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Flash Briefing: SA protests turn deadly; Google fined €500m; another black mark for J&J’s vaccine Google

Flash Briefing: SA protests turn deadly; Google fined €500m; another black mark for J&J’s vaccine

Listen on iTunes  Deadly protests that erupted in South Africa following former President Jacob Zuma’s jailing showed no signs of letting up, even as the authorities pledged to clamp down on the violence. Hundreds of stores in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, which account for about half the nation’s economic output,…
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July 13, 2021
Ottawa imposes national security risk assessments for researchers seeking federal funds Google

Ottawa imposes national security risk assessments for researchers seeking federal funds

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has unveiled rewritten guidelines for Ottawa’s main scientific research granting agency amid growing concerns that Canadian universities and researchers are transferring intellectual property to China, which benefits Beijing’s military and security apparatus. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The federal government is imposing mandatory national-security risk assessments on…
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July 12, 2021
CNN’s Jim Acosta Goads Trump Pre-CPAC Speech: ‘Go Play President Somewhere Else’ (Video) Google

CNN’s Jim Acosta Goads Trump Pre-CPAC Speech: ‘Go Play President Somewhere Else’ (Video)

“The same man who gripped the Stars and Stripes won’t let go of something else: The idea that he’s still president,” journalist says CNN’s Jim Acosta gave Donald Trump the equivalent of a six-minute eye-roll Saturday as he discussed the one-term president’s impending speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference,…
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July 11, 2021
Google’s CEO Is Facing Intense Criticism for Being ‘Too Nice.’ His Response is Pure Emotional Intelligence Google

Google’s CEO Is Facing Intense Criticism for Being ‘Too Nice.’ His Response is Pure Emotional Intelligence

Last month, Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, faced criticism over his leadership style in the form of a New York Times piece. The report relies on 15 current and former executives who have expressed discontent over--among other things--the amount of time Pichai takes to make decisions.  According to the Times, employees…
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July 10, 2021
‘One more mine does make a difference’: Australian children argue for the climate – and the law agrees Google

‘One more mine does make a difference’: Australian children argue for the climate – and the law agrees

At about 9.30am on Thursday morning, 17-year-old Melbourne school student Anjali Sharma was walking her two-year-old kelpie-cross dog Maya down to the creek when the notifications started buzzing on her phone. “I was getting updates from the lawyers in the court,” says Sharma, who as we speak is about to…
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July 10, 2021
Northrop to build homes for astronauts in moon orbit after landing $935-million NASA contract Google

Northrop to build homes for astronauts in moon orbit after landing $935-million NASA contract

Northrop Grumman Corp . won a NASA contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the U.S. space agency’s planned outpost in lunar orbit, the weapons maker said on Friday. Astronauts will live and conduct research in the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) made by Northrop for the lunar…
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July 9, 2021