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NHS contact tracing app to stop sending 'false alarms' after update

A new software update also means more people will be asked to isolate by the app.

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Uber’s ‘robo-firing’ of drivers targeted in latest European lawsuit

Uber is facing another legal challenge in Europe related to algorithmic decision making.The App Drivers Couriers Union (ADCU) filed a case, yesterday, with a court in

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Former publishing director to lead contact tracing app for England and Wales

Gaby Appleton, the former Managing Director of Researcher Products at Elsevier, has already started work on the application.

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Trump's Supreme Court nominee advocated overturning legalized abortion

Judge Amy Coney Barrett meets with Republican senators at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2020. /Reuters President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Cone

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Eduardo Saverin on the ‘world of innovation past Silicon Valley’

Eduardo Saverin will forever be known for cofounding Facebook 16 years ago with four other Harvard classmates (one of whom is still running the company).But even before splitting in 2009 for Singapore

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UAE's establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel "betrayal of Palestinian cause": Iranian president

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday condemned the move of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to establish diplomatic ties with Israel as "a betrayal of the cause of t

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Commentary: Pompeo's lies about China will only backfire

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent speech on China is full of political lies as well as ideological prejudices that will only backfire and devastate his own

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Bolsonaro now ‘poster boy’ for dubious COVID-19 treatment

After months of touting an unproven anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the new coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is turning himself into a test case liv

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Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag, rope

After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR’s only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag a

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News Analysis: Coronavirus uptick may hurt Trump as U.S. elections 4 months ahead

Photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows the live broadcast of U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at a press conference at the White House in Washington D.C., the United St

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Spotlight: Trump administration's dismissal of prosecutor creates political mess

The Trump administration's removal of the attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) from office has created a political mess. U.S. Attorney General William

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Trump fires prosecutor who refused to resign, says U.S. attorney general

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Saturday that President Donald Trump has fired Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, who refused t

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The 'world after' and the rebalance of power

The White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulting company and senior researcher at Charhar Institute of Internat

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FDA revokes emergency authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked an emergency use authorization (EUA) that it previously issued for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, two anti-malarial drugs also used in the

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Vivid lockdown dreams 'help us navigate this new world'

01:59 Most people have dreams when they sleep, but what impact is the lockdown having on our sleeping thoughts?Dylan Selterman, a senior psychology lecturer at the University of Maryla

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Could a COVID-19 antibody test lead to negative behavior?

COVID-19 antibody test results could lead to bad behavioral patterns. /AP Antibodies are seen by many as the short-termanswer to the fight against COVID-19 until a vaccine is found. If you tes

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Three reasons why HK security legislation needed now

China's Two Sessions discuss the Hong Kong security legislation draft at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Josef Gregory Mahoney is