El Salvador has become the first country in the world to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender after Congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency.
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UK health adviser admits lockdowns won’t make Covid disappear & society will have to ‘manage it like the flu’
Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, has conceded that Covid-19 lockdowns can’t go on forever and won’t eliminate the virus anyway – a view that might have helped before Britons endured months of draconian restrictions.
Masks and distancing could be required for several more years, British public health expert says
The UK may be racing ahead of its European neighbours in getting its population vaccinated, but Brits might have to stay masked up for “several
Disney+ removes Peter Pan, Dumbo and other movies for showing offensive stereotypes
Disney+ removed several movies, including Dumbo and Peter Pan, from children’s profiles over stereotypes deemed offensive.
Latin American govts ‘held to ransom’ by Pfizer during vaccine talks, report says
A number of Latin American countries have reportedly experienced extremely aggressive negotiating tactics by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which has demanded full immunity from any civil claims and state assets as a guarantee.
Israel to bar unvaccinated people from some jobs
Israel’s health minister has confirmed the country plans to stop unvaccinated people from working in certain jobs but failed to elaborate on what they might be, adding anyone found forging vaccine certificates will be jailed.
Facebook fined €7 million in Italy after refusing to address user data concerns
Italy has fined Facebook €7 million ($8.5 million) after the social network company failed to address and rectify user data practices that were flagged as a concern in November 2018.
Starlink is available to order in more than six countries, here’s all you need to know about
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Elon Musk is inching ever closer to fulfilling his dream of creating super-fast internet around the world, which beams down from satellites in orbit to Earth.
Covid made me kill my wife: Husband who strangled his wife in lockdown is cleared of murder
A husband has been cleared of murdering his wife five days into the first lockdown after a jury heard how the pandemic caused him to ‘snap’.
Democratic Governor Cuomo killed thousands of elderly Americans to defeat Trump
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top aide privately apologised to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state’s nursing home death toll from COVID-19, telling them “we froze” out of fear that the true numbers would “be used against us” by federal prosecutors
Wokeness gone mad as U.K. hospital demands midwives to stop using breastfeeding and breastmilk to be more ‘inclusive’
A hospital in the United Kingdom has issued new guidelines for midwives asking they stop using terms such as “breastfeeding” and “breast milk” to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary people.
Apple supplier Wistron to restart India factory
Apple Inc on Tuesday said supplier Wistron Corp will restart operations at its factory in southern India after violence at the site led to its shutdown late last year, though the Taiwanese company would remain on probation.
Google opens paid-for Australia news platform in drive to undercut Canberra’s content payment law
Tech giant Google on Friday launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for, striking its own content deals with publishers in a drive to show legislation proposed by Canberra to enforce payments, a world first, is unnecessary.
‘As fake as her tweets’: Police open conspiracy probe into Greta Thunberg’s ‘protest toolkit,’ blames creators of ‘war on India’
Police in New Delhi have opened a conspiracy investigation into the creators of a “toolkit” with instructions on how to amplify the farmers’ protests in India – a document that has been shared by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
Project Veritas releases leaked video of Facebook Executives admitting they are too Powerful
The latest exposé by Project Veritas reveals hours of video obtained by an anonymous Facebook insider with Mark Zuckerberg and other executives admitting that they ‘have too much power’.
Andrew Cuomo disgustingly lied about the actual death count in NY state nursing homes to help Biden, report says
A damning attorney general’s report that showed Governor Andrew Cuomo and other officials downplayed the deadly impact of COVID-19 on New York’s nursing homes finally led the state’s embattled health commissioner on Thursday to reveal the total number of resident fatalities.
Las Vegas Schools to get students back amid massive surge in suicide, as Trump predicted school closures will do more harm
A substantial uptick in student suicides has prompted the nation’s fifth-largest school district to start bringing children back to the classroom as soon as possible, despite high numbers of Chinese Virus cases and deaths, a report says.
2 people in India die after receiving Covid jab, Bharat Biotech says vaccine too risky for some
Two people have died after being administered Covid-19 shots in India, but the government insists that the jabs are not to blame. Meanwhile, one drug manufacturer has advised some groups to forgo the vaccine.
Antifa sues Apple to remove Telegram from AppStore for allowing Free Speech
A lobbyist group affiliated with Antifa is suing Apple in an effort to get free speech messaging platform Telegram removed from the app store, claiming that it allows ‘extremists’ to spread ‘hate speech’.
Peer-Reviewed Study “Did not find evidence” Lockdowns were effective in stopping COVID spread
A peer reviewed study comes out of one of their coveted and prestigious universities in California potentially showing that their collective reaction to the Chinese Virus may have been completely worthless and, as a result, “may have done exceptionally more harm than good.”
“This is Going to be much bigger Than Just One Account” says Jack Dorsey on Twitter censorship
Footage from an employee inside Twitter shows the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey discussing how he plans to wage a massive censorship campaign in the wake of President Trump’s account suspension.
Shock Video: Woman Suffers Convulsions Following Covid Vaccine
Videos circulating on Facebook show a woman experiencing terrible leg convulsions after reportedly receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.
Experts warn Lockdown is creating ‘Unprecedented’ Mental Health Crisis
Experts in the fields of health, academia and charity have warned that the lockdown in the UK is creating a runaway pandemic of anxiety and depression.
