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South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

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By Maayan LubellJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s...
By Maayan LubellJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has not been peer reviewed.The study, released on Satur...

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Facebook axes 16,000 accounts for trading fake reviews after UK intervenes

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By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this...
By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(Reuters) - Social media company Facebook Inc suspended 16,000 accounts for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms...

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U.S. adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to economic blacklist

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By David ShepardsonFILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company...
By David ShepardsonFILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it was adding seven Chinese supercomputing entities to a U.S. economic blacklis...

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A third of Covid survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: study

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By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than...
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: Nu...

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Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

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By Elizabeth CullifordFILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration...
By Elizabeth CullifordFILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently...

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Twitter held talks for $4B takeover of Clubhouse

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Women under 60 at far greater risk of rare clotting after AstraZeneca shot

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By Douglas Busvine, John MillerBERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) - Instances of a very rare clotting condition in women...
By Douglas Busvine, John MillerBERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) - Instances of a very rare clotting condition in women aged under 60 who received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine were 20 times higher than would normally be expected, Christian Bogdan, a member of Germany’s vaccine committee, said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: A vial...

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A third of Covid survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders

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By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than...
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: Nu...

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Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

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By Elizabeth CullifordFILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration...
By Elizabeth CullifordFILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently...

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Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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By Elizabeth Culliford(Reuters) - Live-streaming service Twitch will ban users for offenses such as hate-group membership...
By Elizabeth Culliford(Reuters) - Live-streaming service Twitch will ban users for offenses such as hate-group membership or credible threats of mass violence that occur entirely away from the site, in a new approach to moderating the platform, the company said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk past a Twitch l...

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Spain's Castile and Leon region suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

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By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: Boxes of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a vaccination center, amid...
By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: Boxes of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Ronquieres, Belgium April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Yves HermanMADRID (Reuters) -A regional Spanish health authority said on Wednesday it had suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots pendi...

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Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings – email

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By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave(Reuters) - Google research manager Samy Bengio on Tuesday said he is...
By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave(Reuters) - Google research manager Samy Bengio on Tuesday said he is resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices.FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alpha...

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Clear link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, EMA official

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By Reuters StaffROME (Reuters) - There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare...
By Reuters StaffROME (Reuters) - There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A vial with the AstraZeneca's coron...

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Amazon illegally fired employees critical of work conditions, labor board finds

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By Jeffrey Dastin, Aakriti BhallaFILE PHOTO: Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan...
By Jeffrey Dastin, Aakriti BhallaFILE PHOTO: Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc illegally fired two employees who advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic, the U.S. National ...

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U.S. Supreme Court sides with Google in major copyright dispute with Oracle

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By Andrew Chung(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc’s Google a major victory on Monday,...
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc’s Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp’s software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones did not violate federal copyright law.FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed ou...

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Tesla files a petition against U.S. labor board order

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Amazon acknowledges issue of drivers urinating in bottles in apology

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By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal...
By Reuters StaffFILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has apologized to U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were someti...

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Argentine president positive for coronavirus after vaccination early this year

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