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Philadelphia — Organisers of January's Women's March have called for women to take the day off and encouraged them not to spend money to show their economic strength and impact on American society. "A Day Without a Woman" on Wednesday is the first major action by organisers since the nationwide marches held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration that drew millions of women into the streets in protest against misogyny, inequality and oppression. Though it is unclear how many women could participate, thousands across the country have signaled their support and interest online and to employers. The event coincides with the UN-designated International Women's Day, and organisers say they want to "stand with women around the globe" who supported their efforts January 21 with similar protests in cities around the world. Importance of intersectional feminism Spokeswoman Cassady Findlay said organisers were inspired by the recent"Day Without an Immigrant" protests held last month. She said the action is aimed at highlighting the effect of women on the country's socio-economic system and would demonstrate how the paid and unpaid work of women keeps households, communities and economies running. "We provide all this value and keep the system going, and receive unequal benefits from it," Findlay said. Findlay said it is important for white women to be in solidarity with minority women. "Throughout history, the strikes that have the biggest impact are the ones when people who are already the target of oppression participate," she said. "It's when women of all backgrounds strike and stand together that we're really going to see the impact." Unlike the Women's March, on Wednesday's protest focuses on the absence of women, who are being steered to local rallies and community groups and away from work or shopping in stores or online. Organisers also are asking women to wear red to signify love and sacrifice. Businesses closing More than a million people, mostly women, turned out nationwide for the Women's March. In New York, organizers are planning a gathering in Central Park at noon. International Women's Day rallies also are planned in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Washington and Berkeley, California. School districts including Prince George's County in Maryland, the Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools in North Carolina, have canceled classes in anticipation of employee participation. In Utah, as many as 1 000 women are expected to gather at the Capitol to remind lawmakers they are watching their actions on women's issues. In Providence, Rhode Island, the municipal court plans to close because the demonstration in the city would leave the court without enough staff to open. Lovely Monkey Tattoo, a woman-owned tattoo parlor in Whitmore Lake, Michigan, is offering female-centric tattoos with messages like, "Neverless, She Persisted" for $50 to $100, with proceeds going to the Ann Arbor chapter of Planned Parenthood. Some businesses have said they will either close or give female employees the day off. The event website provides templates for "out of office" emails, and an employer letter. The site has had more than a half-million visitors, and more than 60 000 had clicked on the letter template by Tuesday afternoon. Organisers noted that only a fourth of participants in the Women's March signed up in advance to participate. The role of women in American society is significant. According to the US Census, women make up more than 47% of the workforce and are dominant in such professions as registered nurses, dental assistants, cashiers, accountants and pharmacists. They make up at least a third of physicians and surgeons, as well as lawyers and judges. Women also represent 55% of all college students. Still, American women continue to be paid less than men, earning 80 cents for every dollar a man makes. The median income for women was $40 742 in 2015, compared with $51 212 for men, according to census data.

