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For the first time Tokyo will be led by a woman. The elections, which were held on Sunday to elect a new local governor, the third in three years, have seen the victory of Yuriko Koike, previously the first woman to head the Defense Ministry.
The victory, in the metropolis of 13 million residents, was obtained with a gap of more than a million votes over second classified, the rival Hiroya Masuda, supported by the Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

China undermines the US from the top step of the podium of the largest banks in the world. According to the annual survey of R & S Mediobanca on international banks, in 2015 the largest commercial bank by assets was the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), with 3.146 billion euro, exceeding the US Jpm Chase (2.989 bn). In third place, unchanged, BofA to 2.557 billion.

The "Ice Bucket Challenge" was a social media sensation in the summer of 2014, with people across the world dumping cold water on themselves to raise money and awareness for ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

But in the last hours the famous initiative has been able to produce something even more concrete because, as reported from the ALS Association, one of the research projects funded through the initiative has resulted in a remarkable discovery in the fight against ALS: the scientists of Project MinE for gene sequencing have identified a new ALS gene, NEK1, which is now considered one of the most common genes that contribute to disease. This will provide scientists a new potential target for the development of therapies.

While Apple’s quarterly results are expected today, good news comes from the well-known iPhone sales, which give hope of really positive numbers. According to the US press, the Cupertino company would have sold in recent days billionth iPhone, major symbolic milestone for a company that has always amazed and who initiated this titanic 10 years ago with its founder and inspirational Steve Jobs.

Overtaking in the historical ranking of the richest men in the world. With a personal fortune of 65.05 billion dollars, the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, surpassed Warren Buffett, and now he is the number three in the ranking of the richest people in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaries Index, after Amancio Ortega and Bill Gates, the historical founder and owner Microsoft.

The first sponsors of the World Cup of Russia in 2018 comes from the host nation. FIFA announced fact that the first of the 20 slots to be assigned is assigned to Alfa-Bank, Russian banking institution that has been placed in the category of Regional Supporters.

The amount of the sponsorship was not made public. The highest world organism has also announced that negotiations are underway with several companies referring to Asia, Middle East and Africa, North and South America. The designation of regional replaced the former term used for National, which favored companies of the host nation and that he had seen as many as 8 Brazilian companies for the year 2014 and just six in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Fca) "assumes hackers." As it will also make Autonews.com reports, FCA, first among the generalist manufacturers, scalded by the case it happened a year ago, when the two hacker Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek took remote control of a Jeep Cherokee driven at that time by a journalist.

The smartwatch could actually be dangerous for our ATM PIN. The problem lies in the motion sensors which are now embedded in almost all devices that are worn, and therefore also bracelets for fitness or smart watches.

The warning research conducted by Binghamton University, in the US, in part funded by the National Science Foundation and the Army Research Office, according to which the smartwatch sensors are able to pick up the hand movements, allowing hackers to reproduce the gestures made on the keyboard of an ATM and then access a checking account uncontrollably.