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Google+ to shut down after data from 500,000 users may have been 'exposed by security bug'Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers by a bug that was present for more than two years in its systems.
State pension age rise: thousands of women expected to join marchParliament protest comes as anger rises among the 3.9m UK women affected by the changesThousands of the 3.9 million women who have been forced to wait up to an extra six years to get their pensions are expected to take part in a protest outside parliament.Women in their 50s and 60s have been hit by the government’s decision to increase the female state pension age from 60 to 66, with some left destitute. Many say that a lack of sufficient information about the rise meant they did not find out about it until they reached 60, leaving them with no time to make alternative plans.The protesters will march from Hyde Park to Parliament Square on Wednesday, where they will hear from speakers including the Women’s Equality party leader, Sophie Walker.Women affected by the changes have lost their homes and some have become homeless, with others experiencing extreme stress and hardship.
Greece Looks to Improve Ferry Travel for Passengers with DisabilitiesAs of May 1, 2019, passenger ships should have on board:– A specially designed area for passengers with special needs.– The appropriate equipment for the accessibility of the disabled in ships (suitable ramps, lifts).– Special marking in the area used for vehicle storage for the proper access of disabled people from the ship’s entrance to the lifts.– Special signs for the disabled in public areas.– Special system for the transmission of announcements for persons with disabilities.– Designated space for wheelchair users.– Appropriately trained crew members to assist passengers with special needs.
Are dark kitchens the satanic mills of our era?Few of us realise how the food we order from the likes of Deliveroo gets to us. It’s time we saw the light about such businessesThey are known as “dark kitchens”: cramped boxes, usually plonked in city centres, in which cooks prepare meals that are ordered and sent out via food-delivery apps. Britain is reckoned to have at least 70, most of which are owned and run by the delivery giant Deliveroo under the brand name Deliveroo Editions. The food that comes out of them is sold in the name of established restaurants, and innocent customers might assume it somehow still comes from their high-street premises. But no: this is a new reality of “virtual branding”, in which all that sits behind this or that logo are the bare essentials – a couple of ovens, a handful of chefs and couriers frantically delivering what they cook.A report last year by my Guardian colleague Sarah Butler focused on a dark kitchen site near Canary Wharf in London, and vividly evoked what went on there: “The boxes have no windows and many of the chefs work with the doors open … Working in the metal boxes is either hot or cold, depending on the weather and whether they are cooking or prepping. In one kitchen, there is only a small fan heater for cold days. Another houses a pizza oven that takes up more than a third of the space and makes it extremely hot.” Online ads for jobs in such places offer hourly wages of between £8.50 and £9, and roles best suited to people who are “reliable”, “hard working”, and have “two years’ experience in [a] fast paced kitchen”.
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