal.

The new frontier in fun socks: They’re covered in logos, have designer cred and can cost hundreds of dollars.

SoftBank Group, which acquired ARM Holdings in 2016 and took it private, could relist the U.K. chip designer within 12 years, a senior executive said.

A redesign of the living room in a San Marino, Calif., home showcased the original travertine fireplace while giving the décor a fresh look.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors cars with air bags that failed to deploy, a problem linked to four deaths and six injuries.

EU and British negotiators agreed on the terms of the U.K.’s 21-month transition after it leaves the bloc next March, but left unresolved a thorny issue—the future of Ireland—that could derail the entire Brexit deal.