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PETER HITCHENS: Boris Johnson is shoving retired British soldiers back into the firing line

PETER HITCHENS: A key part of the resurrection of 'power-sharing' in Northern Ireland is a pledge to revive a rather nasty deal called the Stormont House Agreement.




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PETER HITCHENS: The unlikely villain behind all those nannying warnings is finally revealed 

PETER HITCHENS: As I cross the bridge to my platform a treacly, ingratiating male voice intones: 'When on the stairs, please use the handrail - and take care!'




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PETER HITCHENS: Legalise cannabis? Let's ask the five victims of a crazed London knifeman first 

PETER HITCHENS: If Jason Kakaire had screamed 'Allahu akbar!' as he went about his bloody work, you would have heard of him, and he would have been debated in the House of Commons.




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Google searches for 'Corona beer virus' spike with people thinking it's linked to deadly coronavirus

People have been confusing the new, deadly coronavirus with Corona beer with searches for both 'corona beer' and 'corona beer virus' rising by more than 1,100% over the last week.




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Anti-virus company Avast 'winding down' subsidiary that sold millions of users' sensitive web data

Avast announced its decision to wind won 'Jumpshot', a subsidiary that drew public scrutiny following a report by Motherboard and PCMag revealing how it tracked users data.




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Super Bowl viewers blast placement of sad 'Loretta' Google ad about an 85-year-old man with dementia

People had very strong reactions to Google's 'Loretta' Super Bowl commercial 




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Google apologizes after Photos bug accidentally leaks private videos to strangers' accounts

The bug affects users who attempted to back up their photos between November 21 and the 25 last year and caused 'some videos in Google Photos [to be] incorrectly exported to unrelated users' archives.'




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Google, YouTube and Twitter send cease and desist order to facial recognition app Clearview AI

Using Clearview AI police can upload a photo of an unknown person they would like to identify, and see a list of matches culled from a database of over three billion photos.




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Ring prompts users to share videos of 'neighborly moments' that show people doing good deeds

Ring introduced a 'neighborly moments' tag to its app which usually serves as a means for sharing 'suspicious' or apparently criminal behavior caught on camera with users and police.




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The illegal tip that is visible from space: 'Dumping ground' in north London

The 'dumping ground' in Edgware, north London, (pictured) has been piled so high it can be spotted on Google Maps' satellite view.




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World Health Organization holds secretive talks with tech giants over coronavirus misinformation

The meeting, which included Twitter, Youtube and Amazon, was organised by the World Health Organization but was hosted by Facebook at its Menlo Park campus in California




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Melbourne lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson sues Google to unmask an anonymous reviewer

Barrister and solicitor Zarah Garde-Wilson, 42, believes the review was written by an a competitor and filed a lawsuit against Google in the Federal Court on Monday.




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Google's Thanksgiving Four give first interview after being abruptly fired

Laurence Berland, Paul Duke, Rebecca Rivers and Sophie Waldman were all fired from Google on Monday, November 25. Now, they are speaking out in an interview about their saga.




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Novel privacy tool erases humans from live video feeds in real-time to hide you from webcam spies

A YouTube video posted by Jason Mayes, a Google Web Engineer, shows off an algorithm that eliminates humans from a webcam feed in real-time, leaving only the background in tact.




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Rugby league could be taken OFF free-to-air TV and shown on streaming services

NRL executives have reportedly flown to the United States this week to meet with Amazon, Google and Facebook to discuss screening matches on their platforms.




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Workers avoid traditional greeting amid virus fears

Motivational speaker Richard McCann hosted an event in Leeds. He refused to shake hands with attendees due to the coronavirus. #StopShakingHands is now being used on Twitter.




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YouTube reduces conspiracy videos but struggles to rein in climate change denial and more

The study analyzed 8 million video recommendations over the past 15 months and used an algorithm that rated videos on a scale of 0 to 1 for likelihood that it pedaled conspiracies.




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Sinn Féin leader puts herself and her two children in coronavirus quarantine

As the disease continues to spread rapidly, the Sinn Féin leader has called off her series of public meetings and Google in Dublin has told thousands of staff to stay home.




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Google CANCELS one of its biggest annual events amid fears over the spread of coronavirus

The company announced that its annual in-person I/O conference is being cancelled more than two months before it's slated to take place, as the global death toll from coronavirus ramps up.




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More than one billion Android devices are vulnerable to hackers

More than one billion Android devices around the world are vulnerable to attack by hackers because they aren't supported by security updates, new research by Which? has found.




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Working from home as a precaution against coronavirus could 'strain the internet'

Some experts fear remote access, video conferencing and the use of VPNs may cause a data bottleneck but Openreach in the UK says it believes it could handle home-working on a mass scale.




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Coronavirus: the most Googled questions (with answers)

As coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S. here are some answers to a handful of common - and not-so-common - questions about the virus which come up in Google's search engine.




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Apple and Google crackdown on misinformation on coronavirus by rejecting apps and blocking searches

Apple is rejecting apps related to coronavirus not developed by health officials and Google has blocked searches for the virus in Google Play to stop the spread of misinformation.




