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Not just professional fact-checkers, now anyone can spot misinformation online with the help of these few tips that Google has shared. Ahead of the international fact checking day on April 2, Google said that it is committed to support all users as they look for reliable information online, and share insights with other organizations to strengthen fact checking as everyday, people seek evidence to confirm or refute a piece of information they are uncertain about. … Source link

All 50 states have now announced timelines of when they plan to expand COVID vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 years and older. Until then, many states have opened up vaccine eligibility for people with underlying medical conditions. As reported by the New York Times, some Americans are stretching their own medical history to jump the line by taking liberty with their state’s list of comorbidities — or medical conditions that put a person at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google rejigs remote working as it reopens offices  BBC News Source link

The New York Times As Mask Mandates Lift, Retail Workers Again Feel Vulnerable Marilyn Reece, the lead bakery clerk at a Kroger in Batesville, Mississippi, started noticing more customers walking around the store without masks this month after the state mandate to wear face coverings was repealed. Kroger still requires them, but that doesn’t seem to matter. When Reece, a 56-year-old breast-cancer survivor, sees those shoppers, she prays. “Please, please, don’t let me have to wait on… Source link

SALT LAKE CITY, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The CEO of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of diagnostic tests, appeared yesterday on Yahoo! Finance to comment on the Company’s recently-released FY2020 earnings report, and to discuss its going-forward strategy as the world struggles to achieve normalization. Co-Diagnostics CEO Dwight Egan remarked, “We believe that the… Source link

Google will contribute €25 million ($29.3 million) to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday. The contribution comes amid criticism that the technology giant isn’t doing enough to debunk online disinformation, which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic and during the U.S. election last year. Opinion: Congress is fed up with Big Tech. Now what? The chief executives of Google, Facebook FB, … Source link

Topline Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European Media and Information Fund to tackle misinformation and fake news, the company announced Wednesday, as big tech companies face criticism and mounting scrutiny for failing to curb the spread of misinformation online. Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European … [+] Media and Information Fund zz/John… Source link

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting more content from specific publications as part of a new program, it said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The update comes as big internet service providers including Facebook Inc have been locked in bitter… Source link

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting more content from specific publications as part of a new program, it said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The update comes as big internet service providers including Facebook Inc have been locked in bitter… Source link

AccuWeather Governor ‘utterly impressed’ by family’s spirit in wake of tornado Nearly a week after a round of severe weather collapsed homes, tore apart neighborhoods and claimed the lives of at least six people, a dozen tornado paths were confirmed Monday across Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi — and survey crews upgraded the intensity of some of the most destructive twisters that touched down. The National Weather Service has totaled one EF4, four EF3, three EF2, three EF1 and one EF0… Source link