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Greece Moves to Seize Local Government Cash

Running out of options to keep his country afloat, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ordered local governments to move their funds to the central bank. With negotiations over bailout aid deadlocked, Tsipras needs the cash for salaries, pensions and a repayment to the International Monetary Fund. “Central government entities are obliged to deposit their cash reserves and transfer their term deposit funds to their accounts at the Bank of Greece,”

Microsoft's open source ambitions pick up speed

Microsoft’s level of trust in the open source community is continuing to build after it moved to absorb its MS Open Technologies subsidiary back into the company. The move, which brings the “startup subsidiary” back under Microsoft control, came after MS Open Tech reached its key goals and it will help Microsoft “take its next steps in deepening its engagement with open source and open standards,” according to a company

Android Wear's new update puts it closer in line with the Apple Watch

Android Wear is getting an update as the Apple Watch release nears and Google gets a little worried that it might be overtaken. The update brings with it an always-on screen, something we’ve seen before on Android Wear watches for faces, but the new update means you can use apps and keep them on at the same time so you won’t need to flail your arms around to turn them

Colombian acid survivor seeks tougher justice for 'an identity erased'

By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Natalia Ponce de Leon’s life was shattered within seconds when a stalker hurled acid at her outside the family home in an upscale part of the Colombian capital last year. The sulphuric acid devoured Ponce’s face, neck, abdomen and legs, melting her skin and leaving a quarter of her body burnt in an attack that shocked the Latin American country. Although acid