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UK tells social media to take down Covid myths
The British government said on Feb 4 it was telling social media giants to take down posts containing coronavirus disinformation over concern that many in minority communities were refusing to be vaccinated.
Spanish island trials Covid-19 tracing app that will create virtual outbreak
Residents of the Spanish island of La Gomera have started downloading a new app on their phones aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 infections in a pilot which will test the technology by simulating an outbreak of the disease.
Covid-19: Huge surge in Google searches for risky virus remedies, study says
A new study has found that higher numbers of people are taking interest in untried and possibly dangerous therapies to treat the novel coronavirus after they were recommended by high-profile US public figures.
Virus masks, apps: The race is on to avoid hidden Covid-19 carriers
The worldwide race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified on April 2, pitting governments against each other in the race to buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside.
Mistrust, rumour and conspiracy fantasies hinder US virus fight
No one has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Alabama, but unfounded social-media rumours run so wild that the state public health department assigned a staffer to stamp them out.
Net group says Wikipedia disrupted in Iran amid coronavirus
Wikipedia's Farsi-language website appears to be disrupted in Iran after a close confidant to the country's supreme leader died of the new coronavirus, an activist group said Tuesday, as the Islamic Republic suffers the highest death rate from the epidemic outside of China.
Coronavirus disrupts China’s on-demand apps
As coronavirus fear grips the globe, the Chinese capital and its more than 20 million residents have practically come to a standstill.
In 50 years, the profiles of the dead could outnumber the living on Facebook
When a person dies, they continue to exist on Facebook, because a password is needed to delete an account.
Race is on to turn flying car into reality
Aeronautics giants are treating the idea of a flying car with caution, as such a project raises more questions than it answers, experts say – it's a child's dream, a millionaire's toy.