Seoul — US missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defence system have arrived in South Korea, the US and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. The plans to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system within this year have angered not only North Korea, but also China and Russia, which see the system's powerful radars as a security threat. China responded quickly, saying it will take "necessary measures" to protect itself and warning that the US and South Korea should be prepared to bear the consequences. Washington and Seoul say the system is defensive and not meant to be a threat to Beijing or Moscow. THAAD missile defence system The US military said in a statement that THAAD can intercept and destroy short and medium range ballistic missiles during the last part of their flights. "Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday's launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy THAAD to South Korea," Adm. Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, said in the statement. Some South Korean liberal presidential candidates have said that the security benefits of having THAAD would be curtailed by worsened relations with neighbours China and Russia. "China firmly opposes the deployment of THAAD," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing Tuesday. "We will definitely be taking necessary measures to safeguard our own security interest. All consequences entailed from that will be borne by the US and (South Korea). We once again strongly urge the relevant sides to stop the process of deployment and refrain from going further down that wrong path." China's condemnation of South Korea's plans to deploy THAAD has triggered protests against a South Korean retail giant, Lotte, which agreed to provide one of its golf courses in southern South Korea as the site of THAAD. The South Korean government also raised concerns about a reported ban on Chinese tour groups visiting the country. On Tuesday, China's Global Times, an outspoken nationalist tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party's flagship People's Daily, criticised North Korea over the missiles. "By firing four missiles at once this time, the military confrontation between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington escalates a notch," the paper said. "Noticeably, the Chinese public is angry that Pyongyang's nuclear program has provided an excuse for Seoul to deploy THAAD." An official from South Korea's Defence Ministry, who didn't want to be named, citing office rules, said that the equipment that arrived in South Korea included launchers, but didn't confirm how many. While South Korea's media speculate that the THAAD deployment could be completed by as early as April, the ministry official couldn't confirm those reports. The official said that the plan was to have the system operational as soon as possible. Missile launch in North Korea On Monday, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in an apparent protest against ongoing US-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. The missiles flew about 1 000km (620m) on average, three of them landing in waters that Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone, according to South Korean and Japanese officials. The North's state media on Tuesday said leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill, a likely reference to the four launches reported by Seoul and Tokyo. Involved in the drills were artillery units tasked with striking "US imperialist aggressor forces in Japan," according to the Korean Central News Agency. There was pride and defiance among the elite citizens who live in North Korea's showcase capital, Pyongyang. "If the US imperialists and their South Korean puppets shoot even just one spark into our sovereign territory, we will completely destroy those aggressors, without any mercy, with our invincible Hwasong artillery, which are loaded with nuclear warheads," Sim Chol Su, echoing the propaganda often found in state media, told The Associated Press. North Korea uses "Hwasong" to describe a broad range of its ballistic missiles, including Scuds and the mid-range missiles that are referred to as Rodong and Musudan by outside analysts. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the missiles fired by the North were believed to be "improved versions" of Scud missiles. South Korean experts say North Korea's extended-range Scuds and mid-range Rodong missiles are capable of hitting Japan, including US military bases in Okinawa. Kim "ordered the KPA (Korean People's Army) Strategic Force to keep highly alert as required by the grim situation in which an actual war may break out anytime," a KCNA dispatch said.

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Palm Beach - FBI Director James Comey has asked the Justice Department to publicly refute President Donald Trump's explosive, unsubstantiated accusation that Barack Obama tapped his phone during last year's election campaign, US media reported on Sunday. Comey's extraordinary measure questioning the president's truthfulness provides an indication of the implications of Trump's incendiary claim about his predecessor. The department has not made any statement. Trump's aides were scrambling on Sunday to limit the political fallout of Trump's accusation 24 hours after it was made - admitting it was still unproven, and calling on Congress to investigate. Citing still undefined "reports" of "politically motivated investigations," press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump was calling on Congress to "determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016." Trump spokesperson Sarah Sanders echoed those comments. "If this happened," she told ABC, "this would be the greatest abuse of power, and overreach, that has ever occurred in the executive branch." Watergate Trump, who has returned to Washington from a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, has not publicly commented further on his allegations. On Saturday, he tweeted: "How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" He provided no evidence to back up the claim. Watergate is the generic term for the scandal that brought down president Richard Nixon in 1974. It began with the revelation of a secret wiretap in the offices of the Democratic National Committee at Washington's Watergate Hotel. Obama, via a spokesperson, denied Trump's new allegation as "simply false." US presidents can't legally order such wiretaps, which require the approval of a federal judge and reasonable grounds for suspicion. Obama's director of national intelligence James Clapper told NBC there was "no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time as a candidate or against his campaign." President 'furious' Trump's comments appear to have been based on unverified claims made by the right-wing Breitbart News outlet. His chief strategist, Steve Bannon, used to run it. The New York Times, citing senior US officials, first reported that Comey believes Trump's claim to be false. The FBI director made the request on Saturday because "there is no evidence to support it, and it insinuates that the FBI broke the law," the paper reported the officials as saying. Previous media reports have indicated that US prosecutors investigated communications between a server registered to the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. In his roles as a reality TV showman and presidential candidate, and now as president, Trump has repeatedly embraced conspiracy theories, including the suggestion that Obama was not born in America. Obama was born in Hawaii, a US state. Trump leveled the latest charges in a string of tweets early on Saturday, at the end of a week in which his administration was battered by controversy over links between his advisors and Russian officials. Trump was said to be furious that good reviews of his maiden speech to Congress on Tuesday were overtaken by a series of revelations about aides' meetings with Russian officials. The president was also said to be angry that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any campaign or Russia-related investigations. Sessions' recusal came after it emerged that, speaking under oath during his Senate confirmation hearings about campaign contacts with Russia, he failed to disclose two meetings with Moscow's ambassador in Washington. Amid that and several other revelations of Trump aides holding meetings with Russian officials, the White House has denied allegations of collusion. Diversionary tactics US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a campaign to meddle in last November's presidential election in a bid to tilt it in Trump's favor. Former CIA director Leon Panetta on Sunday accused Trump of diversionary tactics. "They are trying to obfuscate and trying to cover up. They are trying to somehow raise other issues," he told CBS. "In the end, it is going to be the truth that will determine what is involved here, and not tweets, but the truth." However, the Republican chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Devin Nunes, said his panel would look into Trump's claims. "The Committee will make inquiries into whether the government was conducting surveillance activities on any political party's campaign officials or surrogates, and we will continue to investigate this issue if the evidence warrants it," he said in a statement. Democrats and a growing number of Republicans in Congress have called for the appointment of a special prosecutor and a bipartisan inquiry to look into the Russia issue. With approval ratings already low, Trump could do without another scandal in his young presidency. Republicans have largely stood behind him, hoping he will enact tax cuts and other policies they favor. But some Republican lawmakers appear to be losing patience with the drama of Trump's presidency. "We are in the midst of a civilization-warping crisis of public trust," Senator Ben Sasse said, adding that Trump's allegations of wiretapping "demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots."

'He'll be at Real Madrid' – Okaka jokes about Gabbiadini form Southampton forward Manolo Gabbiadini could join Real Madrid if he continues his current form, Watford striker Stefano Okaka joked. Gabbiadini has six goals in four games in all competitions for Southampton after arriving at the Premier League club from Napoli in January. A six-time Italy international, Gabbiadini scored a brace in his side's EFL Cup final defeat to Manchester United last month. Okaka, a former team-mate of Gabbiadini's at Sampdoria, joked the 25-year-old was on track for a move to LaLiga giants Madrid. "I played with Gabbiadini at Sampdoria and it was an enjoyable time. He was a fantastic player because he is so clever," the Italy international said, via the Daily Star. "The goal he scored against us was down to belief – he believed the chance would come. But in this league you can't give him space because he will punish you. "At Sampdoria he would work hard on his finishing, and he is very clinical with his left foot. Can he become one of the leading strikers in the Premier League next season? Sure, why not? "He's a good player, he's scoring a lot of goals now and next year, if he plays like this, he'll be at Real Madrid." Gabbiadini was on the scoresheet again as Southampton beat Watford 4-3 on Saturday.

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It's never easy when you're a TV star who doesn't get on with one of the show's executive producers. Indeed, Arnold Schwarzenegger, host of the "New Celebrity Apprentice" show, announced on Friday that he's leaving and blamed Donald Trump, formerly the host of the "Celebrity Apprentice" and still an executive producer of the show. Speaking to Empire magazine, Schwarzenegger said: "It's not about the show, because everyone I ran into came up to me and said 'I love the show... but I turned it off because as soon as I read Trump's name I'm outta there!'" The ex-Terminator insisted that he got on with everyone on the show. However, he added: "With Trump being involved in the show people have a bad taste and don't want to participate as a spectator or as a sponsor or in any other way support the show. It's a very divisive period now and I think this show got caught up in all that division." Oddly, the division between Schwarzenegger and Trump became public because of -- who would have imagined? -- Trump's Twitter account. The president mocked Schwarzengger's lower ratings on Twitter, simultaneously referring to himself as "ratings machine DJT." Schwarzenegger fired back on Facebook by suggesting they swap jobs. He said that with this move, people would sleep better again. Still, another aspect to all this is the social media campaign #GrabYourWallet. It's been creditedwith influencing half the sponsors of the "New Celebrity Apprentice" to quit the show, as well as encouraging viewers to avoid the show. Neither the campaign's organizer, Shannon Coulter, nor NBC immediately responded to a request for comment. Coulter did tell the Wrap, however: "I think it's pretty clear at this point that the Trump brand name is toxic." Oh, I don't know about that. Large Trump buildings continue to be erected with abandon. It's not as if the old "Celebrity Apprentice" still captured too many hearts and souls, even with Trump as its face. Still, the new version's ratings fell by 35 percent when compared to the last old one in 2015. On Friday, #GrabYourWallet allowed itself a little Twitter-gloat: ".@Schwarzenegger's decision to leave Celebrity Apprentice is giving the #GrabYourWallet community a #FridayFeeling..." I wonder if the president will be tweeting his weekend feelings on the subject.

