Last month, spurious sanitiser blended with methanol caused the death of at least 16 people who consumed it in lieu of liquor in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, ten people have been arrested in connection to the incident. The victims, who were habitual tipplers, consumed hand sanitiser as an alternative to …
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12 August
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro Makes Yet Another Bizarre Statement, Calls Amazon Fires 'A Lie'
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said it’s a “lie” that fires are destroying the Amazon rainforest, despite data from his own government which show the blazes are rising in number, as per a report in AFP. This is yet another weird statement the leader has made. He has faced international condemnation for presiding over huge fires and rising deforestation in the …
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12 August
While Health Workers Die On Duty, People Are Still Assaulting Them As They Try To Contain COVID
While close to 200 doctors have died in India while performing their COVID duties, attacks on health professionals continue to take place across the country. A team of healthcare workers engaged in collecting swab samples for COVID-19 test was pelted with stones by some people in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. A 40-year-old lab technician, Vinod Sharma, was …
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12 August
Kerala Air India Plane Crash 85 Passengers Critically Injured Have Been Discharged
Eighty-five who were injured in the Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode, Kerala have recovered and been discharged from hospitals after “obtaining complete fitness”. The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on Friday night, fell into a valley 35 …
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11 August
QAnon groups and pages flourish on Facebook, report says
An internal Facebook investigation has reportedly uncovered thousands of groups and pages on the social network that support the QAnon conspiracy theory. These groups and pages have more than 3 million members and followers, according to NBC News, which reviewed internal Facebook documents. QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory alleging there’s a plot by the “deep state” against President Donald …
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11 August
Police use of facial recognition gets reined in by UK court
Since 2017, police in the UK have been testing live, or real-time, facial recognition in public places to try to identify criminals. The legality of these trials has been widely questioned by privacy and human rights campaigners, who just won a landmark case that could have a lasting impact on how police use the technology in the future. In a …
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11 August
Facebook says coronavirus made it tougher to moderate content
Facebook said Tuesday that the coronavirus affected how many people could review posts on the social network for violations of rules against content promoting suicide or self-injury. The COVID-19 pandemic also impacted how many workers could monitor Facebook-owned Instagram for child nudity and sexual exploitation. From April to June, Facebook said in a blog post, it took action on fewer pieces of …
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11 August
Qualcomm wins in FTC lawsuit appeal
Qualcomm has won its appeal against the US Federal Trade Commission, with the court finding that Qualcomm’s licensing policies are not anticompetitive. In a judgment published Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the previous judgment, reversing the district court’s permanent worldwide injunction against Qualcomm’s business practices, which required it to renegotiate fees with rivals. According to …
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11 August
WatchOS 7 public beta: How to sign up and install it on your Apple Watch right now
For the first time ever, Apple has opened up beta testing of the next version of WatchOS. That means if you’re brave enough to deal with some bugs and glitches on your iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) and Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), you can access plenty of new features. Features like multiple complications from the same app, sharing watchfaces with friends …
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11 August
Sony ZV
When Sony first revealed the ZV-1, YouTube was flooded with reviews saying it was the “perfect” or “ultimate” camera for vlogging. So, as a content creator who’s found herself working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, I had to put it to the test. After having used this $750 (£699, AU$1,299) camera for a number of my videos, I …
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