Rouhani warns 25 million infected as Iran reimposes restrictions – Yahoo News

(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere. The figures Rouhani cited in a televised speech were far higher than Saturday’s official toll of 271,606. His office said they were based on “an estimated scenario” from a report by the health ministry’s deputy minister of research. “Our estimate is that until… Source link

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Google R&D Lab Jumps Into Mobile Video Shopping With “Shoploop”

Google’s internal R&D division, Area 120, is launching Shoploop, a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds. Shoploop’s main goal is to bring three things – discovering, evaluating and buying products – all in one place. The app uses video as a main element to help users watch reviews of products without having to leave the app. Lax Poojary, General Manager, Shoploop, states that “The experience on Shoploop is more interactive than just… Source link

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Trump’s White House moves Bush, Clinton portraits to disused room

Washington (AFP) – In a break with tradition, the White House of President Donald Trump has removed the portraits of two recent presidents, Bill Clinton and George W Bush, from the building’s entrance hall, CNN reported Friday. The two paintings were moved from the Grand Foyer, where the portraits of recent presidents usually hang, to the Old Family Dining Room, which CNN described as “a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitors.” It said the room was mainly used to store… Source link

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India tells US that digital tax on Google, Amazon isn’t biased

India’s decision to levy a tax on companies offering digital services in the country is not aimed at any particular country and the decision will not be reconsidered, people with knowledge of the matter said. The decision has been conveyed to the U.S. trade department, which had initiated a probe alleging the South Asian nation was targeting companies such as Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, the people said asking not to be identified citing… Source link

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Google, Apple preview new emojis for 2020; here are all the details

All Android and iOS users are in for a quite different and new set of emojis. Google and Apple, both tech giants have decided to introduce more than 100 new emojis each this year. In a preview provided by both companies on the World Emoji Day, a range of emojis inclusive of many characters that will be out during the year have been shown. Therefore, all Android and iOS users are in for a quite different and new set of emojis. For Google, the company is likely to roll out 62 new characters… Source link

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Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence announces engagement

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is the odds-on favorite to go first overall in 2021 NFL draft. Now, he’s got something in the future to be even more excited about. Lawrence announced his engagement to girlfriend Marissa Mowry late Friday night through an Instagram post. Naturally, he turned to Clemson’s Memorial Stadium for the official proposal. Mowry, a soccer player at Anderson University, announced the engagement on her own Instagram, calling it the “Easiest YES of my life.”

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Google says rejection of trooper recruitment ad came from misunderstanding – KTVA 11

Smith said the verification process could take a day or two but saw no reason why the ad would not be up and running soon. By late Friday, Megan Peters, communications director for the Department of Public Safety, said in an email that she had not received word that the situation had been resolved, but added that if Google is willing to air the recruitment video “as is” the department would use their services. Source link

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Twitter attack was work of young hacker pals: NYT

San Francisco (AFP) – Hackers involved in the high-profile hijacking of Twitter accounts earlier this week were young pals with no links to state or organized crime, The New York Times reported Friday. The attack, which Twitter and federal police are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, according to the Times. The paper said it had interviewed four people who participated in the hacking, who shared logs and… Source link

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Oregon launches Google-based system to handle jobless claims from self-employed workers

Oregon introduced a new system Friday for processing jobless claims from self-employed workers, using technology developed by Google. The state says the new system will expedite the processing of jobless benefits for 100,000 people, more than 50,000 of whom are still waiting for their benefits. Like other states, Oregon has been inundated with jobless claims during the pandemic and, as elsewhere, the flood of applications has overwhelmed the state and severely delayed benefits payments. Hiring… Source link

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Governor, Department of Public Safety blast Google after company cancels ad

The Alaska Department of Public Safety condemned the actions of Google as “deplorable” after the company canceled a “pay-per-click” recruitment ad for the Alaska State Troopers as it was considered to be political or a potential election advertisement. The advertisement was not completely removed from YouTube, the department said Thursday in a news release, but the department was unable to pay for further distribution of the ad in which Dunleavy expresses support for law… Source link

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