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Newly minted US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the top trend across Facebook and Twitter following reports that he was in contact with Russia's ambassador during the presidential campaign. The revelation has kicked up a social media firestorm. Social Cues is our look at what people are talking about on Facebook and Twitter. Here's what is trending this Thursday: Jeff Sessions: The attorney general is facing a scandal after Justice Department officials confirmed that Sessions was in contact with the Russian ambassador twice while involved in Donald Trump's presidential campaign. When asked about any such communications during his Jan. 10 confirmation hearing, Sessions said: "I did not have communications with the Russians." Trump's presidency has been plagued with Russian-tinted controversy, including Mike Flynn's forced resignation as national security adviser last month. Sessions is the top trend on Facebook and Twitter. Some on Twitter are calling for Sessions to step down, including Democrats like House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Even Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz is asking Sessions to recuse himself from Russia probes. PricewaterhouseCoopers: Here's a quick reminder to put your phone down and pay attention. The exec behind the Oscars fiasco with "La La Land" and "Moonlight" will never return to the Academy Awards. PricewaterhouseCoopers account executive Brian Cullinan was focused ontweeting while handing off the wrong envelope for Best Picture. You know the rest. Theaccounting firm is trending on Facebook after Cullinan was permanently banned from the award show. At least he can live-tweet it from home next year! Snapchat: Keep an eye out for Snapchat maker Snap. The social app maker heads to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday with an IPO worth twice as much as Facebook's -- at a nearly $24 billion valuation. The social network has boomed in po[CENSORED]rity thanks to its disappearing images and videos that (however falsely) ease user fears about embarrassing moments coming back to haunt them. Snapchat is trending on Facebook on its big day. Dr. Seuss: One tweet, two tweets, red tweets, Seuss tweets. The iconic cartoonist and author Dr. Seuss is trending on social media as folks on Twitter celebrate his birthday. There are plenty of tweets written in Seuss' rhyming style, as well as fans sharing their favorite Seuss quotes. Dr. Seuss, who passed away in 1991, would have been 113 on Thursday. University College London: Scientists believe fossils of a 4-billion-year-old bacteria could help with the discovery of extraterrestrial life. An international team led by University College London scientists dug up the fossil in Canada. The bacteria existed at a time when Mars and Earth both had liquid water on their surfaces. The research team is trending on Facebook.

