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UK declines to use Apple-Google framework for Covid-19 contact tracing app

UK's health organisation, NHSX, in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing




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Microsoft revenue beats estimates as Covid-19 crisis boosts cloud business

Microsoft benefited from strong demand for its Teams collaboration software, which now has 75 million users




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TikTok hits 2 bn downloads; becomes most installed app amid Covid-19 crisis

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs




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Apple Q1 earnings pinched by Covid-19 pandemic; iPhone hardest hit segment

The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world's best-known companies is faring as the US economy plunges into its first recession in more than a decade




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Google blocked 2.7 bn 'bad ads' in 2019, suspended nearly 1 mn advertisers

The tech giant also noted that there has been a sharp spike in fraudulent ads for in-demand products like face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed lakhs of lives globally




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Intel buys Moovit transit app for $900 mn to develop self-driving robotaxis

Moovit will remain independent while its technology and the data it collects from more than 800 million users in 102 countries will be integrated into Intel's autonomous car unit Mobileye




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Covid-19: Apple issues cheapest bonds in years to fund buy-backs, dividends

The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years




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Covid-19 lockdown: Realme resumes online sales of smartphones, accessories

Realme has extended warranty on products, which expired during the lockdown period, till June 30




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Samsung heir apologises for corruption, won't hand control to children

He also apologised for the behaviour of executives caught sabotaging labour union activities, and vowed to guarantee labour rights at the tech giant




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Animal Crossing boosts Nintendo's Switch console demand in Jan-Mar quarter

The Kyoto-based gaming company posted operating profit of 89.4 billion yen for January-March




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Absurdistan : a bumpy ride through some of the world's scariest, weirdest places / Eric Campbell

Campbell, Eric, 1960-




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Padmashri winner historian Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passes away at 79




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1993 Kolkata police firing worse than Jallianwala Bagh, says Commission



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
  • India

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Polls to 91 civic bodies in West Bengal begin amid tight security



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
  • India

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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: 100 YEARS AGO: "Wilson Blocks Daylight Saving Appeal," The Evening World, July 12, 1919

Daylight saving time went into effect in the United States on March 31, 1918 during World War I as part of the war effort and many thought it would end when the war ended. Farmers across the country petitioned to end national daylight saving time in 1919 but President Wilson vetoed the repeal stating it “would be of very grave inconvenience to the country.” He would go on to reject the bill a second time on August 15, 1919. Read more about it and follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!

 




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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: CORRECTION - NEH Announces 2019 Awards for the National Digital Newspaper Program, Adding Partners in Rhode Island, Virgin Islands and Wyoming!

An error was made in a previous message regarding the number of partners to date in the National Digital Newspaper Program. Corrected message below:

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced 2019 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) funding for institutions representing 11 states to expand their selection and digitization of U.S. historic newspapers for contribution to the freely available Chronicling America online collection, hosted by the Library of Congress. New partners in the program include the Providence Public Library (Rhode Island); the U.S. Virgin Islands (in partnership with the Universities of Florida and Puerto Rico); and the University of Wyoming (Laramie).  Eight other participating institutions – Arkansas State Archives, Connecticut State Library, University of Delaware, University of Georgia, Minnesota Historical Society, Library of Virginia, West Virginia University and Wisconsin Historical Society - also received awards to expand their ongoing selection and digitization of newspapers from their state. Check out the full list of grants for details. Since 2005, cultural institutions in 50 states and territories have joined the program, jointly sponsored by the NEH and LOC, and contributed more than 15 million digitized historical American newspaper pages, published between 1789 and 1963 in 19 different languages, to the collection.

Learn more about the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) or explore American history through Chronicling America and read more about it! Follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!!




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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: Checking Out Baseball’s World Series in Washington 1924, 1925 and 1933

Game 3 of the 2019 World Series gets underway in Washington, DC, tonite and we're excited! Not since 1933 has Washington hosted the championship games of “America’s great pastime,” baseball! In 1924, Washington’s then-home baseball team, the Washington Senators, won the series and earned bragging rights in 7 games against the New York Giants. Not quite so successful in 1925 and 1933 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Giants again, respectively, the nation’s press still covered the sport in detail and with drama. Check out the newspaper coverage for each of these series or earlier World Series and read more about it! And be sure to follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm for more fun snippets of old news!




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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: 119 YEARS AGO: "The Gobble," San Francisco Call," Nov. 24, 1901

Not enjoying the Thanksgiving spirit? Here's an unusual poem by Clarence V. Odell describing the turkey-eat-turkey dynamic of a 'gobble,' another name for a flock of the big birds (also known as a 'rafter').

"NINE greedy gobblers having a fete,
One ate his head off, then there were eight...."

Pity the turkeys... it rarely ends well for them!

Read more about it and follow us all the time on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!




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EPL: Walters' own goals allow Chelsea stroll at Stoke

Two own goals from Stoke City forward Jonathan Walters set Chelsea on their way to a 4-0 Premier League victory on Saturday that gave under-fire interim manager Rafael Benitez some respite.




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Excerpt: 'The sergeant ordered that his skin be flayed'

Gray Wolves and White Doves by John D. Balian is the "story of a young boy's quest for identity and belonging." We bring you an excerpt.




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Wills' mineral processing technology : an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery / Barry A. Wills

Wills, B. A. (Barry Alan)




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International Heavy Minerals Conference : 18-19 June, 2001, Fremantle Western Australia

International Heavy Minerals Conference (3rd. : 2001 : Fremantle, Western Australia)




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Seventh Mill Operators' Conference, 12 - 14 October 2000 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [electronic resource]

Mill Operators' Conference (7th : 2000 : Kalgoorlie, Western Australia)




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Review of mine-related research in the Alligator Rivers Region 1978-2002 : prepared for ARRTC9 meeting, 25-27 February 2002 / A. Johnston & A.R. Milnes

Johnston, Arthur




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ALTA 2006 Copper Conference : May 18-19, 2006, Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Australia




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ALTA Copper 1999 : copper sulphides symposium & copper hydrometallurgy forum : technical proceedings




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Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum : September 18-19, 1995, Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services

Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum (1995 : Brisbane, Qld.)




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ALTA 1997 Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum : October 20-21, 1997, Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia

Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum (1997 : Brisbane, Qld.)




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ALTA 1996 Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum : October 14-15, 1996, Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services

Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum (1996 : Brisbane, Qld.)




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ALTA 1998 Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum : October 20-21, 1998, Brisbane Marriott Hotel, Queensland, Australia : technical proceedings / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services

Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum 1998 : Brisbane, Qld.)




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ALTA 2003 Nickel/Cobalt Conference : May 19-20, 2003, Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Australia




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ALTA 1999 Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum : May 11-12, 1999, Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Australia / ALTA Metallurgical Services, Melbourne, Australia

Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum (5th : 1999 : Perth, W.A.)




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ALTA 1998 Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum : May 25-27, 1998, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth, Australia / ALTA Metallurgical Services, Melbourne, Australia

Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum (4th : 1998 : Perth, W.A.)




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ALTA 1997 Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum : May 19-20, 1997, Hyatt Hotel, Perth, Western Australia

Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum (1997 : Perth, W.A.)




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Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum : May 13-14, 1996, Hyatt Hotel, Perth, Western Australia / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services

Nickel/Cobalt Pressure Leaching & Hydrometallurgy Forum (1996 : Perth, W.A.)




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ALTA 1995 nickel/cobalt laterites, the how to's of project development : May 4-5, 1995, Le Meridian Hotel, Melbourne, Australia




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ALTA 1997 uranium ore to yellowcake seminar : February 20, 1997, Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne Australia / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services




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ALTA 2006 Uranium Conference : May 18-19, 2006, Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Australia




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ALTA 1999 : Autoclave Design & Operation Symposium : May 10 1999, Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Australia : technical proceedings




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Nickel/Cobalt SX/EW Seminar : May 16, 1996, Hyatt Hotel, Perth, Western Australia / organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services




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Seed germination and research records from Alcoa's Marrinup nursery [electronic resource] / E.L. Cromer

Cromer, E. L




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International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy, Chicago, Illinois, February 25-March 1, 1973. : Editors: D. J. I. Evans and R. S. Shoemaker

International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy (2nd : 1973 : Chicago, Ill.)




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Tenth International Mineral Processing Congress, 1973 : proceedings of the tenth International Mineral Processing Congress, organized by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and held in London in April, 1973 / edited by M. J. Jones

International Mineral Processing Congress (10th : 1973 : London, England)




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Impurity control & disposal : proceedings of the CIM 15th Annual Hydrometallurgical meeting, held in conjunction with the CIM 24th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, 1985

Hydrometallurgical Meeting (15th : 1985 : Vancouver, B.C.)




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ALTA 2009 nickel/cobalt conference : May 25-27, 2009, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Australia




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ALTA 2009 copper conference : May 28-29, 2009, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Australia




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ALTA 2009 Uranium Conference : May 28-29 2009, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Australia

ALTA Uranium Conference (5th : 2009 : Perth, W.A.)




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ALTA 2008 Uranium Conference : June 19-20 2008, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Australia

ALTA Uranium Conference (4th : 2008 : Perth, W.A)




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ALTA 2008 Copper Conference : June 19-20, 2008, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Australia

ALTA Copper Conference (12th : 2008 : Perth, W.A)




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The AusIMM International Uranium Conference 2009 [electronic resource] : presentations :10 - 11 June 2009, Darwin, Australia / AusIMM