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If you’re an avid attender of live events, chances are that you’re pretty particular about the exact seats that you want, you know what you’ll need to pay to get them and you’re fully willing to do just that. But what if you don’t fall into this category? Live event ticketing is a $26 billion per year business, and yet some 40% of tickets still go unsold, leaving another nearly $20 billion on the table....

On Friday, wereportedthat London was to apply for a dedicated .London top-level domain to help promote the city. And now it seems that Scotland isseekingto get in on the act by securing its very own .Scot top-level domain (TLD). Back in June, ICANNpavedthe way for one of the biggest changes ever to the domain name system (DNS), by approving the option for brands and industries to apply for their own dedicated domain extensions....

The US has a history of making examples of those who choose to flout music piracy laws. Back in 2009, a blogger was arrested and eventuallysentencedto two-months home confinement for uploading the new album by Guns ‘n Roses. And England has had its own high-profile piracy cases too, such as when a woman was found guilty of sharing a game online back in 2008, for which she wasfined£16,000. Today, it emerged that Scotland has had its very first file-sharing conviction, after Ayr-based Anne Muir admitted distributing£54,000worth of copyrighted music....

Scottish city to get ‘world’s largest’ fleet of hydrogen-powered garbage trucks Hydrogen hub The UK’s shift towards decarbonizing its transport sector has gained traction in recent years, and last week its first hydrogen-powered train, theHydroFLEX, ran trials following a £750,000 grant from the Department for Transport (DfT) and more than £1 million of investment by rail firmPorterbrookand theUniversity of Birmingham. Speaking at the trial, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also announced the government’s ambition for the Tees Valley region in north-east England to become a “trailblazing hydrogen transport hub”, which would bring together representatives from academia, industry and government to drive forward the UK’s plans to embrace the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel....