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Dear Google! We hope you will be wearing your mismatched colored socks on March 21st.

08

Mar

colored socks, down syndrome, Google, March 21st, mismatched

Dear Google! We hope you will be wearing your mismatched colored socks on March 21st.

To the CEO of Google"""Mr. Sundar Pichai"""; The World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st comes in less than two weeks. This is a very important day for us and a significant part of the world's population. Coronavirus and 2020 have taught us great lessons and one of the most important ones may be that our planet, “Earth”, more than anything needs goodness, being good, and staying good. We would like to ask you, as the CEO of Google, to add “mismatched colored socks”, which is a universally accepted sign for World Down Syndrome Day to Google’s main logo on…

07

Dec

China, Google, quantum, quantum computer, supremacy

China claims quantum supremacy

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer, representing the first milestone in the country’s efforts to develop the technology. The researchers have built a quantum computer prototype that is able to detect up to 76 photons through Gaussian boson sampling, a standard simulation algorithm, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing research published in Science magazine. That’s exponentially faster than existing supercomputers. The breakthrough represents a quantum computational advantage, also known as quantum supremacy, in which no traditional computer can…

DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran

06

Nov

American Herald Tribune, DOJ, Domains, Facebook, FBI, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Google, Iran, NOURNEWS ENGLISH, US Department of Justice

DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran

PEJOURNAL - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions against Iran and the IRGC. Wednesday’s announcement followed the seizure of 92 domains in October that the DOJ also claimed were operated by Iran. The DOJ purports that the domains were being used to spread “Iranian propaganda” and “disinformation.” The DOJ and the FBI work with US tech companies to make these seizures. “Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with…

Reuters: Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

14

Jul

EU, Fitbit, Google, Reuters

Reuters: Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

PEJOURNAL - Alphabet Inc’s Google has offered not to use health data of fitness tracker company Fitbit to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns about its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday. The bid, announced in November last year, would help Google take on market leader Apple and Samsung in the fitness-tracking and smart-watch market, alongside others including Huawei and Xiaomi. “This deal is about devices, not data. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the European Commission on an approach that safeguards consumers’ expectations that Fitbit device…