BBC Click’s Omar Mehtab looks at the best of the week’s technology stories including: The UK’s main internet providers agree to remove data caps on fixed-line broadband during the coronavirus pandemic Robot cars start patrolling the streets of Tunisia in an effort to enforce the country’s lockdown Engineers at Stanford University develop an ankle exoskeleton […]
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Some of the restrictions set out by the legislation, like a temporary halt on companies using their own money to buy back stock, appear to apply to all company loans. But a commitment by companies to maintain hiring at or close to recent levels is not required across the board. It would apply to the
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Image copyright John Wright Image caption Dr Dinesh Saralaya at the entrance to the Red Zone In his first diary for the BBC, published on Monday 30 March, Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary reported on his hospital’s preparations for the coronavirus storm. In the last few days, the storm has begun, putting all
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Image copyright MOBIUS DIGITAL Action-adventure game Outer Wilds has won the prestigious Best Game prize at the 16th annual Bafta Games Awards. The title’s writer Kelsey Beachum credited its players saying: “Word of mouth has been essential in getting people to play the game, you’re all really beautiful”‘ The game where you explore a distant
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Asian stock markets have tumbled after soaring U.S. job losses tempered enthusiasm over a possible deal to stabilize oil prices amid anxiety over the global slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer April 3, 2020, 5:57 AM 4 min read BEIJING — Asian stock markets tumbled Friday after soaring U.S.
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Because the coronavirus pandemic is limiting business to essential services, many Americans are out of work right now. More than 6.6 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a grim new record, according to the Department of Labor. Some industries are delaying start dates for new hires. About 64% of talent acquisition leaders who
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Ryan Reynolds is taking gin straight to the face as he isolates to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The actor appeared on Stephen Colbert’s video chat for “The Late Show” on Wednesday and talked about what it’s been like for him to stay cooped up at home with his wife, Blake Lively, their three
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NEW YORK — Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country’s first survivors to donate her blood to help treat other seriously ill patients. “It is definitely overwhelming to know that in my blood, there may be answers,” Pinckney
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Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach has apologized on social media for posting a tweet that drew criticism from Bulldogs players and an assistant professor at the school before it was deleted April 3, 2020, 5:28 AM 2 min read JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi State coach Mike Leach has apologized on social media for posting
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WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections and that its count could not be relied upon as the United States compiles predictive models to fight the virus, according to current and former intelligence officials. The intelligence briefings in recent
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