In early 2020, Airbnb’s management announced that to address the slowing growth in sales, it wanted to scale back ancillary activities and focus on the company’s core strength of mid-range and budget short-term rentals. This…
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Allow us to introduce Edna — Australia’s first “genomics chatbot”. The opening dialogue of Edna the chatbot. Edna (short for “electronic-DNA”) helps patients make informed decisions about seeking “additional findings” testing. Additional findings testing looks…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices fell on Friday but still rose for a sixth straight week after longs in the market ignored creeping U.S. crude stockpiles and weakening demand for fuels…
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After several years at the centre of Brexit arguments, Northern Ireland is now seen as the inevitable loser, whether there’s a deal or no deal. But while the Brexit debate has caused painful discussion about…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission confirmed late on Friday how many pollution permits will be removed from the European…
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As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, Bitcoin has seen a steady rise in its price. The cryptocurrency is steadily climbing back towards its all time high of US$20,000 (£15,000) in 2017.…
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Like so much of what I have done as Australia’s Chief Scientist, the electricity market review of 2017 was unexpected. I was driving home after delivering a speech late one night in October 2016 when…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Icebergs float in a fjord near the south Greenland town of Narsaq By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge to end direct government support for…
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South Africa is battling one of the highest unemployment rates worldwide. A concentrated number of unemployed people live in marginalised and under-resourced communities, where the estimated unemployment rate is 60%. Entrepreneurship is proposed by a…
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New Zealand’s coronavirus contact-tracing app COVID Tracer was revamped yesterday. It now uses the Bluetooth-based Google/Apple exposure notification (GAEN) framework. This allows Android and Apple (iOS) devices to communicate via a contact-tracing mechanism built into…
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