IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for police reform

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IBM disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice...

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Sony’s PlayStation 5 reveal event now set for June 11

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

Sony plans to stream the PS5 reveal event live on its official website, YouTube channel and Twitch. [caption id="attachment_2411" align="alignnone" width="838"] Sony had initially planned...

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Business News

COVID-19 pandemic drives broadest economic collapse in 150 years: World Bank

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2404" align="alignnone" width="873"] People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, US,...

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Healthcare News

COVID-19: Hard-hit New York City begins reopening as infection rate falls

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2383" align="alignnone" width="832"] A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) worker cleans a subway car during the morning commute, as phase one of reopening after lockdown...

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Trump insists no police defunding amid US-wide clamour for reforms

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2377" align="alignnone" width="935"] US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement in the State Dining Room at the White House...

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UAE Mars mission: Hope project a ‘real step forward for exploration’

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

The first Arab space mission to Mars is preparing to lift off within weeks. Fuelling is due to begin next week. The UAE believes its...

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Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

Britain is about to pass a significant landmark - at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate...

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Bail set at US$1 million for policeman charged with Floyd murder

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2368" align="alignnone" width="905"] Former police officer Derek Chauvin appeared by videolink in Minneapolis court for the murder of African American George Floyd, whose May...

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Football: Racism ‘only disease right now,’ says Sterling

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2353" align="alignnone" width="760"] Racism 'only disease right now', says Manchester City's Raheem Sterling. [/caption] LONDON: Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling on Sunday...

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Business News

Samsung leader appears in court, awaits decision on whether he’ll be jailed again

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2328" align="alignnone" width="782"] Samsung Group heir Jay Y Lee arrives for a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the...