Deportivo La Coruna 1 Atletico Madrid 1: Griezmann stunner overshadowed by Torres head injury A worrying head injury suffered by Fernando Torres overshadowed Antoine Griezmann's brilliant equaliser as Atletico Madrid salvaged a 1-1 draw away to struggling Deportivo La Coruna in LaLiga on Thursday. Deportivo's top scorer Florin Andone gave the hosts an early lead with his eighth league goal of the season after capitalising on blunders from Jan Oblak and Jose Gimenez. Griezmann got Atletico back on level terms by netting a magnificent strike with 22 minutes remaining, before both sides came close to finding a winner in a tense finish. Diego Simeone's men had to finish the match with 10 men, Torres appearing to be knocked out following a clash of heads with Alex Bergantinos in the closing minutes. The striker left the field on a stretcher after a lengthy delay, with some players close to tears at the sight of the stricken forward lying prone on the turf. The draw sees Atletico stay fourth and move one point ahead of Real Sociedad, their closest rivals for a Champions League qualification spot. Depor's point halts a run of four consecutive league defeats and sees them open up a gap of one to the relegation zone, with new boss Pepe Mel overseeing a solid performance in his first match in charge. The hosts took the lead in bizarre fashion after 13 minutes, with Oblak and Gimenez to blame when the goalkeeper took a poor goal-kick and his defender failed to control with a slack touch. That allowed Andone to race clear and beat Oblak with a low strike into the bottom corner, the Romania international subsequently booked for his passionate celebrations with the home crowd. Depor threatened again when Juanfran lashed a long-range drive over and they came even closer when Gael Kakuta failed to hit the target with a tame finish after being slipped through by Pedro Mosquera. Atletico, who made three changes, tested home keeper German Lux for the first time just after the half-hour mark as Angel Correa's low strike was kept out, but that was it for the visitors in the first half. Indeed, they went into the break having survived a penalty claim for handball against Diego Godin, before Oblak impressively kept out an acrobatic Mosquera volley. Diego Simeone made a double change early in the second half, bringing on Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan for Koke and Correa. When Griezmann could only send a free-kick straight into the wall from a promising position, Simeone then used his final change, bringing on Torres for Kevin Gameiro. A quiet match burst into life in the closing stages, with Filipe Luis thinking he had levelled after collecting a pass from Gaitan and hitting the post with a stunning long-range drive. But Atletico did draw level after Deportivo failed to properly clear, Griezmann exchanging passes with Carrasco before catching Lux off his line with a stunning, dipping 30-yard strike to net his 10th league goal of the season. Andone somehow failed to connect with Faycal Fajr's right-wing cross when he appeared destined to score from point-blank range at the other end. Aletico thought they had a winner as Torres collected Gaitan's pass and saw his powerful strike saved by a superb one-handed save from Lux. Neither side found a winner in the seven minutes of added time after a long stoppage to treat Torres, who appeared to be knocked out before his head smashed against the turf following his clash with Bergantinos.

During a recent interview released to IGN, Phil Spencer discussed his plan for E3 2017, which for the first time ever will see Microsoft kick off the exhibition on Sunday, the spot which was Bethesda's until last year. He explained the reason for this change and, on top of that, also provided some insight about what we should be expecting from it. According to Spencer, the change to Sunday (E3 2017) was to give the news coming out of it more room to breath. The idea is that doing so they have more time to have the news spread out in comparison with the usual pre-Sony media briefing, which was just a few hours before the PlayStation event until E3 2016. Looks a good idea to be honest. Advertisement Moreover, he added there's no plan set in stone yet, both when it comes to revealing Project Scorpiobefore or during the Xbox media briefing at E3 2017. Spencer acknowledged that it's difficult to put everything into the show, even though he still wants it to be more about games than hardware. This time, too, it looks a good plan -- games are what define platforms, rather than simple specs and teraflops. It's nice to see that Spencer thinks like that now and for E3 2017, although Microsoft's marketing effort is still all around raw power and the fact Scorpio is the most powerful platform out there this year.

