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UK wants pandemic levels of data sharing to be the new normal

The UK government has published a national data strategy today, setting out a plan to promote the use and prioritize the reuse of data as a lever for economic growth and digital innovation. It has als

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Brexit: UK admits new bill breaks international law in a 'limited way'

Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis has admitted controversial new legislation proposed by the UK government will break international law. /AFP The UK's Northern Ireland minister, Brandon

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Belarus opposition leader detained after resisting exile to Ukraine

02:18 A leading Belarusian opposition leader has been detained by government authorities, a border official has said, after she allegedly thwarted an attempt to expel her from Belarus.

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Daily Crunch: Apple files countersuit against Epic

Apple strikes back at Epic Games, Android 11 is here and Microsoft announces a new stripped-down Xbox. This is your Daily Crunch for September 8, 2020.The big story: Apple files countersuit against Ep

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Spain cases top 500,000, record deaths in Ukraine: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- The UK's 2,948 recorded cases over the 24 hours to Monday is its second biggest daily tally since May. England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said the rise was of grea

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Thunes raises $60 million for cross-border payments in emerging markets

Thunes, a Singapore-based startup developing a cross-border payments network to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets, announced today it has raised a $60 million Series B. The r

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Philippine president pardons U.S. Marine jailed for transgender killing

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday pardoned a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the country nearly six years ago, sparking c

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The Station: Yandex spins out self-driving biz, Ike takes the SaaS road and a solid-state battery startup strikes SPAC

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox.Hello and welcome back to The Station, a ne

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Daybridge, a time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, raises £750K seed

Daybridge, a productivity and time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, has picked by £750,000 in a seed round led by early Monzo backer, Passion Capital.Also participating is a numb

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NATO says Russia must cooperate on probe into Navalny poisoning

NATO allies agreed on Friday that Russia must cooperate fully with an impartial investigation to be led by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into

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No quick fix for transatlantic data transfers, says EC

Europe’s justice commissioner has conceded there will be “no quick fix” for EU-US data transfers in the wake of the decision by the region’s top court in July that struck down

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FCC dings company for $164K after its false broadband claims distorted national report

The FCC was deeply embarrassed last year when it was found that its rosy broadband deployment report was off by millions, owing to a single, extremely suspect filing that conjured 62 million customer

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Former Blink-182 star on UFO research: 'I wouldn't have left music behind to chase monsters and ghosts'

Sky News speaks to Angels And Airwaves frontman and former Blink-182 star Tom DeLonge about his UFO research show, Unidentified.

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Amazon brings Twitch’s livestreams to its Amazon Music app

Amazon is leveraging its investment in live-streaming site Twitch to expand its Amazon Music service. The company announced this morning Twitch’s livestreams will now be available in the Amazon

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Facebook touts beefed up hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar election

Facebook has offered a little detail on extra steps it’s taking to improve its ability to detect and remove hate speech and election disinformation ahead of Myanmar’s election. A general e

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France Slams 'Intransigent' Boris Johnson for Post-Brexit Trade Talks Stalemate as ‘No-Deal’ Looms

A seventh round of trade talks between the European Union and Britain on future relations after the latter’s departure from the bloc last January has failed to make any

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Israeli, U.S. officials land in UAE, Kushner urges Palestinians to negotiate

Senior U.S. and Israeli officials landed in the United Arab Emirates on Monday on a historic trip to finalize a pact marking open relations between Israel and the Gulf