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Twitter is to recognise Juneteenth as a holiday "forevermore" | Tuesday June 10th 2020
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey says the social media giant, and his other company Square, are to recognise Juneteenth as a holiday. The date, June 19th, commemorates the day the last slaves in the US were …
Mysterious space signals 'have a pattern' | Tuesday 9th June 2020
Scientists say a mysterious radio signal has a pattern, repeated over a 157-day cycle. FRB 121102 is coming from a galaxy 3 billion light years away and has no known explanation. Also, Microsoft says…
Huawei Celebrates 20 years in the UK | Monday 8th June 2020
Huawei is celebrating 20 years of trading in the UK, while also dealing with a security review. EA Sports is taking action against racist usernames used by some online players. Study shows that consu…
Bill Gates lends a hand to raise $8.8 Billion for Covid 19 Vaccine | Friday 5th June 2020
As Boris Johnson hosted the Gavi Vaccine Alliance Summit in London, Bill Gates dug deep to donate $1.6 billion towards finding a Covid 19 solution. Also, Elon Musk takes Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to tas…
Snapchat won't feature Donald Trump posts in ‘Discover' | Thursday 4th June 2020
Snapchat has joined other social media giants taking a stance on controversial posts by President Donald Trump. His content will no longer appear on the platform’s ‘Discover’ page, with Snap saying i…
Mark Zuckerburg hosts Trump talks with US civil rights leaders | Wednesday 03 June
US civil rights leaders are said to have walked away "disappointed" following a video chat with Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg over the George Floyd protests. The social media giant is standing firm o…
Instagram blocks posts that include phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ | Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Social media platforms are struggling to manage the explosion of posts around protests against George Floyd’s death. Instagram’s anti-spam tech automatically deleted posts on the topic Black Lives Ma…
Toy dinosaurs sell out after NASA SpaceX launch | Monday 1st June 2020
Toy stores are reporting astronomical sales of dinosaur figures after one was spotted floating in the cockpit during the Nasa/Space X launch to the International Space Station. The sparkly TY Beanie …
SpaceX NASA launch postponed | Friday 29th May 2020
Astronauts were stood down with 16 minutes to go as SpaceX and NASA postponed their first attempt to launch crew from US soil since 2011. Meanwhile Donald Trump is due to sign an Executive Order to r…
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