[ad_1] Social media companies like Facebook and YouTube have stepped up their policies against coronavirus misinformation and banned false claims about Covid-19 vaccines. But as the vaccine begins to roll out, online accounts are taking advantage of loopholes in new policies and successfully sharing misleading claims that try to discourage …
Read More »Liverpool’s ruthless 7-0 win at the Palace comes after Klopp’s team drowned out distractions and eliminated setbacks
[ad_1] Liverpool made sure to stay atop the Premier League on Christmas Day for the third year in a row with their most ruthless performance of the season by beating Crystal Palace 7-0 at Selhurst Park, their biggest away win in the highest category. In many ways, to be at …
Read More »China National Space Administration outlines future mission plans
[ad_1] China is coming off a very successful mission with the Chang’e 5 returning its samples to Earth recently. With a complicated and successful mission under its belt, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has started talking about plans for future space missions. The agency outlined a new three-step plan …
Read More »China offers to work with Joe Biden on three issues
[ad_1] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) offered his cooperation on the key priorities of US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday, warning that many American critics of Beijing were creating an atmosphere of “McCarthyism. “and ignoring common interests. Pointing to the aggressive approach of US President Donald Trump, Wang expressed …
Read More »The vaccine was quick. Here’s how to do it faster
[ad_1] It’s about leveraging experience to respond more quickly to outbreaks by “turning to work together,” said Jean Patterson, CREID network’s senior program officer.. Researchers can use a prototype pathogen approach to study how and where infectious diseases emerge from wildlife to make the leap to people. With reports from …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Africa exceed 2.46 million and death toll exceeds 58,313: Africa CDC
[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 2,469,101 as of Saturday, while the death toll from the pandemic rose to 58,313, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized health care …
Read More »Isn’t it time you started teaching your digital home assistant some new tricks?
[ad_1] getty Using a smart home assistant like the Amazon Echo or Google Home can quickly get repetitive – one tends to ask the same things over and over again: maybe some general knowledge questions, playing a particular song or album, turning the lights on and off, make the shopping …
Read More »A New Challenge Appears: Instagram Joins Social Media Platforms in Fray to Counter Pandemic Disinformation Online / World of Digital Information
[ad_1] Instagram has recently Announced two new features in an attempt to further curb the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on its platform. Instagram is joining the fray as multiple media sites create and implement similar features in the wake of massive misinformation and paranoia online. A brief …
Read More »‘Trying to cover up’: 5 key findings from US senators after the Boeing 737 Max crash
[ad_1] Boeing officials “improperly trained” test pilots during efforts to recertify the 737 Max aircraft after they were grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people, US Senate investigators said. In a report. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a simulator test for more than a …
Read More »Racial divisions of SA concern Ramaphosa || Southern times
[ad_1] Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says racial divisions and tensions are a reflection of the fragile state of inter-community relations in the country. The president addressed the nation on Reconciliation Day, which is celebrated annually on December 16. “As much as we continue to actively work to …
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