Governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank, Riyad Salameh, said, in a statement on Monday, that all news and figures circulating recently on social media are “exaggerated” and “far from the reality”, adding that they only seek to tamper with the image of the central bank and its governor. He also stressed that he would not dwell...
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Google threatens to pull search engine from Australia over news payment law
Google is threatening to shut down its search engine in Australia over a draft law that would require it to pay Australian media outlets to use their content in search results. We take a closer look. Also, the Biden administration banks on infrastructure spending to create thousands of new jobs. Plus, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk floats...
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Astrazeneca COVID vaccine gets approval in Pakistan health minister
Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against the disease to be given the green light in the South Asian country. “DRAP granted emergency use authorisation to AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine,” Pakistan’s Health Minister Faisal Sultan told Reuters, referring to the...
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Biotech aims for 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021
German COVID-19 vaccine maker Biotech, partner of U.S. pharmaceutical group Pfizer , said on Monday it aims to produce two billion doses of its vaccine this year. “We now believe that we can potentially deliver approximately 2 billion doses in total by the end of 2021, which incorporates the updated 6-dose label,” Biotech said in...
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Pfizer vaccine has obtained an ‘Emergency Use Authorization’ and the approval of the Ministry’s scientific committee, and is internationally adopted
The Ministry of Public Health’s media office indicated, in an issued statement on Sunday, that “ever since the announcement of the trial of several vaccines in the world, the Ministry has contacted the relevant authorities, such as the Russian embassy, the Chinese embassy and international pharmaceutical companies, which have a presence in Lebanon, requesting information...
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TikTok expands hate speech ban
Video-sharing platform announces move just days after crackdown on QAnon conspiracy movement TikTok has banned a swathe of hate speech from its platform, just days after the company announced a crackdown on the conspiracist QAnon movement. Explicitly hateful ideologies, such as neo-nazism and white supremacy, are already banned on TikTok. Now, the moderation will be...
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Nvidia Analyst Says New, Ampere-Based Data Center GPU Makes Chipmaker ‘Unassailable’
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares, which have been bouncing along nicely for much of this week amid positive sell-side expectations for the chipmaker’s earnings report next week, rose over 3% Thursday. CEO Jensen Huang hosted the annual GTC keynote address virtually, revealing details of a slew of products. Here’s how sell-side reacted to the announcements. The Nvidia Analysts SunTrust...
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Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million
Facebook has agreed to buy Giphy, the popular platform of sharable animated images, Axios has learned from multiple sources. The total deal value is around $400 million. Background: A source close to the situation says that the two companies first began talking prior to the pandemic, although that was more about a partnership than an acquisition....
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These 25 Technology Trends Will Define The Next Decade
We may not be living on Mars or traveling to work using jet packs, but there’s no doubt the coming decade will bring many exciting technological advances. In this article, I want to outline the 25 key technology trends that I believe will shape the 2020s. 1. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The increasing ability of...
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Apple launches a COVID-19 information tool for the US
Apple has launched a new screening tool for the US in partnership with CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The tool, available both as a website and an iOS app, acts as an information center for people across the country. The tool also allows you to answer a bunch of questions to determine if you need...