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Cape Town - SA was one of the lucky Southern Hemisphere countries that manage to catch a glimpse of 2017's first solar eclipse. SA stargazers who looked up on Sunday evening, between 17h00 and 19h00 were treated to a "ring of fire" solar eclipse - during which the Sun all but disappears as the Moon crosses its path. SEE: Weekend Wrap: Vaal overflows, Solar eclipse hits SA and Rio carnival off to odd start The ring of fire eclipse was most visible in a 100-kilometre (62-mile) band cutting through Chile, Argentina, Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However the so-called annular solar eclipse, which occurs when the Earth, Moon and Sun line up, allowed for people just outside the band of optimal viewing, to appear as a ring thicker on one side than the other. Lasting about two hours the Moon moved across the face of the Sun as South Africans shared their images of the experience on Twitter - take a look. SolarEclipse2017 According to the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, the year 2017 will see four eclipses, the usual amount for an annual period - made up of two of the Sun and two of the moon. The RASNZ says the first two have already been witnessed, with a Transits Penumbral eclipse (where the earth casts a partial shadow between the moon and sun) on February 11 and Sunday's annular eclipse of the Sun 2017. Upcoming eclipses will only take place later this year in the months of August when a partial eclipse of the Moon is expected on August 7 and a Total eclipse of the Sun with take place on August 21, 2017. ALSO SEE: Weird weather: SA's most extreme weather events of 2016 South Africa, no stranger to outstanding astronomical occurrences, recently experienced a Super Moon of note. In fact it was the biggest Supermoon in 68 years - seen over SA on November 14th. While some captured a few magical shots and experiences of the moon as it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual - the closest it was to earth since 1948. Some people certainly felt the anticipation had left them feeling slightly cheated. The phenomenon also caused a pretty intense spring tide, which resulted in gigantic waves such as this!

Just as people have become used to paying for coffee with their smartphones, they will soon be able to unlock their car doors the same way. Chipmaker NXP announced today that it is working with five automakers to implement its Near Field Communication technology (NFC) in car door handles. NXP's NCx3320 NFC chip fits inside a typical car door handle, meets automotive requirements to tolerate very high and very low temperatures, and includes a low power mode so it can operate even when a car's battery lacks the juice to start the engine. Many new cars come with a key fob using an RFID chip, letting drivers merely approach the car to unlock it, and start the engine at the push of a button. As handset makers build NFC into smartphones for payment services and other identification requirements, that technology can also be adapted for car access, engine start-up and even quick Bluetooth pairing. NXP's Rainer Lutz, director of new business, said the technology is designed to be complementary to typical key fob access. Where a key fob's RFID signal opens a car from tens of feet away, NFC's range maxes out at 10 centimeters, so it might not be as convenient for daily use. However, NFC "keys" can be created on a temporary basis, creating greater flexibility. A car owner could grant someone else access to their car for a set amount of time, all through a phone app. The flexibility of NFC access makes it an enabler for car sharing services. Addressing the issue of security, Lutz says "If you look at where NFC comes from, it's used by governments for e-Passports and in the banking industry for payments. There are a lot of checks and standards in place to allow devices to authenticate." Devices communicating over NFC use a one-time encrypted key to ensure they are legitimate. Due to corporate agreements, NXP would not specify with which automakers it is working on NFC, but Lutz pointed out that the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class includes NXP's NFC chips in its door handles. Early implementation will likely include an NFC touchpoint in the driver's door handle, and one inside the car. An interior NFC chip would let drivers set their phones down on the console, automatically loading seating position and other preferences, and enabling engine start. The conveniences provided by NFC look to make it a new selling point for cars over the next few years.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored with three minutes remaining to give Manchester United a thrilling 3-2 victory over Southampton in the EFL Cup final. A dramatic contest at Wembley was settled when Ibrahimovic headed in Ander Herrera's cross just as the match appeared destined to move into extra time. A controversial and thrilling match saw Southampton have Manolo Gabbiadini's strike wrongly ruled out for offside before Ibrahimovic struck with an impressive free-kick at the other end. Jesse Lingard got the second, finding the bottom-right corner after a neat team move to net on his third consecutive Wembley appearance for United, before Gabbiadini got a goal that did count in first-half stoppage time. Gabbiadini made it five goals in three Saints matches with a magnificent finish early in the second half, but Ibrahimovic had the last word with his 26th goal of the season. United have now won the tournament on five occasions, a record bettered only by Liverpool. Mourinho claims the first