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NHS coronavirus guidance will go to top of Google searches

The government said it has worked with Google, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram so that official advice appears first when people hunt online.




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UK's broadband network 'won't cope' with millions working from home during coronavirus crisis

The added strain of remote access, video conferencing and the use of VPNs may cause some difficulties for the country's broadband infrastructure.




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YouTube users search for 'Videos for Cats' 55m times in 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Dining, a wildlife photographer from Cornwall who has been active on YouTube for 10 years, was the top beneficiary of this bizarre trend.




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Google urges workers across US to work from home to avoid coronavirus

Google's parent company Alphabet sent out a memo on Tuesday to its workers in 11 offices across North America, recommending that they work remotely until at least April 10, if their roles permit it.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson meets experts to beat fake news

They will join Health Secretary Matt Hancock and top health figures including Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England.




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Young people are capitalizing on cheap flights because of the coronavirus 

Their need to travel comes as more than 1,000 people in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 across 38 states and the District of Columbia, and 31 people have died.




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Google is NOT building the COVID-19 testing website Trump promised

A website that is very different to the one described at Trump's Friday press conference at the White House is being built by Verily, a healthcare tech company also owned by Alphabet.




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Architect, 41, struck off for fake one-star Google reviews of companies run by rivals and exes

Andrew Guy, 41, from Hampshire, was struck off by the Architects Registration Board after he targeted eight firms with negative reviews, including two run by women he had dated.




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Coronavirus US: Google website to provide advice on COVID-19

The US president said at a press conference on Friday the website would let people 'self-screen' to determine whether they need to tested for COVID-19.




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The coronavirus myths that went viral

As the country tries to tackle the coronavirus epidemic, fake news and health myths have sprung up on social media.




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Google delays launch of its US coronavirus self-screening website until later this week

Supposed to launch yesterday, the site - a collaboration with the US government - is intended to act as a COVID-19 resource hub with general and local information.




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Coronavirus US: Trump angry with Kushner over site mix-up

President Trump fumed after he said Google creating a coronavirus website only to find it was not - a blunder that came after Jared Kushner and Hope Hicks joined response effort.




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Social media giants team up to combat coronavirus misinformation

Major tech companies including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have issued a joint statement on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has killed over 7,100 people.




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Google's website offering coronavirus test appointments filled up in one day 

Verily, Google's sister company, which was helping Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area book appointments to get tested for coronavirus reached capacity one day after launching.




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Coronavirus: Engineers share designs for DIY ventilators

With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the coronavirus pandemic, a number of DIY groups have begun working on open source designs that could be made at home.




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Couples share self-isolation horror stories as they are forced to work from home amid coronavirus

Couples have shared their self-isolation horror stories, as they've been forced to work together from home in a bid to slow the coronavirus pandemic.




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Google alerts users to call a doctor if they search for medical-related locations for coronavius

Google has added an alert that encourages users to call a doctor when the search for medical locations or search topics about coronavirus in order to help limit the spread of the virus.




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Google cancels I/O conference, including online event, amid coronavirus pandemic

The tech giant announced that its annual I/O conference, its biggest event of the year, won't be taking place 'in any capacity this year' after cancelling an in-person conference.




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Google to provide location data to the UK government

Google is reportedly working with the UK government to provide anonymised location data to help identify the parts of the country where social distancing measures aren't being adhered to.




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Employees urged to turn off smart speakers while working from home during the coronavirus

As millions around the globe work from home to limit the spread of coronavirus, employers are urging staff to turn off their smart speakers to keep the devices from listening to phone calls.




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US government is 'in talks with Facebook and Google' to track coronavirus

The US government wants to see if private-sector companies could compile the data in a way that would allow them to map the spread of the deadly virus.




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Coronavirus location data could pave the way for greater public surveillance

An increased use of phone location data by local authorities to track the spread of COVID-19 or observe social distancing could lead to greater public surveillance after the pandemic.




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Map shows how nitrogen dioxide levels have dropped across the US amid coronavirus pandemic 

A new map pulls data from European Space Agency satellite to show how nitrogen dioxide levels have dropped since many states have enforced lockdowns to limit the spread of the coronavirus.




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Google launches 'SOS Alert' for coronavirus in search results

Google has launched an SOS Alert for the coronavirus that makes information about the virus from the World Health Organisation easily accessible at the top of search results.




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How to use Australia's new coronavirus app 

The Australian Government has launched a coronavirus app to provide up-to-date information about the pandemic.




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Fashion and grooming tips for video conferencing during COVID-19

From Skype to Zoom, connecting with people via video conferencing apps is the new normal. FEMAIL rounds up easy to create outfits and hairstyles to look your best while socializing in quarantine.




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YouTube is making money from videos promoting quack coronavirus cures, report says

YouTube is allowing ads to run on videos that promote sham coronavirus advice such as listening to music that 'improves cognitive positivity' and even not entering Chinese restaurants, a report says.