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Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing ‘enforcement error’
Sep 1, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling the group the video violated its policy against “sensational†content. A company spokesman cited an “enforcement error†and said Facebook was app...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins late-stage US study
Sep 1, 2020
AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday it has begun enrolling adults for a US-funded, 30,000-subject late-stage study of its high profile COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Trial participants will receive either two doses of the experimental vaccine, dubbed AZD1222, four weeks apart, or a placebo, the company said. The trial is being conducted under U.S. governm...
Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an ‘operational mistake’
Aug 29, 2020
Facebook Inc (FB.O) made an “operational mistake†in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. The social media company said on Wednesday it had removed the page for the Kenosha Guard, and an event listi...
TikTok says it has not received a bid from Centricus and Triller
Aug 29, 2020
NEW YORK: Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that China’s ByteDance is seeking to a divest, a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday. Bloomberg News reported earlier on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter, that Centricus, whi...
Sinovac’s coronavirus vaccine candidate approved for emergency use in China: source
Aug 28, 2020
BEIJING: Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a programme in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical staff, a person familiar with the matter said. China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical...
AstraZeneca starts trial of COVID-19 antibody treatment
Aug 25, 2020
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had begun testing an antibody-based treatment for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, with the first participants dosed, adding to recent signs of progress on possible medical solutions to the disease. The British drugmaker, whose COVID-19 vaccine candidate is already among the most advanced, said the early-sta...
Zoom glitches, briefly grinding US schools to a halt
Aug 25, 2020
NEW YORK: Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance learning to business meetings to casual, socially distant get-togethers — abruptly went dead. For roughly two-and-a-half hours Monday morning, many users were...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs vision
Aug 25, 2020
BERKELEY: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successor may also have big shoes to fill. Initially seen as a mere caretaker for the iconic franchise that Jobs built before his 2011 death, Cook has forged his own distinctive legacy. He will mark his ...
TikTok to challenge Trump’s executive order
Aug 23, 2020
TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Reuters exclusively reported on Friday that TikTok would challenge Trump’s executive order as ea...
Singapore scientists find coronavirus variant with milder infections
Aug 21, 2020
SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week. The study showed that COVID-19 patients infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had better clinical outcomes, including a lower proportion developing ...
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