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​ One skill to make you type a lot faster New research has found the fastest typists use a certain technique – but experts disagree on whether it’s worth learning. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Google Share by Email The fastest typists use a unique skill popular among professional gamers, new research has found. It’s a technique that anyone can learn – but can it make you more productive? Researchers from Finland’s Aalto University and the University of Cambridge  analysed the typing habits of 168,000 people  in an online test, and found the fastest typists used rollover typing, a method where the next key is pressed before the previous one is released. Gamers evolved this faster style to perform more actions per second With many games, players use their left hand to control their character with closely grouped clusters of keys on the keyboard, while the right hand might use a mouse. F...

​ Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank on Friday admitted to a massive erroneous transfer of €28bn ($34 billion) in a routine operation, more than the entire bank is worth. The unprecedented mistake happened on March 16 when Deutsche Bank carried out a transfer to an account at Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex clearing house, a spokesman told AFP. The operation was meant to involve a far smaller sum, which the bank has not revealed, and highlights IT and control issues at the banking giant. Accounting errors happen most days, but the sum involved in this case is highly unusual and even exceeds Deutsche’s market capitalisation of 24 billion euros. The incident, which came shortly before John Cryan was ousted as chief executive, was quickly fixed and no harm was done, the institution said. But it raises questions about the risk management and control processes within the bank, which Cryan was meant to have greatly improved since his arrival in 2016. https://d-26021898242016009.ampproj...