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Government algorithms are undermining democracy – let’s open up their design to the people
StratfordProductions/Shutterstock Algorithms appear to be in retreat in the UK – for now. Not only did national governments recently U-turn over their use of algorithms to assign the grades of school leavers, but numerous local authorities have also scrapped similar technology used to make decisions on benefits and other welfareContinue Reading
Mohammad Azharuddin Files Police Complaint Against Hyderabad Cricket Association Employee For ”Verbal Abuse” | Cricket News
Mohammad Azharuddin is the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association.© AFP Former India captain and President of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Mohammad Azharuddin on Monday lodged a complaint with the police alleging that a member of the association ”abused” him verbally, an official said on Tuesday. The matter isContinue Reading
Oxford scientists: these are final steps we’re taking to get our coronavirus vaccine approved
Of the hundreds of potential COVID-19 vaccines in development, six are in the final stages of testing, known as phase three clinical trials. One of these – ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – is the vaccine we’re developing at the University of Oxford. To be approved, vaccines need to go through multiple roundsContinue Reading
As schools reopen, will this be the least fit generation of schoolchildren ever?
Sam Wordley/Shutterstock Public health responses to the pandemic have focused on dealing with the coronavirus, but attention is now turning to the growing list of negative effects of COVID-19 containment measures. One such problem is the low level of fitness among children and teenagers. One measure of fitness is cardioContinue Reading
New Parallel Parlour Boosts Productivity
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Virat Kohli Takes On AB De Villiers In RCB’s “Modified Football” Match. Watch | Cricket News
Virat Kohli and other RCB stars played a football match, which happens to be a team tradition.© Instagram Virat Kohli’s love for football is well known. The India and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain has been seen on numerous occasions swapping his cricket bat for football boots. A couple of daysContinue Reading
US Open 2020: Rohan Bopanna-Denis Shapovalov Knocked Out In Men’s Doubles Quarters | Tennis News
Rohan Bopanna and his partner Denis Shapovalov lost to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.© Twitter (File Photo) Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov on Tuesday failed to secure a semi-final spot in the US Open after losing to the Dutch-Romanian duo of Jean-Julien Rojer andContinue Reading
DDCA Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19, Joint Secretary Orders Feroz Shah Kotla Shutdown | Cricket News
The COVID positive employee reported for work without a negative test result.© AFP The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) office at the Feroz Shah Kotla premises has been shut down after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 and reported to work without a “negative test report”. DDCA jointContinue Reading
IPL 2020: Kagiso Rabada Joins His First Training Session With Delhi Capitals | Cricket News
Kagiso Rabada joined training after completing his mandatory quarantine period.© Delhi Capitals/Twitter Ahead of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 13th edition, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada on Monday joined his first training session with Delhi Capitals after completing one week of self-isolation upon his arrival in Dubai. The 25-year-old trainedContinue Reading
Longevity app calculates your life expectancy – but will it make us healthier?
Many lifestyle factors and chronic conditions affect our life expectancy. imtmphoto/ Shutterstock Would knowing the date of your death influence your actions? It did for Tiberius Caesar. Convinced by the court astrologer Thrasyllus that he had many years of life ahead of him, the paranoid old emperor chose to postponeContinue Reading