The Conversation Brazil’s president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation The world is eagerly awaiting the release of several COVID-19 vaccines, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not. “I’m not going to take it. It’s my right,” he said in a Nov. 26 social media broadcast. Bolsonaro, who came down with COVID-19 in July, has also criticized face masks. He and his more faithful supporters oppose any suggestion of mandatory… Source link

MLB umpire Brian O’Nora was one of 14 arrested by an Ohio human trafficking task force. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images) Brian O’Nora, an MLB umpire since 1999, was arrested over the weekend as part of a sex-sting operation in Ohio, a story first reported by TMZ Sports and verified by NJ Advance Media. O’Nora was one of 14 men arrested by a human trafficking task force in Liberty Township after allegedly soliciting a prostitute online. When reached by NJ Advance Media, a… Source link

Melania was accused of being tone deaf amid a pandemic Weeks before her family turns the White House over to President-elect Joe Biden, Melania Trump has announced that a new tennis pavilion on the south grounds is ready for action. The project included sprucing up an existing tennis court and children’s garden, in addition to building a pavilion to replace a smaller structure. The first lady’s office said on Monday that the pavilion’s design was inspired by the architectural style of the… Source link

Image: Google In honor of Computer Science Education Week, Google just donated 1,000 free computers to Chicago Public Schools students.  CPS was the only district to receive Google’s gift, and the laptops will go to remote learners enrolled in six schools on Chicago’s South and West Sides, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. While the technology giant did not elaborate on why it chose to gift the laptops to the third-largest school district in the U.S., CPS was the first school… Source link

After a month of testing on university campuses, California’s governor just announced that the state is launching its COVID contact tracing app to the public this Thursday, December 10th. The app is called CA Notify, and its launch makes California the 18th state (plus Washington, DC) to release a contact tracing app. It’s also the largest to have done so since the technology was announced in April. The first app of its kind was released in Virginia back in August, so it’s been… Source link

GlobeNewswire LINEDATA SERVICES : Linedata expands its partnership with HCL Technologies Linedata expands its partnership with HCL TechnologiesLinedata accelerates the transformation of its technology infrastructure, enhancing service delivery for its clientsParis and Noida (India), 8 December 2020 – Linedata (LIN:FP), a global provider of credit finance and asset management technology, data and services, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with HCL Technologies, a… Source link

The bye weeks are finally behind us, and, for many, the first round of the fantasy playoffs has arrived. It’s winning time, people. Let’s make good fantasy choices. Every week, we bring you a collection of priority pickups ahead of waiver deadlines, each of them available in over 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Please note that waivers will process on Thursday this week because we have a Tuesday game. Wide Receivers on the wire Coutee was basically placed in witness protection by Bill… Source link

The Conversation Brazil’s president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation The world is eagerly awaiting the release of several COVID-19 vaccines, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not. “I’m not going to take it. It’s my right,” he said in a Nov. 26 social media broadcast. Bolsonaro, who came down with COVID-19 in July, has also criticized face masks. He and his more faithful supporters oppose any suggestion of mandatory… Source link

Outcry is growing within Google over the treatment of the AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, with Gebru’s colleagues challenging the company’s account of her exit in an open letter. In a letter posted on Monday on Medium, Gebru’s colleagues disputed an executive’s claim that she had resigned and called internal research policies into question. “Dr Gebru did not resign, despite what Jeff Dean (Senior Vice President and head of Google Research), has publicly stated,” the letter reads… Source link

Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) asked for answers to nine questions in his letter to Google. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press … Source link