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'Clown' Johnson, 'Frightened Rabbit' May: Ex-Minister Savages Top UK Politicians in Explosive Memoir

The author of the book, Alan Duncan, served as minister of state for Europe and the Americas as well as Boris Johnson's deputy when the latter was the head of the Forei

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Amazon addresses pee bottle denial tweet

Amazon kicked off the holiday weekend by backtracking slightly on a social media offensive that unfolded in the waning days of a historic unionization vote. The earlier comments reportedly arrived as

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Biden should focus on rebuilding U.S. infrastructure

U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Azhar Azam works in a priva

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U.S. media outlets make a U-turn on the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory

Getty Editor's note: Maitreya Bhakal is an Indian commentator who writes about China, India, U.S. and global issues. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of

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Facebook to let users turn off algorithm powering News Feed

The move sees Facebook join Twitter in allowing users to opt for a chronological feed of content on their homepage.

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Google starts trialing its FLoC cookie alternative in Chrome

Google today announced that it is rolling out Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), a crucial part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome, as a developer origin trial.FLoC is meant to be an alterna

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China and Middle East beat back U.S.-led human rights propaganda

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as market business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions and not

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How I Podcast: Science Vs’s Rose Rimler

The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of ha

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U.S. police and media humanize mass shooter who killed 8 people

A woman holding an anti-hate sign takes part in a candlelight vigil in standing up against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate and violence at Almansor Park in Alhambra, California, the U

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Competition challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ of users sparks referral to Europe’s top court

A German court that’s considering Facebook’s appeal against a pioneering pro-privacy order by the country’s competition authority to stop combining user data without consent has said

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Penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns scientist

Dr Shanna Swan has found that chemicals called phthalates are causing human babies to be born with malformed genitals.

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Declining sperm counts around the world could hit zero in 24 years

01:23 The world is facing an impending fertility crisis, experts warn.Diminishing sperm counts and physical changes in men and women due to hormone-disrupting chemicals in products are

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U.S. intention to continue dialogue can make Anchorage talks a success

/VCG Editor's note:Azhar Azam works in a private organization as market business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions

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America's presidential pardon is a royal mess

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Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable

This morning TechCrunch covered an interesting round for Copy.ai, a startup that employs GPT-3 to help other companies with their writing projects. GPT-3, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, is a

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France’s privacy watchdog probes Clubhouse after complaint and petition

Clubhouse, the buzzy but still invite only social audio app that’s popular with the Silicon Valley technorati, is being investigated by France’s privacy watchdog.The CNIL announced today i

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Is the ground shifting on slavery reparations for African Americans?

A suburb of Chicago is poised to formally become the first city in the United States to offer reparations to its Black residents. It is an indication that ground may be shifting ever so slig