Anthony Levandowski, an ex-Google self-driving car engineer and serial entrepreneur at the centre of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has been sentenced to 18 months on one count of stealing trade secrets.
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WhatsApp Introduce New ‘Fact Check’ Feature To Curb Misinformation Spread
WhatsApp has introduced “Search the web”, a new feature that allows users to fact-check content contained in forwarded messages.
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JAMAICA: Court Upholds Dreadlocks Ban In Schools
That a court ruling in Jamaica upheld the ban on kids wearing dreadlocks in schools last week is shocking will be an understatement even as the parents of the seven-year-old insist they will not cut her natural hair.
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Northern Ireland Launch Covid-19 Contact-tracing App
Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 contact-tracing mobile phone app has become the first to launch successfully in the UK.
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UK: Plan To Build London Disneyland Unveiled
Plans to build a Disneyland like theme park in London has been unveiled. Dubbed the ‘UK’s Disneyland’, the £5 billion resort will be the first of its kind in Europe to be built from scratch since the opening of Disneyland Paris in 1992, and will cover an area roughly equivalent to 136 Wembley stadiums on a former cement works site in Swanscombe, Kent.
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TANZANIA: Belgian Coach Fired For Racist Comment About Fans
A Tanzanian club has fired its Belgian coach Luc Eymael for allegedly describing the club’s fans in derogatory terms.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Armed Robbers Shot In Botched Church Operation
Police in South Africa are investigating are investigating the shooting death of two robbers who had attempted to rob congregants at gunpoint during a Sunday service in Querencia Ministries church in Wierda Park, Centurion in Gauteng Province.
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FRANCE: Renault Gift An Entire French Town Free Electric Cars
Residents of a French town in the Ariege region have been gifted free Zoe EV electric car by auto manufacturer Renault.
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INDIA: Apple Moves Manufacturing From China To India
In a move to avoid being a ‘collateral damage’ in the ongoing US/China trade war, Apple is moving a chunk of its China-based manufacturing base to India.
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NIGERIA: I Lied, Lawmakers Didn’t Get 60 Percent Of NDDC Contracts – Akpabio
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio made a complete U-turn from his Monday accusations that members of the National Assembly were given 60 percent of the contracts at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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