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Oxford vaccine provides 'double protection' against novel coronavirus, claims reports
The Oxford team announced in May that it was recruiting more than 10,000 people for a second phase of trials. An interim analysis has revealed that an immune response has been generated in participants of phase I clinical trials, as per a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. [Full Article...]
It’s Official! Gmail is Getting a Huge Upgrade With Chat and Meet
The new Gmail app on your phone will look like the image at the top of this post, with a bottom bar that features shortcuts for Mail, Chat , Rooms, and Meet . New Gmail mobile app for G Suite customers. Moreover, users can also pin important rooms, set a notice such as "Out of office" or specify their availability status to "Do Not Disturb". [Full Article...]
Facebook Messenger iOS App Gains Screen Sharing Feature for Video Calls
Facebook announced it is expanding Messenger's screen sharing to Android and iOS. Screen sharing can be used in a one-on-one call, in a group video call with up to eight people, or in a Messenger Rooms conversation with up to 16 people. [Full Article...]
Burlington School District holds meeting to answer parents questions
Andrea Johnson teaches English at Salem High School, and she was named 2020 Virginia Teacher of the Year for Region 6. In countries that have successfully reopened schools, the number of cases was going down, Rudolph said, but they're going up in Santa Clara County. [Full Article...]
NBCU lands streamer Peacock into a crowded U.S. landscape
It's a replay of the same standoff in May that pit Roku and Amazon against AT&T's HBO Max , marking a new stage in the evolution of streaming video, one that puts people like you in the middle of a power battle. Roku said it wants to bring Peacock to its "large customer base of avid streamers". The streaming service is not yet available on Amazon's Fire TV and Roku. [Full Article...]
New mask requirement announced by Colorado Governor Jared Polis
Today I'm announcing a new statewide mask requirement for public indoor spaces (like stores and businesses) unless someone has a medical condition or disability that prevents them from wearing a mask. Polis' move to mandate masks was slow compared to many of his Democratic colleagues who have been requiring masks in their states for weeks. Almost 40 cities and counties in Colorado had already ... [Full Article...]
Doug Collins, Mark Warner, journalists locked out of Twitter following major hack
We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too! The official Twitter accounts of Apple , Elon Musk, Bill Gates , Jeff Bezos, and others were hijacked by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin in the hope of doubling their money. [Full Article...]
Ministry firmly opposes UK's Huawei ban
Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said the Government should "expect repercussions from China" as a result of the decision , with Tory former Cabinet minister David Jones highlighting a warning from Mr Xiaoming of "consequences" if Huawei was banned. [Full Article...]