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Apr122021 by adminNo Comments

NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Google’s rules

Technology

PA MediaAn update to England and Wales's contact tracing app has been blocked for breaking the terms of an agreement made with Apple and Google.The plan had been to ask users to upload logs of venue check-ins - carried out via poster barcode scans - if they tested positive for the virus. This could be used to warn others.The update had been timed to coincide with the relaxation of lockdown rules.But the two firms had explicitly banned such a function from the start.Under the terms that all health authorities signed up to in order to use Apple and Google's privacy-centric contact-tracing tech, they had to agree not to collect any location data via the software. As a result, Apple and Google refused to make the update available for download from their app stores last week, and have instead k...

Jan72021 by adminNo Comments

Trump blocked by Twitter and Facebook

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Aug212020 by adminNo Comments

Online exchange blocked in Venezuela ahead of health bonuses

World

A currency exchange website appears to have been blocked in Venezuela as the online platform prepares to launch a U.S.-backed plan to provide monetary assistance to underpaid health workers battling the coronavirus in the South American countryBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH Associated PressAugust 21, 2020, 10:15 PM4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleMIAMI -- A currency exchange website appeared Friday to have been blocked in Venezuela as the online platform prepared to launch a U.S.-backed plan to provide assistance to underpaid health workers battling the coronavirus in the South American country. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó had announced Thursday that starting Monday he would begin registering the 62,000 “Health Heroes” who are to soon receive $ 100 monthl...

May142019 by adminNo Comments

Wikipedia blocked in China in all languages

Technology

All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed. Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China. The country had previously banned the Chinese language version of the site, but the block has now been expanded.Wikimedia said it had received "no notice" of the move. In a statement, the foundation said: "In late April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China. After closely analysing our internal traffic reports, we can confirm that Wikipedia is currently blocked across all language versions."The free community-edited encyclopaedia has be...

Apr252019 by adminNo Comments

Sainsbury’s-Asda merger blocked by regulator

Business

The proposed merger between Sainsbury's and Asda has been blocked by the UK's competition watchdog over fears it would raise prices for consumers.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also said it would raise prices at the supermarkets' petrol stations and lead to longer checkout queues. Sainsbury's boss Mike Coupe said the regulator was "effectively taking £1bn out of customers' pockets".But he said the supermarkets had agreed to end the deal. Asda boss Roger Burnley said he was disappointed: "We were right to explore the potential merger with Sainsbury's, which would have delivered great benefits for customers and supported the long term, sustainable success of our business." Why did the supermarkets want to merge?The deal would have created the U...