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Privacy Concerns

NHS track and trace app: how will it work and when can you download it?

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk. One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. On May 5, the Government revealed its first attempt at a contact-tracing app. But…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Seed Vault

A Look Inside Norway’s Doomsday Vault

Join Plus+ and get exclusive shows and extensions! Subscribe Today! It seems inevitable that at some point the world as we know it will end. Considering the world events going on right now, some might even argue that it has already begun. In many cases there doesn’t seem to really…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Homeless

What if restaurants continued to feed local communities after lockdown lifts? | Jonathan Nunn

In the last three months, restaurants have executed more pivots than an episode of Strictly Come Dancing cooking for the homeless and NHS staff, selling local produce, putting a halt to one-off £70 p… Read More

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Google

Lenovo’s 7-inch Google smart display is on sale for $80 at Best Buy

While both smart screens have 7-inch displays, Lenovo’s model throws in both more powerful speakers as well as a camera with a privacy shutter and microphone mute button. You can use this for more than checking the weather or playing a YouTube video, in other words. While it’s not going…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Xi Jinping

France tells China it still backs ‘one country, two systems’ for Hong Kong

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jason LeePARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he is following events in…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Belfast

George Floyd murals are popping up all over the world

The death of George Floyd has resonated worldwide, and the proof can be found on buildings from Minneapolis to Montreal, Belfast to Berlin.Here are some of the striking murals we have seen as street artists pay tribute to Floyd and show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.Read More

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Belt and Road

China’s Covid-19 Recovery Is Intensifying Class Exploitation

China’s GDP shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter, which was its largest contraction since 1992. As one of the first countries to relax lockdown restrictions, China is now seeking to boost domestic and international demand. Despite over 80% of manufacturing returning to its former level by late February, consumers…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Joe Biden

Joe Biden formally wins Democratic nomination to take on Trump

Image copyright Reuters Image caption This is Joe Biden's third attempt to win the presidency Joe Biden has formally won the Democratic Party nomination to take on Donald Trump in November's presidential election.He said on Twitter that he had secured the 1,991 delegates needed and would fight to "win the…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Geely

Polestar To Open 20 Showrooms In China To Compete With Tesla

The automaker plans to export Polestar 2 sedans to Europe and the United States, and will open showrooms first in Shanghai and then expand to coastal Ningbo and southern Guangzhou. By Reuters | Published: 06-Jun-20 12:11 PM View Photos Polestar 2 electric sedans will compete with Tesla's locally made Model…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

Orangutan

Here’s how Amazon Web Services’ cloud technology helps WWF save orangutans in Indonesia

Orangutans are some of the most intelligent primates in nature, with capabilities including tools, colony living, and even rudimentary construction skills. However, the species is critically endangered due to humans—specifically, illegal activities such as poaching, black market trading, and the ongoing destruction of their natural habitat. According to WWF, orangutan…

bubmagJune 6, 2020

NHS track and trace app: how will it work and when can you download it?

A Look Inside Norway’s Doomsday Vault

What if restaurants continued to feed local communities after lockdown lifts? | Jonathan Nunn

Lenovo’s 7-inch Google smart display is on sale for $80 at Best Buy

France tells China it still backs ‘one country, two systems’ for Hong Kong

George Floyd murals are popping up all over the world

China’s Covid-19 Recovery Is Intensifying Class Exploitation

Joe Biden formally wins Democratic nomination to take on Trump

Polestar To Open 20 Showrooms In China To Compete With Tesla

Here’s how Amazon Web Services’ cloud technology helps WWF save orangutans in Indonesia

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