Tue 09 February 2021: Facebook announced Monday that the company would take action against users and groups on Facebook and Instagram that spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine or vaccines in general. The company is acting on advice from the World Health Organization and other groups to expand its list of false claims that are harmful. “We […]
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Sat 06 Februuary 2021: Hikers, soldiers and school children all know the burden of a heavy backpack. But now, researchers have developed a prototype that not only makes loads feel about 20% lighter, but also harvests energy from human movements to power small electronics. T The new backpack, reported in ACS Nano, could be especially […]
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Sat 06 February 2021: Tech giant Google on Friday launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for, striking its own content deals with publishers in a drive to show legislation proposed by Canberra to enforce payments, a world first, is unnecessary. Only rolled out previously in Brazil and Germany, the News Showcase […]
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Sat 06 February 2021: China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year. The spacecraft, launched in July around the same time as a rival US mission, is expected to enter Mars orbit around […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: Apple and Hyundai-Kia are nearing a deal for Hyundai-Kia to manufacture Apple cars at an assembly plant in Georgia, CNBC reported Wednesday. The iPhone maker has been planning in recent years to build “Apple Car” in North America with a strong automaker, but demands to control the project from software to hardware […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it fully supported proposed new laws in Australia that would force internet giants Google and Facebook Inc to pay domestic media outlets for their content. “While Microsoft is not subject to the legislation currently pending, we’d be willing to live by these rules if the government […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: The Australian prime minister said on Monday that Microsoft was confident that it could fill the void if Google carried out its threat to remove its search engine from Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had since spoken to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella about its search engine Bing filling […]
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Sat 30 January 2021: An airport for flying cars will thrust the English city of Coventry into the future later this year, with a project aimed at demonstrating how air taxis will work in urban centres. Urban-Air Port, a British-based start-up, has partnered with car giant Hyundai Motor to develop the infrastructure required for when […]
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Thu 28 January 2021: The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will write to WhatsApp asking it not to share user data with its parent company Facebook after millions of users worldwide left the messaging platform to protect their information. Appearing Tuesday during an online parliamentary committee meeting aired on Parliament TV, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham […]
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Thu 28 January 2021: Apple has revealed record sales of more than $110billion after demand for its new iPhone smashed expectations. In an extraordinary set of results, the tech giant said sales in the final three months of 2020 had increased from $91.7billion to $111.4billion while profits rose from $22.2 billion to $28.7billion. The holiday period is […]
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