Japan bullet train stops 'scary' safety drillsJapan bullet train stops 'scary' safety drills
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Japan has one of the world's most reliable railways and is known for its Shinkansen bullet trains

A Japanese railway firm has stopped an unusual training drill that required employees to crouch in tunnels while trains rushed past to "feel" the wind speed.

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What should I do with my broken kettleWhat should I do with my broken kettle
Image caption Almost none of the kettles we can currently buy are designed to be repaired and re-used

My kettle, that has given sterling service for several years, appears to be hankering after retirement. It's a situation most of us are familiar with.

If not the kettle, you'll have found yourself with another

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Facebook daily visits growth slows as sales miss forecastsFacebook daily visits growth slows as sales miss forecasts
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Facebook's user growth has slowed and its revenue has missed forecasts, according to the firm's latest results.

An average of 1.49 billion people used Facebook's social network on a daily basis in September, up 9% on last year but below expectations of 1.51 billion.

Growth was flat in the US and Canada and fell in Europe.

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Fifa: Governing body reveals IT data hack earlier this yearFifa: Governing body reveals IT data hack earlier this year
Fifa says it was hacked in March of this year

Fifa says information was hacked from its IT systems earlier this year.

A consortium of media organisations is set to report details of the hack, which took place in March, in the coming days.

"We condemn any attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data," football's world

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Yosemite fall: Victims identified as married bloggers from IndiaYosemite fall: Victims identified as married bloggers from India
Image copyrightInstagramImage caption The couple kept a blog of travel photos including this one in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico

A man and woman who died after falling from a cliff in Yosemite National Park have been identified as a married couple from India.

Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi

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As Windows 10 delay continues, support shortfall grows

Microsoft is running out of calendar runway for Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the one it withdrew from distribution earlier this month.

With less than 48 hours left in the month, the company is in danger of rendering obsolete the name of the fall feature upgrade and perhaps disrupting the scheduled support.

[ Related: Windows 10 October 2018 Update: Key enterprise features ]

Although Microsoft officially released the refresh on Oct. 2, four days later it barred access to the upgrade via Windows Update, told those who had installed it to stay off their PCs and warned users who had downloaded but not installed it to trash the disk image. The reason for the unprecedented moves: Some users - Microsoft said 1/100th of 1% - reported that the upgrade deleted all files in several folders, including the important Documents and Photos directories.

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