major trophy of his United reign and his fourth overall victory in the competition, tying the record jointly held by Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson. Southampton's wait for a first EFL Cup goes on as their FA Cup success in 1976 – which came against United – remains their only major trophy. Claude Puel has now lost both of his management appearances in major domestic cup finals, having been beaten as Monaco boss in the 2001 Coupe de la Ligue final. Paul Pogba had an early long-range drive beaten away by Fraser Forster, before United survived a moment of major controversy at the other end. After Cedric Soares got the better of Marcos Rojo down the right, Gabbiadini tapped in his cross from close range but was denied by an offside flag, even though only team-mate Ryan Bertrand - who did not make a move towards the ball – had strayed beyond the last defender. United took advantage of the reprieve, moving ahead in the 19th minute after Oriol Romeu had been booked for fouling Herrera. Ibrahimovic did the rest, sending a curling 25-yard free-kick beyond a flat-footed Forster for his sixth goal in as many games. Southampton continued to make an impression after the goal and David de Gea made an important one-handed save from James Ward-Prowse, before using his legs to keep out Dusan Tadic. United struck a hammer blow seven minutes before the break when Lingard – selected over Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford – justified Mourinho's decision by picking his spot from just inside the area after a neat move involving Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Rojo. But Southampton continued to fight, Gabbiadini scoring moments before the half-time whistle with a close-range strike that stood this time after Ward-Prowse's low cross. United brought Michael Carrick on for Mata ahead of the restart, but Saints drew level three minutes into the second half. A corner was only half-cleared and when Steven Davis headed back into the area, Gabbiadini turned and simultaneously buried a left-footed volley into the bottom-right corner from 12 yards. Lingard managed to avoid a second yellow for tripping Redmond, before Romeu had the same reprieve despite appearing to elbow Herrera. Romeu then saw his deflected header bounce off the post from a Ward-Prowse delivery, while Lingard lashed over from a good chance at the other end as a thrilling clash continued. The destination of the trophy was finally decided in the closing stages when Martial fed Herrera, whose floating cross was converted by Ibrahimovic's thumping six-yard header.

In a new release of his video series Pach Factor, Michael Pachter has provided an insight about what might be happening in the console market when Project Scorpio finally releases later this year. A fan asked whether Sony could be launching or not a new console after PS4 Pro in order to have a stronger competition against the upcoming Microsoft hardware. The answer was no, as Pachter believes Sony might be dropping a new PlayStation - PS5 - by 2020, and by the same timeframe you should expect Microsoft to unleash a proper 'sequel' to the Xbox One. The analyst believes we'll keep seeing new console releases every three years, just like the PS4 (2013) > PS4 Pro (2016) / Xbox One (2013) > Xbox One S (2016) model seems to be suggesting. "Microsoft is not replacing the Xbox One- they are upgrading it. So no, Sony will not come up with more hardware in 2018. You may get a PS5 in 2019 or maybe 2020, and an Xbox Two in 2020, and we will continue to get new consoles every three years, and their software will be compatible with the system released right before it. I think that’s going to be the pattern," he said. This time, it looks like Pachter's opinion is likely a fact - we see Microsoft and Sony release new consoles every three years, as well. And we also see completely new generations of a console (even though Phil Spencer doesn't love the idea itself of generation) arise in 2020 after Scorpio and PS4 Pro, which could be definitely dubbed as mid-gen platforms.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is going to release on 21 March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. This imminent action role-playing video game will require a decent amount of hardware for performance on the desktop system. System configuration is simply shared below at the end of this news. Talking about the Minimum System Requirements the game requires an Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350 processor coupled with 8GB RAM and 2GB Nvidia GTX 660. While the recommended system requirement is Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350 with 16GB RAM backed above gpu. The game also requires 55GB of storage space. Minimum System Requirements: OPERATING SYSTEM: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350 MEMORY: 8GB RAM VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB AMD Radeon 7850 2GB HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space DirectX: DirectX 11 Recommended System Requirements: OPERATING SYSTEM: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350 MEMORY: 16 GB RAM VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB AMD RX 480 4GB HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space DirectX: DirectX 11

New Federal Communications Commission's Chairman Ajit Pai is hitting the pause button on internet privacy regulations put in place during the Obama administration, which wireless and broadband companies have complained are unfair. The rules, approved by the FCC in October, were supposed to protect consumers' sensitive personal information online. They have been controversial because they establish stricter requirements for broadband and wireless companies than they do for other internet companies, such as Google or Facebook, which also collect user information. In January, several telecom and cable industry groups filed petitions challenging the rules, some of which go into effect on March 2. In a statement issued Friday, an FCC spokesman said Pai has asked the two other commissioners to vote not to implement the rules that should go into effect on March 2. The rules will reportedly be temporarily stayed until the commission takes action. According to the spokesman, Pai believes the privacy rules should mirror those implemented by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which oversees privacy regulations for internet companies. "Chairman Pai believes that the best way to protect the online privacy of American consumers is through a comprehensive and uniform regulatory framework," the spokesman said. "All actors in the online space should be subject to the same rules, and the federal government shouldn't favor one set of companies over another." Under the data privacy rules, wireless and broadband companies are required to take "reasonable" steps to protect sensitive data. The rules were passed after the FCC gained authority under the new net neutrality rules to regulate broadband like the traditional telephone network. The FCC currently regulates privacy for phone networks. But conservatives, including Pai, oppose this reclassification. Other parts of the rules, such as the provision that requires customers to opt in to allowing their personal information to be shared with marketers and others, have also not gone into effect. That rule is still being reviewed by the White House's Office of Management and Budget. This is the latest move by the Republican-led FCC to kill controversial regulations pushed by former Democratic Chairman Tom Wheeler. Pai has already closed consideration of rules to reform the cable set-top box market. He also reversed several other consumer-protection orders, reports, and proceedings that were adopted in the final weeks of Wheeler's FCC. This included telling nine companies they won't be allowed to participate in the federal Lifeline program. Lifeline is meant to provide low-cost broadband access to low-income consumers. Pai said he was reversing these orders and reports because they were done at the last minute by an administration that was leaving. And he's already begun to take steps to dismantle net neutrality. At the FCC's open meeting on Thursday, he led the vote to expand the number of companies to get exemptions to parts of the net neutrality rules.

Introduction Note: Our best online backup services for business round-up has been fully updated. This feature was first published in November 2013. If running regular backups is important for home users, it's essential in business: losing even a small fraction of your most important data, for a brief period of time, could still be a real disaster. You could try to protect yourself by copying files to local drives, but that takes time and effort. It also leaves you vulnerable to fire, theft and hardware failure, which is why automatically uploading your files to a cloud backup service is often a better idea. Choosing the right backup solution can seem tricky, as there's a lot to consider. How much storage space do you really need, for instance? Must the service support versioning (where multiple versions of documents are kept)? How should this be managed? Security is important, too. What sort of encryption options do you get? How is access to your data managed? What options are there for managing your users, seeing what they're doing, making sure they're complying with your policies and procedures? You're probably not going to get by with a free Dropbox account, but there are plenty of business providers ready to deliver the extras you and your company need. Here, in alphabetical order, are eight of the best.

Manchester United will face Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League. Friday's draw in Nyon paired Jose Mourinho's men, who are favourites to win the competition, with the Russian Premier League side. United are away in the first leg on March 9, with the second leg to be played at Old Trafford on March 16. Full Europa League last-16 draw: Celta Vigo v Krasnodar APOEL v Anderlecht Schalke v Borussia Monchengladbach Lyon v Roma Rostov v Manchester United Olympiacos v Besiktas Gent v Genk Copenhagen v Ajax

Samsung said Friday it will strengthen its rules on financial donations to increase transparency after its vice chairman was arrested in a corruption scandal. The South Korean company said it would now require financial donations and funding for corporate social responsibility of 1 billion won ($882,460) or more to be approved by the board of directors. Previously, only payments representing 0.5 percent of shareholder equity -- 680 billion won or more -- required board approval. The new policy is in reaction to the arrest last week of Jay Y. Lee, Samsung's vice chairman and acting head, in a political scandal that has rocked the country. Lee has been accused of bribing the suspended South Korean president, Park Geun-hye. At issue is whether millions in donations Samsung made to two foundations controlled by President Park's friend and confidant, Choi Soon-sil, were bribes to get the South Korean pension fund to back a merger between two of Samsung Group's holding companies. The merger strengthened the Lee family's control over Samsung. Lee also faces charges of perjury and embezzlement.