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U.S. tech giants are reportedly providing web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms

5 years ago

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are among a number of American firms that are providing various web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms, a new report claims.
In October, some of China’s most valuable surveillance artificial intelligence firms were put on a U.S. blacklist and were accused of being “implicated” in human rights abuses.
Top10VPN said in a report that these U.S. giants were providing “essential web services that power these companies’ websites.”

New York Crypto Companies Move to ‘Work From Home’ in Face of Rising COVID-19 Threat

5 years ago

Kadena CEO Will Martino had already been considering abandoning his blockchain development company’s Brooklyn headquarters before coronavirus came to New York City. The fast-spreading virus, however, recently convinced him the office had to go. On Feb. 21, he told his team to begin working from home.

IMF announces $50 billion program to fight coronavirus outbreak

5 years ago

Most of the money will be interest-free, and countries do not need to have a preexisting program with the IMF to participate, Kristalina Georgieva said.
“We’re in an early stage of engagement, but I can assure you that we will act very quickly as requests come,” Georgieva said.
There are more than 90,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus around the world, and the outbreak has spread to six continents.

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How the Impossible Burger is changing the debate over GMO foods

5 years ago

Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are both growing quickly in the alternative protein market for health and sustainability reasons.
One difference is Impossible’s use of GMO technology for the key ingredient heme, a molecule that makes the Impossible Burger “bleed.”

BMW releases details of its new electric car to rival Tesla

5 years ago

Several major manufacturers are now developing electric vehicle offerings.
Worldwide electric car sales hit 1.98 million in 2018, according to the IEA, with global stock reaching 5.12 million.

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A Fake Pandemic? Who’s Behind It? Global Economic, Social and Geopolitical Destabilization

5 years ago

The media hype and disinformation campaign regarding the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus have created a Worldwide atmosphere of fear and uncertainty following the launching of a global public health emergency by the WHO on January 30th.

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U.K. Abandons Effort to Contain Virus as 10,000 May Be Infected

5 years ago

U.K. authorities have abandoned efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and will focus on delaying the worst of the outbreak, as officials said as many as 10,000 Britons may be infected.

A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data

5 years ago

At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing, we lack reliable evidence on how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or who continue to become infected. Better information is needed to guide decisions and actions of monumental significance and to monitor their impact.

Some retailers will be able to ‘weather’ coronavirus pandemic. Others won’t

5 years ago

Lululemon announced Thursday that it will be paying all of its workers through June 1, whether or not its stores reopen before then amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“From a balance sheet perspective, we are in very good standing,” CEO Calvin McDonald says.

Bitcoin Soars 50% So Far in 2020: Will the Momentum Continue?

5 years ago

Bitcoin Soars 50% So Far in 2020: Will the Momentum Continue? Back in early 2019,…

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U.S. tech giants are reportedly providing web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms

New York Crypto Companies Move to ‘Work From Home’ in Face of Rising COVID-19 Threat

IMF announces $50 billion program to fight coronavirus outbreak

How the Impossible Burger is changing the debate over GMO foods

BMW releases details of its new electric car to rival Tesla

A Fake Pandemic? Who’s Behind It? Global Economic, Social and Geopolitical Destabilization

U.K. Abandons Effort to Contain Virus as 10,000 May Be Infected

A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data

Some retailers will be able to ‘weather’ coronavirus pandemic. Others won’t

Bitcoin Soars 50% So Far in 2020: Will the Momentum Continue?

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