An anonymous reader quotes a report from CRN: Broadcom has agreed to purchase Symantec's enterprise business in a massive $10.7 billion deal that will break up the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor manufacturer said the monster acquisition is expected to drive $2 billion of revenue and $1.3 billion of EBITDA (earning before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization), as well as upwards of $1 billion of cost synergies in the year following close. The Symantec name will be sold to Broadcom as part of the transaction. The deal will bring Symantec's $2.5 billion enterprise unit together with the software capabilities inherited last year through its $19 billion acquisition of CA Technologies. Symantec's enterprise business includes its traditional strength around anti-virus and endpoint protection as well as the cloud security capabilities inherited through the 2016 acquisition of Blue Coat Systems. "Meanwhile, Symantec's consumer business -- which includes its legacy Norton anti-virus capabilities as well as its more recent acquisition of LifeLock -- will become a standalone company," the report adds. "Interim Symantec President and CEO Rick Hill said the remaining consumer business contributed 90 percent of the company's total operating income, and the company expects to be able to continue to grow revenue for its Norton LifeLock business in the mid-single digits going forward."

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Islamabad has downgraded ties and suspended trade with New Delhi since it scrapped autonomy for disputed region.

Islamabad has downgraded ties and suspended trade with New Delhi since it scrapped autonomy for disputed region.

Islamabad has downgraded ties and suspended trade with New Delhi since it scrapped autonomy for disputed region.

Islamabad has downgraded ties and suspended trade with New Delhi since it scrapped autonomy for disputed region.

The climate crisis could be making transatlantic flights more bumpy, according to research into the impact of global heating on the jet stream. From a report: Jet streams are powerful currents of air at the altitudes which planes fly. They result from the air temperature gradient between the poles and the tropics, and reach speeds of up to 250mph (400kmph). They also sometimes meander. Researchers say previous studies of the speed and location of the fastest part of the north Atlantic jet stream have found only small changes over time, although there are signs it is slowly shifting northward. Experts say the lack of dramatic alterations is because climate change produces competing effects at different altitudes. The latest study, however, took a different approach. "Just because the speed isn't changing, doesn't mean the jet stream isn't changing in other ways," said Prof Paul Williams of the University of Reading, the lead author of the research. His study, published in the journal Nature, looked at the change in wind speed with height, known as vertical shear. "The higher up you go, the windier it gets," he said. Using three different datasets based on satellite observations, the team say they identified a 15% increase in vertical shear between 1979 and 2017, consistent with what would be expected from climate change. "The winds and the temperatures are in a certain kind of balance in the atmosphere," said Williams. "The consequence is that it is impossible to change the temperature patterns without having an effect on the wind patterns."

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Opposition leaders have alleged that the election was rigged by altering results sheets using correction fluid.

Opposition leaders have alleged that the election was rigged by altering results sheets using correction fluid.

Opposition leaders have alleged that the election was rigged by altering results sheets using correction fluid.

Opposition leaders have alleged that the election was rigged by altering results sheets using correction fluid.

Discovery of bodies in three different sites appears to be part of a turf war between rival drug gangs, prosecutor says.

Discovery of bodies in three different sites appears to be part of a turf war between rival drug gangs, prosecutor says.

Discovery of bodies in three different sites appears to be part of a turf war between rival drug gangs, prosecutor says.

Discovery of bodies in three different sites appears to be part of a turf war between rival drug gangs, prosecutor says.

Discovery of bodies in three different sites appears to be part of a turf war between rival drug gangs, prosecutor says.