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EU opens antitrust probe into Microsoft over Teams
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Thursday announced an antitrust probe into Microsoft bundling its Teams communications app with its popular Office suite, on concerns the firm could be cutting out competitors.
Spyware campaign targeted journalists, activists: researchers
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: A spyware campaign using tools from a secretive Israeli firm was used to attack and impersonate dozens of human rights activists, journalists, dissidents, politicians and others, researchers said Thursday.
Pandemic's economic fallout will worsen conflicts: UN diplomats
AFP, Published on 04/08/2020
» UNITED NATIONS: The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the humanitarian situation in the world's deadliest conflicts and threatens to unleash economic devastation that will intensify violence, United Nations diplomats and experts warn.
Virus lockdowns stifle Eid celebrations as infections rise
AFP, Published on 24/05/2020
» RIYADH: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections.
Virus-isolated silver surfers ride a new tech wave
AFP, Published on 13/05/2020
» LONDON - Before entering coronavirus lockdown with the rest of Britain in March, 73-year-old Pamela Cox had never shopped or banked online. Zoom was something you did with a camera lens.
Love during lockdown: Singles in US reinvent dating
AFP, Published on 04/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - How do you find love when you're stuck at home? The coronavirus pandemic has made that challenging, to say the least. But millions of single Americans are finding ways.
Hollywood mulls new measures to restart shooting
AFP, Published on 29/04/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Movie moguls, directors and lawyers are searching for radical solutions to reopen Hollywood as soundstages gather dust and studio profits slide weeks after cameras stopped rolling due to coronavirus.
Driveway vigils mark Anzac Day
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» SYDNEY: Australians and New Zealanders held dawn Anzac Day vigils from the isolation of their own driveways on Saturday to honour their armed forces, unable to gather at war memorials because of coronavirus lockdowns.
Robots ride to rescue as delivery risks rise
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: What looks like a rolling picnic cooler stops at the crosswalk, waits for a car to pass and then navigates its way at a leisurely pace down the sidewalk in suburban Washington.
Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving Covid-19
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» PARIS: A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger and the desire to share, or change their life: 12 people from different parts of the world who have survived Covid-19 share emotional and harrowing stories of the pain and fear after catching the virus: