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Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies are being urged by the government to deal with a spate of conspiracy theories linking 5G to coronavirus. Ministers will meet with the companies after mobile masts in Birmingham, Merseyside and Belfast were set on fire following theories being posted online. Mobile companies described the fears 5G caused … Read more
Engineering giants in race to design new medical ventilator as NHS warns it needs an extra 20,000 By Sam Greenhill and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 19 March 2020 UK firms are racing against time to design a new life-saving medical ventilator by next … Read more
A growing number of retail giants closed their doors on Thursday and restaurants heeded calls for social distancing amid Europe’s coronavirus pandemic, in the largest mass closure yet. In the restaurant world Zizzi and Ask Italian are to close their sites temporarily as national restaurant chains start to shut in the face of the coronavirus … Read more
Major tech companies including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have issued a joint statement on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has killed over 7,100 people.
Aviva and Direct Line have stopped selling travel insurance to new customers in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the latest giant insurers to do so. Aviva said it was ‘necessary to make some changes to the travel insurance we can offer our direct customers at this challenging time’ but believed it was a temporary … Read more
Row brews at Starbucks over ‘child workers’ on farms supplying the High Street giant’s coffee beans Investigation claimed children aged 11 working eight-hour days on plantations American coffee giant has almost 1,000 cafes in UK and revenue of £20billion Five plantations linked to company were reportedly exploiting children for work By Lizzie Deane For The … Read more
You may have to travel at the last moment. You may go to a destination you had not previously considered. But you could well bag a bargain. Membership-based websites offering flash sales of package holidays or hotel stays have been around for a while, but competition is hotting up — and there are some great … Read more
Google, Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants spent a day in secretive talks with the World Health Organization to tackle the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Social media companies including Twitter and Youtube have already been working to remove post about the virus that are proved to be fake. The World Health Organization (WHO) has offered … Read more