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Covid-19 deaths in England could peak at 100 per day in August

Covid-19 deaths in England could peak at 100 per day in...

More than 100 people a day are expected to die and more than 1000 a day be admitted...

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Covid-19 news: Blood test to detect long covid may soon be possible

Covid-19 news: Blood test to detect long covid may soon...

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest...

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UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions

UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions

Nearly a third of the world’s oceans and land should be protected by 2030 to stem...

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Richard Branson reaches the edge of space on Virgin Galactic flight

Richard Branson reaches the edge of space on Virgin Galactic...

Richard Branson has finally launched to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic...

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A simple word test can reveal how creative you are

A simple word test can reveal how creative you are

Asking people to name 10 words that are as different as possible, as measured by...

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Jack Cable of Krebs Stamos Group launches Ransomwhere, a crowdsourced ransomware payment tracker; the site is already tracking $32M+ in ransom payments for 2021 (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Jack Cable of Krebs Stamos Group launches Ransomwhere,...

Carly Page / TechCrunch:Jack Cable of Krebs Stamos Group launches Ransomwhere, a...

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Analysis: in H1 2021, private funding for cybersecurity companies reached $9B, up more than 2x from H1 2020 and eclipsing record total of $7.8B for all of 2020 (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Analysis: in H1 2021, private funding for cybersecurity...

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News:Analysis: in H1 2021, private funding for cybersecurity...

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Investigation sheds light on Force 47, the Vietnamese army's online information warfare unit behind pro-state Facebook Groups that aim to correct "wrong views" (James Pearson/Reuters)

Investigation sheds light on Force 47, the Vietnamese army's...

James Pearson / Reuters:Investigation sheds light on Force 47, the Vietnamese army's...

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Twitter names a resident grievance officer for India and publishes a compliance report, meeting two key requirements under India's new IT rules (The Economic Times)

Twitter names a resident grievance officer for India and...

The Economic Times:Twitter names a resident grievance officer for India and publishes...

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Inside Simulation City, Waymo's latest virtual world in which it trains, tests, and validates its "Waymo driver" software in preparation for the open road (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Inside Simulation City, Waymo's latest virtual world in...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:Inside Simulation City, Waymo's latest virtual world...

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Intel details its European expansion plans, says $20B investment into a regional semiconductor fab may be spread across several EU member states (Financial Times)

Intel details its European expansion plans, says $20B investment...

Financial Times:Intel details its European expansion plans, says $20B investment...

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Profile of PodSwap, a startup offering a battery replacement service for Apple's AirPods, and a great example of why we need right-to-repair legislation (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Profile of PodSwap, a startup offering a battery replacement...

Kif Leswing / CNBC:Profile of PodSwap, a startup offering a battery replacement...

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Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event will be on August 11 and shares renders of new phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked...

Jay Peters / The Verge:Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event...

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Makers of CVCheat claim their computer vision-based cheat tool can offer "undetectable" "full auto-aim and auto-shots" for any game on PC, Xbox, or PlayStation (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Makers of CVCheat claim their computer vision-based cheat...

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:Makers of CVCheat claim their computer vision-based cheat...

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The key for tech companies to make remote work sustainable is not through policy, but by shifting "work" away from in-person surveillance toward defined results (Cal Newport/New Yorker)

The key for tech companies to make remote work sustainable...

Cal Newport / New Yorker:The key for tech companies to make remote work sustainable...

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Sources: Microsoft has agreed to acquire SaaS security intelligence company RiskIQ; a source says Microsoft will pay over $500M (Bloomberg)

Sources: Microsoft has agreed to acquire SaaS security...

Bloomberg:Sources: Microsoft has agreed to acquire SaaS security intelligence company...