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Image copyright AFP Cyber-attacks against anti-racism organisations shot up in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a leading provider of protection services says. Cloudflare, which blocks attacks designed to knock websites offline, says advocacy groups in general saw attacks increase 1,120-fold. Mr Floyd’s death, in police custody, has sparked nationwide civil unrest in […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Digital Minister Cedric O said the app had got off to a “very good start” France’s digital minister has said its coronavirus contact-tracing app has been downloaded 600,000 times since it became available on Tuesday afternoon. StopCovid France is designed to prevent a second wave of infections by using […]

Image copyright OneTouch Apps Image caption The app scans a phone for Chinese apps and lists them Google has taken down an Android service that helped people delete other apps made in China. Remove China Apps had been downloaded more than a million times in the first 10 days after its launch. It had proved […]

THE YAKAMA NATION, Wash. — For centuries, sturgeon the size of great white sharks swam the Columbia River. Its currents spread their eggs, scattering them across the bottom. Its waterfalls churned up food for them to eat. Some lived as long as 150 years and grew longer than 15 feet. But in the late 1800s, […]

WASHINGTON — Long considered the world’s premier public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fallen short in its response to the most urgent public health emergency in its 74-year history — a pathogen that has penetrated much of the nation, killing more than 100,000 people. The agency made early missteps in […]

Image copyright Getty Images Beeb, the BBC’s voice assistant, has been released to early adopters for testing on Windows computers. The voice assistant, which uses Microsoft technology, is in the beta phase – a period when not all features are present or working properly. Its synthesised digital voice is based on that of a UK […]

WASHINGTON — Americans returning from China landed at U.S. airports by the thousands in early February, potential carriers of a deadly virus who had been diverted to a handful of cities for screening by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their arrival prompted a frantic scramble by local and state officials to press the […]

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, millions of people have left their offices and started working from home. But in the United States there has also been a surge in demand for software that monitors employee activity. Companies that use the software might argue that this is about maintaining productivity but others could feel the software […]

WASHINGTON — As protests and violence erupt in cities, the United States faces a new threat: The country is running out of blood. Several months of social distancing and stay-at-home orders have resulted in fewer people donating blood, according to health care workers, with collection drives at offices, schools and churches canceled en masse. For […]