EU leaders demand ‘standardised’ vaccine passport for Travel
EU leaders are demanding that the Commission should ‘standardise’ a vaccine passport across all member countries, and that it should be required for people to travel throughout the area.
HSBC says customers who don’t wear Face Masks could have their Accounts terminated
Banking giant HSBC has told its customers in the UK that if they refuse to wear face masks when entering a branch, they could have their accounts terminated.
French Government echoing Merkel, calling Big Tech a threat to Democracy
The French government has echoed Angela Merkel’s sentiment in saying it is “shocked” at Twitter’s banning of President Trump, asserting that Big Tech is a threat to democracy.
Ron Paul blocked from Facebook after criticising Community Standard Violations
Facebook has blocked former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul from being able to edit his page, the former US Rep noted.
Apple & Hyundai set to agree electric car cooperation
Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production around 2024 in the United States, local newspaper Korea IT News reported on Sunday.
Erdogan ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against digital fascism
The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly shutting down its WhatsApp groups over privacy concerns.
Large numbers of Health Care and Frontline Workers are refusing Covid-19 Vaccine
Despite the Covid-19 death count in the United States rapidly accelerating, a startlingly high percentage of health care professionals and frontline workers throughout the country, who have been prioritized as early receipts of the coronavirus vaccine, are reportedly hesitant or outright refusing to take it, despite clear scientific evidence that the vaccines are safe and effective.
Parler: Amazon to remove site from web hosting service, following Apple and Google
Amazon is removing free speech social network Parler from its web hosting service for continuous disregard to censor free speech and not offering a save space for far-left ideologies.
Parler suspended from Google Play Store over lack of free-speech censorship
Google has purged social media site Parler from its Play Store, calling for the need to “protect user safety” while saying the platform allows posts that “incite violence,” as Apple considers a similar move.
Iran’s Supreme leader is a better human being than Trump, according to Twitter’s ban of America’s anti-war President
Many concerned intellectuals and other activists of free speech have pointed fingers at messages from Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accusing the platform of double standards amid Presidents Twitter ban.
US suspends tariffs on French luxury goods over tax on Big-Tech
Washington has backed down from plans to hit $1.3 billion of French products with new tariffs. The levies were meant to be in retaliation to France’s attempt to hike taxes on American tech giants.
USTR slams India, Italy, Turkey on digital taxes but holds off on tariffs
Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against U.S. companies and are inconsistent with international tax principles, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday, paving the way for potential retaliatory tariffs.
PayPal backs crypto tax start-up Taxbit
PayPal Holdings Inc’s venture arm has made an investment in Salt Lake City, Utah-based tech start-up Taxbit, which helps consumers and businesses calculate the taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings, the companies said on Thursday.
Peru clashes with Pfizer over Big Pharma’s legal immunity for Covid-19 vaccine side effects
Peru has reached an impasse with Pfizer as it negotiates a deal for a Covid-19 vaccine, the country’s health minister said, citing a conflict over legal immunity for the pharma firm that could undermine Peru’s sovereignty.
Investigation launched as 2 people die in Norway nursing home days after receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
The Norwegian Medicines Agency has announced that two nursing home residents passed away days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, and that an investigation has been launched into the deaths.
Growing evidence shows COVID-19 leaked from Chinese Lab, US National Security Adviser claims
US National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger claimed that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese laboratory.
Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not elderly
As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closely watched by other countries.
Yandex warns against limiting foreign ownership in Russian online streaming services
A draft law proposing to limit foreign shareholdings in Russian companies that offer online video streaming services to 20% could worsen the investment climate, a spokesperson for internet giant Yandex told Reuters on Monday.
Big Tech’s massive push to influence the Biden administration
Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesser-known but still vital parts of president-elect Joe Biden’s administration, even as the pushback against Big Tech from progressive groups and regulators grows.
FDA investigating allergic reactions to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after multiple incidents
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to find the culprit behind reports of allergic reactions to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
Pfizer CEO doesn’t want to have his own firm’s COVID-19 vaccine
He claimed the firm doesn’t want it to appear executives can ‘jump the line’ though he added that he believes there was an extremely small possibility of making a vaccine so soon.
Smart home suddenly became stupid
Google Home users from around the world, who use the Big Tech company’s service to run their households directly from an app, found themselves left in the dark after Monday’s Google outage.
China advises cabin crew to wear diapers on risky coronavirus flights
China’s Civil Aviation Administration is advising crews aboard charter flights to Chinese Virus hotspots to wear disposable diapers rather than using the airplane restroom.
European tech start-ups near record $41 billion investment
European tech start-up investment has bounced back from the spring shock of the coronavirus outbreak and is on track to hit a record high this year, venture capital firm Atomico forecast.
Tech Giants push back against EU rules on illegal content online
Twitter and three other U.S. tech companies have urged the EU to take a flexible approach towards harmful and illegal online content instead of blanket rules requiring takedown, saying this would preserve an open internet.
Yandex robots start to deliver restaurant meals in central Moscow
Driverless robot buggies started delivering hot restaurant meals to paying customers in one central Moscow district on Wednesday, their operator, Russian Internet giant Yandex, said.
Criminals getting smarter in use of digital currencies to launder money
Criminals are becoming more sophisticated in their use of cryptocurrencies to launder money, with hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty funds last year flowing through digital wallets that allow users to hide their trail, according to Elliptic.
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